
Nothing
Stylish budget standout, mediocre camera

OnePlus
Compact battery champion
Nothing Phone (2a)
Nothing Phone (2a)
Nothing Phone (2a)
The reason to buy a Nothing phone: a transparent back with the signature Glyph Interface LED lighting, a sleek smooth-edged build that punches well above its price.
OnePlus 15T
OnePlus inherits the design language of the OnePlus 15 — metal frame, glass back, micro-arc oxidation finish on the rails — and shrinks it into a 6.32-inch, 194g body that's roughly iPhone 17-sized but with more than twice the battery capacity. IP66/IP68/IP69/IP69K rating, ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and ~1.1mm symmetric bezels are unambiguous flagship moves. Reviewers debate whether 6.32-inch genuinely counts as compact in 2026.
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OnePlus 15T
OnePlus 15T
Nothing Phone (2a)
A 6.7-inch 1080x2412 AMOLED at 120Hz with HDR10+ and Ultra HDR support — consistently called one of the best screens at this price.
OnePlus 15T
The 6.32-inch 165 Hz 1.5K AMOLED panel is the only true 165 Hz compact-flagship display on the market and pairs that refresh rate with a measured 1,800 nits brightness, 460 ppi pixel density, Crystal Shield Glass, and HDR10+/Dolby Vision support. Native 165 Hz support in popular FPS games is a real differentiator. Notebookcheck flags 120.7 Hz PWM dimming that can cause eyestrain for sensitive users.
Nothing Phone (2a)
The MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro with up to 12GB RAM handles daily use and gaming well for the class, though it's not flagship-grade and a minority report stutters or app issues.
OnePlus 15T
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 paired with 12-16GB LPDDR5X Ultra Pro RAM delivers flagship synthetic scores — Notebookcheck recorded Geekbench multi-core 10,976 and 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited 29,901, on par with the larger Xiaomi 17 and Honor Magic8 Pro Air. The problem is sustained: in the 3DMark Wild Life stress test the GPU drops over 50% and the back of the phone hits 50 °C, which both Notebookcheck and SuperSaf flag as a deal-breaker for long gaming sessions.
Nothing Phone (2a)
A 5,000mAh battery — the first in the 2a line — delivers excellent all-day endurance, with reasonable if not blazing 45W wired charging (no charger in the box).
OnePlus 15T
This is the section the OnePlus 15T was built to win. The 7,500 mAh silicon-carbon 'Glacier' cell is the largest ever fitted to a true compact phone — 50% bigger than the iPhone 17's pack in a similar footprint. Notebookcheck measured roughly 1.5 days of real-world endurance at 150 cd/m². Wired charging tops out at 100 W, wireless at 50 W. The only friction points are the missing built-in magnets for MagSafe-style alignment and the still-USB-2.0 port.