Nothing Phone (2a) vs Vivo X300 Ultra

Nothing Phone (2a)

A dual 50MP system that's the phone's clearest compromise — acceptable for everyday use and decent for video, but the area where rivals and Pixel 'a' phones pull ahead.

• The camera 'isn't the best but it's more than acceptable for most' — a fair summary of the everyday experience.
• After a year, owners rate the camera best-in-class for video around the 20–25K INR price, with a detailed 50MP ultrawide.
• New owners note photo quality from the rear camera is the one area that isn't a smooth experience.
• Long-term owner score: camera 8/10 — 'not a lot to say about the camera', the device's weakest pillar alongside speakers.
• Versus the Galaxy A55, owners flag the 'okayish camera on Phone (2a)' as a key drawback.

Vivo X300 Ultra

The reason the X300 Ultra exists: a near-1-inch 200MP 35mm main (Sony Lytia 901), a 200MP 85mm periscope, and the best ultrawide sensor on the market, tuned with Zeiss. Reviewers near-universally rate it the best-equipped camera phone of 2026 — with two important caveats: the 35mm default is divisive, and on raw image quality it's only marginally ahead of the cheaper X300 Pro.

• At the center is a 200MP main that's nearly a 1-inch sensor (Sony Lytia 901), backed by a 200MP 85mm-equivalent periscope telephoto — the phone is focused on camera quality and, even more so, video.
• Featuring three extra-large image sensors, the X300 Ultra's uncompromising camera hardware earned a solid rating — but it's hardly better than the cheaper X300 Pro in actual camera performance despite the top-notch hardware.
• I'm not sure I've seen better results from even 1-inch sensors — it's so close to 1-inch and the 35mm focal length makes for more cinematic-looking shots; the 85mm periscope is the sweet spot for portraits.
• It still holds the record for the best portrait-mode photos on a smartphone, especially at 85mm and 135mm; the 14mm ultrawide is sharp edge to edge.

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.

• Notebookcheck scored the Dimensity 7200 / Mali-G610 MP4 build 86.9% — strong for a phone from €329.
• Owners say it 'gives out the best performance an Android user needs' for everyday tasks.
• Long-term performance scored 9/10 with only minor stutter observed — solid mid-range muscle.
• A minority of users report apps crashing and not fitting the screen size properly — quality-control variance.

Vivo X300 Ultra

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 plus Vivo's custom imaging silicon delivers flagship benchmark numbers and strong gaming, but the camera-heavy hardware runs hot — sustained stress tests show roughly 60–65% stability and the camera app warms it up fast.

• At the heart is Qualcomm's current flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, supplemented by Vivo's custom VS1 and V3-Plus imaging chips.
• It boots in 16 seconds (vs 21s for the S26 Ultra and 19s for the iPhone 17 Pro Max) and posts an AnTuTu score over 3,800,000, stronger than Samsung.
• In a prolonged stress test it throttled CPU performance to about 60% of peak — in line with other high-powered flagships — and 3DMark stability landed around 63–66%.
• It gets a bit hot after 30–40 minutes of gaming, but with no throttling even past an hour and never uncomfortable to hold; boost mode at max graphics gives around 4 hours of Wuthering Waves on a full charge.
• Native 120fps gaming with smooth/very-high graphics in many titles, with temperature barely crossing 35°C and power draw around 4W in battle-royale modes.
• Under sustained camera/imaging load the front reached ~46.8°C and the back ~45.2°C, and around 47°C the refresh rate drops slightly though not all the way to 60Hz.

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).

• The Phone (2a) is the first among its siblings to reach 5,000mAh, up from 4,500/4,700mAh predecessors.
• Battery test: ~13h33m web browsing and ~8h47m video — solid endurance without the Phone (2)'s extreme highs or lows.
• It refuels at 45W with the right brick (none included), reaching ~41% in 30 minutes and full in ~1h26m.
• Long-term owners simply call the battery 'very good' — comfortably all-day for normal use.

Vivo X300 Ultra

Vivo grew the silicon-carbon cell 10% to 6,600mAh while keeping the body the same size. Real-world endurance is strong — ~16h active-use score, ~7h heavy screen-on, 13–14 hour days with charge to spare — and 100W wired refills it in under an hour, with 40W wireless.

• Vivo increased the battery by 10% to 6,600mAh despite the phone being practically the same size on paper.
• In our battery test it earned an active-use score of almost 16 hours; 100W charging took it 0–66% in 30 minutes and a full charge in 46 minutes, plus 40W wireless. A charger is in the box except in Europe.
• On the China version I'm finishing entire 13–14 hour days with 25–30% left; the global version keeps the 6,600mAh cell so battery life should comfortably last 12–13 hours of heavy use.
• Getting nearly 7 hours of screen-on time with very heavy usage from the 6,600mAh silicon-carbon unit, with 100W wired and 40W wireless charging support.
• After a 4-hour heavy-usage simulation the phone still had ~45% battery left, which is solid by today's standards, and 100W wired charging takes about 45 minutes to full.
• In a head-to-head charge race against the Oppo Find X9 Ultra (80W), the Vivo on 100W finished first at 50 minutes 20 seconds to the Oppo's 52:39.