A bit less than a year ago. I bought the CMF phone one. I bought it because I wanted to try out nothing OS. There are some things I like about it, but the things I don’t like about it outweigh the positives. Nothing OS has had some complete dealbreakers well, for me at least.

First thing is, it has no NFC i’m assuming they did that because this phone was probably meant more for the Indian market, which they don’t use tap to pay at all. They have some weird QR code system. Which I mean good for them, I guess, but for me and here in the States, it makes having to pay for things impossible with my phone There have been so many times when I drove to the grocery store and forgot my wallet. One of the times I did all my grocery shopping, got all the things I needed, and then it was a time to pay. I realized I didn’t have my wallet. If my phone had NFC and would have been a problem. But I didn’t, so I needed to drive all the way back home Get my wallet, drive all the way back and then finally pay for the groceries. Thankfully, the staff there was very kind and put all the groceries aside. So it didn’t take long to check out, but They even mentioned, like, does your phone have tap to pay?

But wait it only gets worse sometimes the camera app does not save video or just straight up crashes. I’ve lost so many videos to it. It seems like a buggy mess and is the main reason why I’m getting a new phone I can live without NFC but not a reliable camera.

So why did I buy an upper min range phone from a few years ago well, it was cheaper. And it’s probably better for the environment to not buy a whole brand new phone. Because of all the energy it takes to manufacture a phone and carbon emissions. Other environmental factors.

First impressions

It was a bit of a Rocky start. The Google Play Store wasn’t opening directly for summer, so I couldn’t install any new apps. But eventually it fixed itself, or I did something I can’t totally remember.

I’m a little concerned about battery life. Since it’s an older phone and all but I can’t really test that unless I used it for more than a day, which at the time of writing this specific paragraph has not happened yet.

Tap to pay worked pretty good. It’s nice having an NFC reader again 😀 it works pretty well.

Also, it’s a pleasant surprise to have in facial recognition. I’ve never had that before. It works like 90% of the time at this point. Nevertheless, it’s a nice feature to have

I plan to write a more in-depth review and a second post. This will just be my reasoning and first impressions if you’d like to ask me any questions feel free to email me at: [email protected]