India, May 16 -- Mid-range Android phones changed significantly, this trajectory largely being positive, over the last few years. While the first generation CMF Phone 1 was a bolt from the blue the competition landscape hadn't foreseen, there's another chapter being written, one they are woefully unequipped to compete with. The UK-based tech startup Nothing's second phone under the CMF umbrella, the CMF Phone 2 Pro, is pulling the sort of tricks that remain pretty much exclusive to CMF even a year later. That lack of response from Android phone makers that ideally should be rivalling Nothing's creativity, is perplexing. The design is unique, a dash of modularity which brings some extra smarts, and little compromise as far as specs go.

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