I got my first Apple product in 2001 (the iPod) and then my first Mac in 2002. I've been Mr Apple ever since.

But then, because it was so interesting and cheap, I bought the new Nothing CMF 2 Pro from the store in Soho (on the drop day, quite by acccident). I've been obsessed with it ever since – I *know* it's not as powerful as my iPhone 16 Pro but the operating system is so much better than it used to be on Android in the old days, and it's made my iPhone and iPad experience feel really cramped and curtailed… full of arbitrary constraints and missing features.

Example – nighttime mode on the Nothing phone makes the display and all apps go into black and white mode. So many other little features that made me go "that's nice!".

At £219 it was a bargain as well.

Hopefully this will sate my curiosity for something "different" (after years of Apple devices) but who knows, the new Material 3 Express looks very interesting from a UX point of view…

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