Nothing CMF Phone 2 Mini review: A 6.0-inch budget Nothing — design-led, swappable-back, properly compact.
The compact Nothing fans asked for.
CMF Phone 2 Mini delivers what compact-phone holdouts have been begging for — a 6.0-inch, 174 g phone with a real OIS camera, a bright AMOLED and a six-year security floor, all for $229. The IP54 sealing and modest charging are the trade. For one-handed buyers it is the standout of 2025.
01Display
80/10080/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.
02Camera
70/10070/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.
03Performance
70/10070/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.
04Battery
74/10074/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid-range phones of 2025 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
80/10080/100 puts it above the 76-point average for mid-range phones of 2025.
06Value
82/10082/100 puts it above the 78-point average for mid-range phones of 2025.
- Genuinely compact — 148 mm tall, 174 g.
- Swappable back + accessory ecosystem.
- OIS Sony main + 3,000-nit AMOLED.
- Six-year security on a $229 phone.
- 8 MP ultrawide.
- IP54 splash only.
- 4,500 mAh modest.
- 33 W charging.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 117-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .