Nothing CMF Phone 1 vs Samsung Galaxy A56 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Mar 01, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
$200 | €289	8GB/128GB - $499

Design

Dimensions
6.46 x 3.03 x 0.32 inches 164 x 77 x 8.2 mm	6.39 x 3.05 x 0.29 inches (~0.35 inches with camera bump) 162.2 x 77.5 x 7.4 mm (~8.9 mm with camera bump)
Weight
6.95 oz / 197.0 g	6.98 oz / 198.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic, Leathe	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Orange, Light Green	Pink, Olive, Graphite, Lightgray

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 85.06% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 87.64% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED, 120Hz, 2000 nits	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1900 nits
Resolution
2400x1080px, 395 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
1154 (Average)	1715 (Good)
Bright Min
2.4 (Average)	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Mediatek Dimensity 7300 (4 nm)	Samsung Exynos 1580
Processor
Octa-core 4x2.5GHz Cortex-A78 4x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55	Octa-core 1x2.9GHz 3x2.6GHz​ 4x1.9GHz
GPU
Mali-G615 MC2	Xclipse 540
Memory
6GB/128GB	8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC	not expandable
OS
Android (14)	Android (15)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1025	1361
GeekBench 6 Multi
2938	3894
3D Mark High
853	1322
3D Mark Low
849	1313

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Reverse wired charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 33.0W	Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

6h 55min

Browsing

13h 9min

Video

10h 55min

Gaming

11h 33min

Battery Life Estimate

7h 3min

Browsing

17h 46min

Video

9h 9min

Gaming

10h 11min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
50 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
16 MP	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

103

Overall

114

Photo

92

Video

122

Overall

131

Photo

113

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Yes	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM + eSIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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