  We study the predictions for CP phases and absolute neutrino mass scale for
broad classes of models with a U(2) flavor symmetry. For this purpose we
consider the same special textures in neutrino and charged lepton mass matrices
that are succesful in the quark sector. While in the neutrino sector the U(2)
structure enforces two texture zeros, the contribution of the charged lepton
sector to the PMNS matrix can be parametrized by two rotation angles.
Restricting to the cases where at least one of these angles is small, we obtain
three representative scenarios. In all scenarios we obtain a narrow prediction
for the sum of neutrino masses in the range of 60$-$75 meV, possibly in the
reach of upcoming galaxy survey experiments. All scenarios can be excluded if
near-future experimental date provide evidence for either neutrinoless
double-beta decay or inverted neutrino mass ordering.
