The Nothing Phone 1 is going to rival Apple and Samsung
According to a report, the existence of the Nothing Phone 1 has been verified by this start-up. It’s been a few years since a new firm entered the smartphone competition, but the brand that brought us the Nothing Ear 1 is promising something remarkable.
Carl Pei, the CEO of NothingNothing and a former co-founder of OnePlus, stated today during a live webcast that the company would release its first smartphone this summer. It’ll be dubbed the Phone 1, run Android, and be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. That’s the phone that Carl Pei was pictured using, however it was protected from prying eyes thanks to an anti-theft cover.
Nothing definitely has the credentials to do it, because its creator, Carl Pei, helped bring up the popular phone company OnePlus. However, given that OnePlus has strayed far from its initial objective of offering high-end specifications at an affordable price, the Nothing Phone 1 may be poised to fill the void left by OnePlus’ departure.
Everything you need to know about Pei’s business model can be found on our Nothing event live blog. What we do know about the Nothing Phone is as follows: 1.
Nothing Phone 1 cheat sheet: What you need to know
- A release date for Nothing Phone 1 has been set for the summer of 2022.
- Nothing promises that it will give a really distinctive and iconic phone design, but has not yet displayed what the Phone 1 will look like.
- The Nothing Phone 1 will be powered by a Qualcomm processor, albeit we don’t know which one yet.
- Nothing in an operating system claims to be quick and responsive, and it doesn’t take your use into account. Your applications should load and exit incredibly quickly.
- Three years of software upgrades and four years of security updates are included with the Nothing Phone 1.
- When it comes to adding a personal touch, nothing beats the voice recorder’s use of dot matrix typefaces and vintage visual components.
- Nothing is offering seamless compatibility for third-party items like AirPods and Tesla automobiles.
Release date and price information for the Nothing Phone 1.
Nothing Phone 1 will be available by “summer 2022,” according to the company. Founder Carl Pei confirmed the phone’s existence and name in an interview with Wired, and it was also announced at the Nothing event.
At this time, there is no word on the cost. However, Carl Pei was instrumental in establishing OnePlus as a low-cost but high-quality brand, so maybe we can anticipate a pricing that undercuts major competitors like the Samsung Galaxy S22 or the future OnePlus 10 Pro or even the already low-cost Google Pixel 6.
Carl Pei did say at the Nothing event that he had an excellent track of selling straight to customers, so we would expect that to continue, which would likely keep costs low.
Phone 1 doesn’t have a style
The exterior of the Nothing Phone 1 remains a mystery, however the drawings released to Wired by Nothing event may imply the appearance of the phone’s back, with a stadium-shaped camera block in the upper left corner.
Carl Pei, the company’s founder, describes the look as “unique.”
One apparent peek of the phone came through leaker Evan Blass, who posted a photograph of Carl Pei holding an unknown phone-sized item. However, it’s difficult to pick out any finer details.
The rear of the phone may be transparent, if it were to be implemented. A tweet from the firm, plus the seethrough design of the Nothing Ear 1, both hint that the Phone 1 will take us back to the feature phone period when transparent electronics were still trendy. You can see how this would appear in this idea by Yanko Design.
Nothing Phone 1: Nothing OS
We know a little more about the appearance of the phone’s UI. The images we’ve seen so far show an always-on display, rounded app icons, some unique Nothing widgets and the company’s renowned black and white design language.
With its “iconic design language,” Nothing OS claims to represent the finest of Android. The pre-installed software is reportedly similar to stock Android in 40 percent of cases.
By harmonising the images across several panels, Nothing believes that using the Nothing 1 phone will feel smooth. A good illustration of this is that after you unlock the device, the dot matrix clock is still in the same place.
Furthermore, Nothing is emphasising its own own visual language via the use of custom typefaces. For instance, the weather widget employs the same dot matrix typeface as the company’s emblem, featuring sleek animations.
Nothing’s applications feature a vintage and fun style, such as the voice recorder app. There’s an analogue tape wheel that you may control to rewind and fast forward.
To get a taste of the Nothing Phone 1, Nothing will be relaunching a launcher you can use on other phones in April.
You may anticipate OS upgrades to last for three years and security patches for four years.
Nothing Phone 1 specifications and performance
We don’t know the Nothing Phone 1 specifications yet, however Nothing is teaming with Qualcomm for the smartphone. According to this, we should expect to see a Snapdragon processor, perhaps the flagship-grade Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
As for “quick and smooth performance,” the Nothing Phone 1 is said to provide customers with “the optimum processing power and RAM needed for the precise app they are running.” In addition, the Phone 1 will learn from your app use habits by launching your most frequently used applications first.
Going by the presence of what seems to be an always-on display in the images above, the phone would require an OLED display to make this function. A high refresh rate in accordance with more costly Android phones’ norm of 120Hz is hoped for as well.
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The Android smartphone ecosystem has shrunk over the last several years with LG, HTC and other vendors no longer in the mix. And Samsung’s monopoly has perhaps gotten dull for those searching for something really unique and distinctive. We’re hoping the Nothing 1 makes an impact, but this upstart company has a lot to prove in a fiercely competitive industry.