The Nothing phone (1) was officially presented on Tuesday. Here is everything you need to remember about it, from the technical characteristics to the particularities of its intriguing design whose back lights up. The opportunity also to discover the official prices of the smartphone.
After weeks and weeks of teasing, the Nothing phone (1) has finally been entitled to formalization in good and due form. The product had a lot of people talking about it, in particular with its transparent design and composed of LEDs for revisited light notifications.
It is now a question of discovering everything that this new challenger has in the belly in order to know if it can find a place among the best smartphones in its category. You can also read our handling of the Nothing phone (1) while waiting for the test which will not be long.
The characteristics of the Nothing phone (1)
First of all, you should know that the Nothing phone (1) offers rather classic dimensions of 159.2 x 75.8 x 8.3 mm. All for 193.5 grams displayed on the scale. On the front, you will find a 6.55-inch OLED screen for a definition of 2400 x 1800 pixels. The panel also has an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120 Hz.
Inside the beast, a Snapdragon 778G+ is at the helm. It is accompanied by 8 or 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 internal storage of 128 or 256 GB. Let’s continue the tour of the owner with the two cameras on the back. The Nothing phone (1) had already delivered a first glimpse of its photo capabilities. It must be said that this is an essential criterion for many people when buying a new phone.
Here is the configuration we are entitled to here:
- 50 megapixel main sensor (f/1.88);
- 50 megapixel ultra wide-angle (f / 2.2).
On the front, the camera for selfies offers a 16-megapixel sensor with a lens aperture of f/2.45.
It’s all backed by a 4,500mAh battery that you can top up with a 33W pack (to get back to 50% in half an hour) or via wireless charging up to 15W. Finally, launching with Android 12 , the Nothing phone (1) will benefit from major updates for three years and security patches for four years.
5G, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 compatibility are there, as is a fingerprint reader under the screen, facial recognition and IP53 certification for resistance to splashes in particular.
The particularities of the Nothing phone (1)
Looking only at the data sheet, the first smartphone from the brand founded by Carl Pei – formerly of OnePlus – looks interesting on paper, but not breathtaking. It has however aroused a large enthusiasm online and the latter can be justified by the promises around the classic interface and the “Glyph” interface.
Know that Nothing OS prides itself on being “an open invitation“. The brand invites you to check “third-party products as easily as Nothing in quick settings. Starting with the Teslas. Open the doors, turn on the air conditioning and determine the available range“. The company also says you can check the charge level of your AirPods without going through a separate app. “Everything in one place.»
Emphasis is also placed on the fluidity of the experience thanks to some behavioral optimizations or even on a function centered around NFTs – if you have ever set foot in this business.
About the “Glyph Interface“, it should allow you to discover “a new way to communicate“. These are the famous LEDs on the back mentioned above. Thereby, “unique light patterns identify your callerduring an incoming call, but they also allow you to report notifications, the battery level or other information of the same ilk.
Nothing promises to leave you with great customization at this level. You can choose the patterns displayed by the “Glyph Interface” to quickly know if you have just received an SMS, an email or an alert from a social network. By flipping the Nothing phone (1), you can make notifications sound quiet, but bright.
In short, the “Glyph Interface» has the ambition to dazzle you even though the name of the brand literally means the word «nothing“. The last argument to make you crack is eco-responsible: the Nothing phone (1) is made of aluminum “100% recycled“and more than 50% plastic components”from biosourced and recycled materials“.
Nothing phone price and release date (1)
The Nothing phone (1) launches at the recommended price of 469 euros in its 8/128 GB configuration. Go up to 499 euros for the 8/256 GB version and up to 549 euros for the 12/256 GB version.
Pre-orders are open and the phone will go on sale on July 21. Note in passing that the brand is not its first product and already sells the Nothing ear wireless headphones (1).
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