Totally agree with this. I'd love a phone with a range of RGB lights which could show different colours, combinations and patterns for notifications. I usually keep my phone on silent but want to know various things and I could see that being useful
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Hands-On With the Transparent Nothing Phone 1
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Interesting, you’re describing what we expect of the always on display of the iPhone 14 in September…
Its’ stated rival is the iPhone, not other Android devices.
The LEDs look like the magnet placement on the clear iPhone cases. It's a neat concept, but I feel like we are now way beyond gimmicky features to sell phones.
The are some awesome and incredible transparent cases available. Tim would call em unbelievable.
It would have been better with just a single band of color LED around the edge. No reason to turn it over as the color would shine at the table surface.
I’ll be honest. If Android was not Google, I’d bail in two seconds away from an iPhone.
It’s running Android. So it’s competition is other Android phones.
It’s not even competing with Samsung, let alone Apple. The brand is unknown. Apple can slap their logo on a dumb phone and it will sell more than this. Don’t underestimate brand power.
Just buy a Huawei phone, or import any Android phones directly from China. Those won’t have Google stuff.
How would you remember which light is for what notification? Wouldn’t it be easier to just look at the actual screen with AoD? These LED stuff is purely a gimmick.
Artificial scarcity to create the illusion of exclusivity. I thought you would need an invite or something, like OnePlus did.
If you’re sick of Apple and want to get something similar to this phone, get the Samsung Galaxy A52s, which is cheaper, or get the S21 FE for actual flagship experience on a budget. Want a small phone, get the S22. Why would you even consider this Nothing phone?
It looks exactly like an iPhone the iPhone5 actually… but with a ‘transparent’ back.
Cool-looking (subjective) phone with gorgeous 120Hz OLED screen (objective) with an upper-range ‘good enough for 95% of users’ processor.
All for $499 USD.
Not sure what there is to complain about here. Other than it not being available in North America yet, and some reports of some early quality control issues.
All for $499 USD.
Not sure what there is to complain about here. Other than it not being available in North America yet, and some reports of some early quality control issues.
I'm more annoyed with the hype and YouTubers hyping this phone, as if this was the best since slice bread. And it's funny how most are comparing this with an iphone and then claiming it's a good deal. They forgot that Android in this price range is filled to the brim with competitors.
And let's see if Nothing can offer great service. There are already complaints about the screen discoloring and bleeding (cheap screen, figures), and Nothing dos nothing about it (pun intended). And those OS updates? Remember how he made a similar promise with OnePlus but never deliver?
You recommended a $800 phone when you can get Nothing 1 for $479.
I’d suggest you watch some reviews of this phone before you use terms like “flagship experience”.
Every review I’ve seen has shown this device to be lightning fast in day to day operation, unlike Samsung’s entire A series galaxy line, which stutters and freezes... on twitter.
Made a mistake earlier on the conversion. It’s actually $479 US.
Galaxy A52s is around $300. It has SD778 as well, 120Hz AMOLED, and better water proofing (IP67). The A52s also is getting monthly security patch, with 4 Android upgrades in tow (3 since it was released last year and already got Android 12 upgrade from 11). For $300, seems like a much better deal
Go ahead if you like giving more money to Carl. Nothing's stopping you (pun intended). 😆