Yeah, plus the chap will move on to his next adventure in another new country at some point. Certainly not a phone for the long term at the mo. Haven’t been following how it’s going so far so interesting about the display. He should be able to pop together a refined product by now!
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Hands-On With the Transparent Nothing Phone 1
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If you look at his career, he's a marketing guy. And it does show with his ability to create hype and cult following with OnePlus. But marketing can only go so far without superior product and branding. And seems like he's a one trick pony. Create a new brand, create a hype using social media and internet channels, create an illusion of exclusivity of the product, and... profit.
Let's see how far he can go, and how long until he phones home to the mothership Oppo. Despite everything I've said, I wish him the best though. It's just hilarious seeing the YouTubers got so hyped up about it.
But what about the software ? Os etc
Thats much more important than the hardware
Thats much more important than the hardware
It’s Android with some dot-matrix widgets.
So… yeah.
Here’s a video having more details on the OS.
Looks like a prop taken from the set of TRON Legacy. Except that movie was cool.
Well, never say never. I think the European release while sending review units to US YouTubers were intentional. To create that curiosity and desire to join these exclusive thing. It could be a cult hit just like OnePlus, although the competitions are quite heavy in this price range (at least in Asia). I’d imagine a US release will be coming.
There’s a consistent point that most YouTubers had about this phone, that it feels like a good deal in western markets. I can imagine since many phone OEMs are already out, leaving maybe just Motorola and Samsung to handle non-flagship Android segment, that segment can feel scarce. But in Asia, with players like Xiaomi and the BBK brands (Oppo, Vivo, Realme), that segment is very crowded.
if the company is able to put RGB into the LED's and link them to bluetooth it could be a good gimmick for gamers who have RGB gaming cases because with the right application software to link the two the gamer could link the colour patterns of their gaming rig to match that of the phone or visa versa but I think the biggest application for having those leds as RGB would be for music, have the music player linked into the LED's so when you play a song it changes the colour pattern. I think something like that could be a big seller with the younger generation.
oh and I think MR had an ulterior motive in producing the article because they knew how strong the potential for jokes would be and it's been proven right because this thread is nothing but pages after pages of jokes about the name of the phone.
oh and I think MR had an ulterior motive in producing the article because they knew how strong the potential for jokes would be and it's been proven right because this thread is nothing but pages after pages of jokes about the name of the phone.
Yeah, the YouTubers have tried to hype for quite few years the foldable devices too. I still have not seen a single person using one of them and I live in a big city. They seem to struggle to take off. Tech oriented YouTubers are just nerds. They most of the times fail to put themselves on the regular Joe's shoes. Besides, these channels are mostly followed by equally nerdy type of people (me included) The regular people have no idea who MKHD, Dave 2d or mrwhoistheboss are.
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In 16th century England, 'nothing' was a commonly used slang word for 'lady parts'.
Just saying
Just saying
Yep, and yet Apple have the audacity to market this as a 'Pro' feature and charge people a minimum £950 for it. Utterly shameful from Apple that they do not have 120 Mhz refresh rate (or at least 90 Mhz) on their regular iphones from 12 onwards.
Well it is the same freaking thing basically.
Essential is now officially owned by Carl Pei's Nothing Technologies
Carl Pei's brand new tech brand "Nothing" now owns all trademarks and intellectual property of Andy Rubin's Essential brand.
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"The specs are fine, but won't match the performance of higher-end smartphones from Apple and Samsung."
It would be a miracle if things had turned out differently.
It would be a miracle if things had turned out differently.
You may know that not everyone has eyes as nimble as yours. Even I, who potentially suffers the rainbow effect with corresponding 4K-projectors, don't see any difference. You probably just see changes in battery life, and so Apple's decision is just fitting for me.
I completely understand Morgenland, but the 120 Mhz refresh rate can be turned off for those that do not like it or have sensitive eyes which would then default the screen to normal 60 Mhz. At least provide the option that's all i'm saying as its a standard feature on pretty much all Android phones, even the budget phones.
The article didn’t mention it, but this phone is not going on sale in the states, so the phone’s success will be incredibly limited.
I wish them the best, and that they absolutely kick ass, really!
Young, inventive and fun comparing to old greedy, not much really fun happened since Steve died, and boring but reliable Apple.
I am just saying, new inventor’s are coming, Apple is not untouchable. Steve’s legacy will not last forever. Probably longer for Mac’s, less longer for Phones.
Nobody is saying that Apple is invincible, and nothing lasts forever in the greater scheme of things, but when critics have not demonstrated that they understand how Apple grew to be as successful as they are today, I find it hard to believe that they know the reason why Apple will fail.
I don’t know what forum you are talking about but it’s been years since that was true. The loudest and most frequent voices these days are the Apple haters who constantly complain about everything Apple does or doesn’t do.
There isn’t a single phone, in the world. that has a display with that high a refresh rate. I think you mean 120 Hz not 120 MHz.
If you don’t like what Apple is charging you for one of their phones, it is as simple as don’t buy one. Plenty of other cheaper phones for you to buy. Apple prices their phones on what they think the market will pay.
What Nothing is doing is trying to get people to think they are buying a iPhone at a more affordable price. The back of the phone screams iPhone, all due to the way Nothing used similar sized camera lenses and the placement of those 2 camera lenses. It is so that they wanted instant product recognition. And then add to that marketing hype and product scarcity. Nothing wrong with a new company trying to break into a already over saturated mobile phone market. Just try to do it without making their product look very similar to an iPhone on purpose.