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Nothing Announces Phone 1 With Unique Translucent Design and 'Glyph Interface'
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This is a direct competitor to the iPhone SE, not the iPhone 13. And it’s definitely the better choice in terms of design and hardware specs.
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After weeks of teases, Nothing has officially announced its Phone 1 smartphone. It's the second major product release by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's company, following last year's Ear 1 true wirless earbuds, and the device has a modest starting price of £399 ($475).
The UK-based company raised $144 million in funding to develop the handset, which Pei hopes will re-energize the smartphone market and "make tech fun again." Backers include iPhone designer Tony Fadell, YouTuber Casey Neistat, and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin.
Available in white or black, the distinctive-looking 6.55-inch aluminum phone has a translucent back featuring hundreds of LEDs that form the "glyph interface" – a series of quirky light patterns that function as visual notifications when the phone is placed down, amongst other uses.
For example, the central circle lights up to indicate wireless or reverse wireless charging, and the bottom light strip acts as a charging progress bar when the USB-C cable is plugged in. In addition, users can assign certain light patterns to contacts to identify who is calling.
The lights also work as a fill light for the 50-megapixel main and ultrawide cameras, which feature optical and electronic image stabilization and also work in night, portrait, and document scanning software modes. The ultrawide sensor can also take macro shots up to distances of 4cm.
The Phone 1 has a 1080p OLED display with an adaptive refresh rate up to 120Hz, HDR10+, and a peak brightness of 1,200 nits, while a small hole-punch cutout in the top-left corner of the screen houses a 16-megapixel selfie camera. There's also an in-display fingerprint sensor for biometric authentication.
The handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus processor, and can be paired with either 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. The device has an IP53 rating for dust and water resistance, and features a 4,500mAh battery that can be charged at up to 33W via cable or 15W wirelessly.
The Android-based "no bloatware" Nothing OS has some notable unique features, including the aforementioned glyphs (twinned with retro-sounding notification alerts), Tesla-specific functions like unlocking doors and turning on air conditioning, and the ability to display NFTs on the lock and home screens.
Nothing says it has received more than 200,000 pre-orders for the Phone 1, which will go on sale on July 21 in over 40 markets, including the UK, Japan, India, and countries in mainland Europe. Currently there are no plans for a widespread release of the Phone 1 in the United States. More information and pre-order requests are available on the Nothing website.
Article Link: Nothing Announces Phone 1 With Unique Translucent Design and 'Glyph Interfac
This is all superficial. iPhone was game changing in every way.
The next major phone will be form factor again. All slim line with virtual controls using a combination of eye, voice and physical (mostly virtual fingers vs actual). They’ll work in tandem seamlessly.
The screen space will in glass (contacts) or a cheap roller screen from said small slimline phone.
I guess slim line phone is there purely for power and computing.
Solid device specs with 3 years platform updates and 4 years security updates for the low price of $400...I like it!
They took the human infatuation with bright flashing lights (think slot machines or Vegas in general) and tried to make that a big part of the selling point on a smartphone. But just like the company that wrapped an OLED panel all the way around a phone, so the back had a screen, we only see what is directly facing us. So they’re expecting people to set their phones screen-down on tables/desks, so you can see the pretty light show? Personally, I almost never set my phone down screen-down, because I don’t want any potential for scratching, and if I’m going to get a notification, why use some weird light pattern on the back of the device, when you can just look at the screen and see exactly what it is that came in, and from who.
You do realize you're responding seriously to somebody's pun... right? Take a breath.
It’s a good-looking phone. I’m ready for post-minimalism.
After Apple launched the iPhone all phone makers copied Apple. Only Microsoft (Nokia) tried it in a different way with the Lumia. They failed, but this seems promising. Hopefully they succeeded and maybe they can open the world for non-Google Android phones.
“Nobody Does Not Announce Nothing with the Announcement of the first Phone 1, One With a Unique Translucent Design and 'Glyph Interface' that Truly Stands as One Fine Example of 1 Remarkable Device That Stands Alone”
I like my title better. Hire me.
I think it looks cool AF. Nice to see something a bit different than the standard glass sandwich. £400 is a decent price too!
Nothing to see here. Move on.
After weeks of teases, Nothing has officially announced its Phone 1 smartphone. It's the second major product release by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's company, following last year's Ear 1 true wirless earbuds, and the device has a modest starting price of £399 ($475).
The UK-based company raised $144 million in funding to develop the handset, which Pei hopes will re-energize the smartphone market and "make tech fun again." Backers include iPhone designer Tony Fadell, YouTuber Casey Neistat, and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin.
Available in white or black, the distinctive-looking 6.55-inch aluminum phone has a translucent back featuring hundreds of LEDs that form the "glyph interface" – a series of quirky light patterns that function as visual notifications when the phone is placed down, amongst other uses.
For example, the central circle lights up to indicate wireless or reverse wireless charging, and the bottom light strip acts as a charging progress bar when the USB-C cable is plugged in. In addition, users can assign certain light patterns to contacts to identify who is calling.
The lights also work as a fill light for the 50-megapixel main and ultrawide cameras, which feature optical and electronic image stabilization and also work in night, portrait, and document scanning software modes. The ultrawide sensor can also take macro shots up to distances of 4cm.
The Phone 1 has a 1080p OLED display with an adaptive refresh rate up to 120Hz, HDR10+, and a peak brightness of 1,200 nits, while a small hole-punch cutout in the top-left corner of the screen houses a 16-megapixel selfie camera. There's also an in-display fingerprint sensor for biometric authentication.
The handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus processor, and can be paired with either 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. The device has an IP53 rating for dust and water resistance, and features a 4,500mAh battery that can be charged at up to 33W via cable or 15W wirelessly.
The Android-based "no bloatware" Nothing OS has some notable unique features, including the aforementioned glyphs (twinned with retro-sounding notification alerts), Tesla-specific functions like unlocking doors and turning on air conditioning, and the ability to display NFTs on the lock and home screens.
Nothing says it has received more than 200,000 pre-orders for the Phone 1, which will go on sale on July 21 in over 40 markets, including the UK, Japan, India, and countries in mainland Europe. Currently there are no plans for a widespread release of the Phone 1 in the United States. More information and pre-order requests are available on the Nothing website.
Article Link: Nothing Announces Phone 1 With Unique Translucent Design and 'Glyph Interface'
Decent price for Android, if that is your tech bag.
@gentleman00 You stole my line as I was typing. I had to edit. Thanks lol
@gentleman00 You stole my line as I was typing. I had to edit. Thanks lol
I like the idea, but I'd prefer the lights to be around the sides of the phone so you can see them if the device is face up or face down.
This is why the phone will fail - Android fans that might try a non-Samsung device want t3h ub3r speczz in their phones, and this doesn’t.
Rarely have I seen bigger crap. An iPhone case design knockoff with a very generic midrange Android phone on the inside and some gimmicks that'll get boring after 2 days on the back.
Android operating system. That's all I needed to know...
That the phone is not available in the US pretty much confirms that the company knows they stand no chance of challenging the iphone on its home turf.
