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Android Authority
02-07-2025
- Android Authority
Nothing's Android 16 update will arrive before the end of the quarter as Nothing OS 4.0
Nothing TL;DR Nothing has confirmed that its Android 16 update will reach users by September. Nothing OS 4.0 will likely debut on the newly launched Phone 3 before rolling out to older models. Nothing Phone 2 and newer models will receive the update, but the original Phone 1 is not eligible. Thanks to Google releasing stable Android 16 for its Pixel lineup earlier than usual, several OEMs are expected to ship their Android 16 updates ahead of schedule this year. Samsung will likely debut One UI 8 based on Android 16 with the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7. Nothing has also confirmed that it will follow suit by releasing Nothing OS 4.0 much earlier. During yesterday's Phone 3 launch event, Nothing announced that although its new flagship will ship with Nothing OS 3.5 based on Android 15, Nothing OS 4.0 based on Android 16 will 'arrive in Q3 2025.' We suspect the platform upgrade will first reach the newly launched Phone 3, before rolling out to older models. Nothing Phone 2 and newer models will receive the Android 16 update, but the original Phone 1 is not eligible for the release. At the moment, Nothing has not shared the exact release timeline for these devices. We expect the company to share all details closer to the rollout. We have little information about the features and improvements that could arrive with Nothing OS 4.0, but it's safe to assume that it will include all the significant changes included in Android 16. Nothing will likely test beta builds with select users ahead of the stable release, which should give us a better idea of what's new in the update. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
India Today
02-07-2025
- India Today
Nothing Phone 3 launched in India: Top specs, key features, price in India, and everything else
After a lot of buzz, leaks and hype, the Nothing Phone 3 is finally here. Nothing is calling the phone its first true flagship device and has priced it like that in India. There is a lot going on with the Nothing Phone 3. Compared to the Phone 2, its hardware and features have been completely overhauled. And yet, some things remain the key part of the Phone 3 is that it is a device that shows growing ambitions of Nothing. The company believes that it is ready to play in the league of big ones who target the ultra-premium segment in India. But before we talk about the price of the Nothing Phone 3, here is a quick look at specs and Phone 3 specificationsDisplay: The Nothing Phone 3 comes with a 6.67-inch OLED display. It is a 10-bit display with resolution of 1260 X 2800 pixels. It also uses a 120Hz refresh rate, has a peak brightness of 4500 nits and typical outdoor brightness of 1600 nits. Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. This is an extremely powerful chipset although not the most powerful that Android phones can get from 12GB and 16GB 256GB and 512GB cameras: Three rear cameras. Main camera uses a 50-megapixel 1/1.3-inch sensor. The ultra-wide camera uses a 50-megapixel sensor with a wide 114-degree FoV. The telephoto camera uses a periscope lens for its 3X optical zoom. It is also paired with a 50-megapixel camera: 50-megapixel camera with F2.2 5500 mAh battery. Fast charge of 65W is supported. 15W wireless charging and 5W reverse wireless charging is also Android 15 customised with Nothing OS 218 Phone 3 key features— One of the key features of the Nothing Phone 3 is its design. The phone uses classic transparent back with etched techno-industrial patterns under it. Interestingly this time now all design elements are for show. Some also hide functionality. For example, the red square on the back cover will faintly glow whenever the Phone 3 is recording a camera. Similarly, there is a round button on the back cover that will be used to control the new Glyph Matrix notification panel.— In other phones, Nothing has used Glyph Interface — lights on the rear cover — to offer some functionality. In the Phone 3 the company is moving to Glyph Matrix, which is around 489 micro LEDs placed in a circle on the top right of the back panel. These lights are programmable and will be used for different kinds of functionality, including The Nothing Phone 3 has a camera module where lenses are placed in an asynchronous way. This makes the phone unique.— The Phone 3 has an IP68 certified design.— Nothing says that in the Phone 3 it is using a new image and video processing engine called TrueLens Engine 4, which is a significant leap forward in camera photography capabilities.— The Nothing Phone 3 comes with Nothing OS 3.5, which has a number of AI features. This includes Essential Space, and a new Essential Search, which is a universal phone-wide search.— The Phone 3 comes in two colours — Black and White.— On the screen, the Phone 3 has a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 7I.— Nothing says that the Phone 3 will get 5 years of OS Phone 3 availability and priceThe Nothing Phone 3 is available in India with a starting price of Rs 79,999. This is for the 12GB RAM variant. Those who want the 16GB RAM variant will have to spend Rs 89, as part of the launch offer, there is a flat Rs 5,000 discount for users of cards from certain banks. Nothing says that with bank discounts, and exchange bonus the Nothing Phone 3 can be bought for as low as Rs 62, the Nothing Phone is on pre-order. Those who do order the phone in advance will also get a free pair of Nothing Ears, the company's earbuds. In addition, they will get one year of extra Phone 3 will go on open sale in India from July 15.- Ends
India Today
01-07-2025
- India Today
Nothing Phone 3 launched in India, brings new Glyph interface and tweaked design
After months of speculation and rather free-for-all leaks, the Nothing Phone 3 is finally here. The company launched the Phone 3 globally at an event in London and it is coming to India, given that India is Nothing's key market, at the same time. The Nothing Phone 3 has been priced at Rs 79,999 in India for the base variant. The top variant is priced at Rs 89,999. Although, Nothing says with bank discounts and exchange bonus for some consumers the cost of the Phone 3 could be as low as Rs 62,999. The phone will be on open sale from July the Phone 3 has been priced at 799 Euros. Alongside the phone, Nothing has also launched the Nothing Headphone 1 in India. This has been priced at Rs 21,999 but is available for now at Rs 19,999 as part of launch offer. Globally, the Headphone 1 has been priced at 299 Nothing, the Phone 3 marks its foray into a more premium and flagship segment. Its previous top phone — the Phone 2 — had more modest ambitions. To match its new aspirations, the Phone 3 also comes with upgraded hardware and feature set. The Phone 3 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. It sports a 6.67-inch OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate. The base variant comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. The other variant has 16GB RAM and 512GB to the previous Phone 2, the Phone 3 comes with a revamped camera system. In total there are now three cameras — all powered by 50-megapixel image sensors. One of the cameras also sports a periscope lens with 3X optical zoom. In addition, the ultra-wide camera too uses a 50-megapixel image sensor. Inside the phone there is 5500 mAh battery and the phone uses Nothing OS 3.5 software that has been augmented with some AI features. The phone is also IP68 certified against water and dust protection, which should help its credentials in that this is Nothing we are talking about, another big change is around design. First, the old Glyph interface which used lights arranged in thin lines on the back cover is gone. Instead, the phone now uses Glyph Matrix, which is essentially a large circle on the top right of the back cover. Inside the circle there are dot-matrix lights — 489 micro LEDs — which are customisable and can function in the same manner in which Glyph Lights used to do. In fact, the Glyph Matrix is one of the key features of the phone, so much so that Nothing has even put a round button on a back to control it and cycle through its various big design change is the new camera module — or rather the lack of it. In fact, this is going to be a polarising aspect of the Phone 3. Unlike camera modules in other phones which are symmetric, Nothing has decided to break some rules and has given the Phone 3 a camera module where lenses are placed asymmetrically. It gives the phone a distinct personality, a kind of cool quotient that no other phone will possibly dare to match. But for some users it may come across too edgy or too out of line. Talking of camera module design, one nifty feature seems to be a red square that will glow whenever the camera is recording a noted earlier, Nothing Phone 3 is going on sale in India from Flipkart and a few other stores on July 15. Although, pre-booking for the phone starts from July 1. Nothing says that those who pre-book the phone will also get Nothing Ear free with the phones along with one year additional free warranty.- EndsMust Watch
Engadget
01-07-2025
- Engadget
The $799 Nothing Phone 3 has four 50MP cameras and a secondary micro-LED display
The wait is over. Nothing has officially announced the Phone 3, its first flagship smartphone since entering the market in 2022. Nothing CEO Carl Pei said the company would go "all-in" on the Phone 3 with "premium materials, major performance upgrades and software that really levels things up," and the device Nothing showed off at its launch event in London certainly seems like it will be competitive with the best from Samsung and other Android OEMs. In a departure from the company's previous handsets, the Phone 3 has a new "Glyph Matrix" instead of the usual Glyph Interface. The Glyph Matrix trades the bright LEDs of its predecessors for a small, micro-LED screen that occupies the top right corner of the phone. Nothing says it designed the feature to reduce user screen time. The idea here is that you'll be able to see app alerts, contact notifications and real-time progress indicators from the back of your phone, without the need to wake the Phone 3's primary display. The Glyph Matrix also comes with a software feature Nothing is calling Glyph Toys. These essentially act like widgets. For instance, the micro-LED can act as as a digital clock, stopwatch or battery indicator. It's also possible to play simple games like Spin the Bottle on the display with the help of a dedicated button on the back of the handset. Nothing is releasing a public SDK to allow people to create their own widgets and games for the Glyph Matrix. In the near future, the company also plans to release a caller ID feature that will allow people to long-press on Glyph Button to show the name of a contact or a phone number during calls. Nothing As for the primary display, it's a 6.67-inch AMOLED with a 1.5K resolution and 4,500 nits of peak brightness on tap. It also offers a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. Those specs make it the brightest and sharpest screen Nothing has shipped on one of its phones. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement For photos and video, the Phone 3 comes with a triple rear camera setup and a single selfie camera. All four cameras come with 50-megapixel sensors, and there's optical image stabilization on the main and periscope cameras too. For video nerds, it's possible to shoot footage at 4K and 60FPS across all of the Phone 3's lenses. Internally, the phone comes with a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 system-on-a-chip that includes a eight-core CPU capable of running at 3.21GHz. The processor is 36 percent faster than the one found inside the Phone 2's Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. GPU performance is also improved, with Nothing promising a 88 percent uplift over the Phone 2's graphics processor. For memory, Nothing plans to offer two configurations of the Phone 3, with the base model offering 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. For those who want more storage, the 512GB model also comes with 16GB of RAM. Powering everything is a 5,150mAh battery that supports 65W wired and 15W wireless charging. Nothing claims people will be able to get up to 80 hours of uptime out of the battery, and with the right power adapter, it's possible to charge the phone to full in under an hour. Like the Phone 3a and 3a Pro, the Phone 3 comes with a button Nothing calls the Essential Key, which you can use to launch the company's Essential Space app. Think of it as a notes app that comes with a few nifty AI features. With the Phone 3, Nothing is adding a few new features to the software, including a shortcut called "Flip to Record." When you long press the Essential Key and turn your phone over, it will start recording and later transcribe what was said so you have a summary for later use. Out of the box, the Phone 3 comes with Android 15. Nothing plans to support the phone with five years of platform updates and seven years of security patches. Pre-orders for the Nothing Phone 3 open on July 4, with global availability to follow on July 15. In the US, the 12GB model will cost $799, while the 16GB variant will set you back $899. That puts the Phone 3 in same price range as a the Galaxy S25. This time around, Nothing plans to sell its new handset through Amazon, in addition to its own website. If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.
Tom's Guide
01-07-2025
- Tom's Guide
I just went hands-on with the Nothing Phone 3 — and it's the most unique flagship of 2025
The Nothing Phone 3 has now launched, a little later than anticipated but with more to shout about than you might expect. After launching two "flagship-killer" phones like last year's impressive Phone 2, plus some cheaper models and a handful of audio peripherals, the Phone 3 is here to show what Nothing considers a real flagship phone, and a statement on its future direction as a company. No pressure then. Seemingly aimed at the lower end of the flagship bracket, alongside phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S25, OnePlus 13 and Google Pixel 9, the Phone 3 takes a few cues like the basic size, camera offering and display, but then veers off to deliver typically weird (but loveable) Nothing features. Things like a rear dot matrix display, a lower-powered chipset, a bigger battery and a bunch of unique software and AI abilities. A full review will be coming in due course, but for now here's what I make of the Nothing Phone 3, a premium phone determined to stand out. Nothing Phone 3 Starting price $799/£799 Display 6.67-inch AMOLED Refresh rate 120Hz Rear cameras 50MP main, 50MP ultrawide, 50MP 3x telephoto Front cameras 50MP selfie Chipset Snapdragon 8S Gen 4 RAM 12GB/16GB Storage 256GB, 512GB Battery 5,150 mAh Charging 65W Operating system Android 15 with Nothing OS 3.5 Water/dust resistance IP68 Colors White, Black Nothing is charging £799/$799 for the standard, 256GB storage edition of the Phone 3. If you'd like 512GB storage, then you'll be paying £899/$899 instead. Up from the $599/£579 that the Nothing Phone 2 started at, but it makes sense given Nothing's mission of making a flagship phone - that includes a flagship price. Pre-orders start on the 4th of July at Nothing and select partners, and open sales will begin on July 15th. But in typical Nothing fashion, it's offering limited drops from July 12th for fans who are determined to try out the phone before anyone else. The color choice for the Nothing Phone 3 may be a stark black or white, but Nothing's aiming to cultivate a sense of "technical warmth" with its new device. In plain English, that means attempting to recapture the nostalgia of universally beloved tech products like the Game Boy, PlayStation 2 or original iPod. This comes in the form of a new "tri-column design", splitting the phone in three long segments which looks quite different compared to the previous Nothing phones' rounder designs. Familiar elements like the semi-transparent back and the Essential Key AI feature shortcut return, but gone is the Glyph Interface, the most distinctive part of the Nothing Phone 2. In its place appears the Glyph Matrix. This turns the light strips into a small 25 x 25 circular pixel grid that can display a lot more than the previous light bars ever could. As well as alerting you to notifications when the Phone 3 is face-down, the Glyph Matrix can also act as a digital spirit level, a timer or stopwatch, a clock or a battery indicator. There are also "Glyph Toys," fun little functions to play with such as Spin the Bottle, a Magic 8 Ball and Rock Paper Scissors. Nothing hopes its community and other developers will get involved too, launching a software development kit (SDK) for the Glyph system to let those outside Nothing contribute their own ideas. For the display, Nothing's stuck with the 6.67-inch AMOLED with a 120Hz refresh rate of previous models, although now with a higher pixel density, 1.5K resolution and slimmer 1.87mm bezels on all sides for a more premium look. The durability has been upgraded too, using Gorilla Glass Victus to protect the display and bearing an IP68 water/dust resistance rating. A quartet of 50MP cameras graces the front and back of the Nothing Phone 3. On the back you'll find the main camera, a 114-degree ultrawide camera and the 3x telephoto camera (which maxes out at 60x digital zoom and is also capable of macro photos at up to 10cm), and on the front, the usual selfie camera. All four cameras are capable of 4K video at 60 frames per second And, perhaps the most exciting upgrade of all, the red square that's been present on the back of all Nothing phones since the beginning now has a job as a flashing recording indicator while you're capturing video. Enhancing the quality of images is Nothing's new True Lens Engine 4 processing. This apparently combines even more frames together to make the optimal HDR image. Action mode, portrait mode and more are all available in the Camera app, along with pro Design Presets to apply unique and artistic filters. More editing options are available in the Nothing Gallery app, including color grading. Nothing elected to use the Snapdragon 8S Gen 4 chipset in the Phone 3, a lower-spec chip than the Snapdragon 8 Elite found in most Android flagship phones this year, but still a potent and efficient one. Manufactured on a 4nm process, the chip apparently gives the Phone 3 a 36% faster CPU, 88% faster GPU and up to 125% faster AI processing compared to the Phone 2 and its Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. RAM and storage come in two different versions. The basic model has 12GB RAM and 256GB storage, while the more expensive version gets you 16GB/512GB. The Phone 3 contains Nothing's largest phone battery to date - a 5,150 mAh silicon carbon cell that apparently provides up to 80 hours of battery life according to internal testing. Refuelling is delivered by up to 65W fast charging, which can apparently fill the phone from 0 - 50% full in just 19 minutes. Compared to phones in the same model year and price category, the Nothing Phone 2 had exceptionally good battery life. But now Nothing's playing in the flagship leagues, the Nothing Phone 3 may struggle to excel, even with its larger battery and more efficient chipset. Nothing OS 3.5, an Android 15 skin, comes preinstalled on the Nothing Phone 3. Nothing OS 4.0 with Android 16 is apparently coming later in the year, but there's no specific timing given for that yet. The update schedule is given as five years of OS updates and seven years of security updates, which should see you getting full updates up to Android 20, and safety from software issues until 2032. Google and Samsung offer seven years of full updates, the best offer of any smartphone manufacturer so far, but Nothing isn't far behind fortunately. Aside from its unique-looking interface, Nothing OS stands out with features like the Essential Space, as we saw on the Nothing Phone 2a series that launched earlier this year. This houses screenshots, voice notes and more to help you keep track of everything you'd like to remember. Specifically for the Phone 3, Essential Space has been improved with a new Flip to Record feature. With a press of the Essential Key, you can now easily start a voice note from anywhere. The recording then ends up in Essential Space, where you can check out a transcript and summarized points from whatever you recorded. Also new for this model is Essential Search, a universal search bar accessible with just a swipe up on the home screen. It's capable of finding apps and contacts like you'd expect, but can also tackle less concrete questions, such as queries about Saturn, as one demo showed. Nothing promises that Essential Search will gain personalized suggestions over time. implying that you'll be able to see relevant photos and notes appended to contacts as you search for them. The Phone 3 is willfully different to its rivals, eschewing some standard features in favor of its own "fun" ideas for what users need on their phone. So while the Phone 3 is promoted as a flagship, the specs are a lot less standardized than other phones you'd give that label to. When you look at the price, and the Galaxy S25, OnePlus 13 and Pixel 9, that all cost about as much, the Phone 3 barely looks related, which could be all some people need to see to be convinced. I want to take a closer look at the camera, chipset and battery performance before I offer a proper recommendation, but you'll have to wait a bit longer for that. For now, I can say that the Nothing Phone 3 is a bold and assertive entrance into the flagship phone world. And it looks to do enough differently that any small discrepancies in power or ability compared to rival Android phones won't matter too much. Stay tuned for a full review in the not-too-distant future.
