Heaps of rumors and official details later, Nothing has finally launched its first smartphone, the much-hyped Nothing phone (1) at its recent online event in India. The smartphone, as already known, brings forward a fresh design and a mid-range spec sheet. The phone (1) is the company’s second product after the ear (1), which was launched last year. Continue reading to know all about the new Nothing phone (1).
Nothing phone (1) Design and Display
Much like the ear (1), the Nothing phone (1) goes for a semi-transparent design, which showcases some of the internal elements of the phone. As announced previously, this is inspired by the 1972 New York Subway Map by Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda. This is a rather fresh take on the smartphone design, which has got monotonous currently.
The device has flat edges and vertically-placed dual rear cameras, both of these remind us of the iPhone. It has a recyclable aluminum frame and biodegradable plastic. The whole package is painted white and black.
This is another piece of information that was revealed way before the launch. The Nothing phone (1) has a Snapdragon 778G+ chipset under the hood, which makes it stand against the Realme GT Master Edition, the iQOO Neo 6, and loads more.
The device comes with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It sources its juice from a 4,500mAh battery, which supports 33W fast charging. There’s also support for reverse charging and wireless charging, which is an added perk for the mid-range phone it is.
Nothing doesn’t believe in the “more the better” ideology and hence, it has decided to uncomplicate matters and provide us with only two rear cameras.
The phone (1) runs Nothing OS based on Android 12. Nothing’s skin is said to be clean and includes 40% lesser pre-installed apps. Plus, it has Bespoke fonts, colors, graphical elements, and sounds. A glimpse of this was also provided with the launch of the Nothing Launcher recently.
Nothing OS also has the Quick Settings to easily control the Nothing ear (1) and even third-party products, starting with Tesla. Nothing promises three years of software updates.
Price and Availability
The Nothing phone (1) is priced at Rs 32,999 for the 8GB+128GB model, Rs 35,999 for the 8GB+256GB variant, and Rs 38,999 for the 12GB+256GB model (which will be available at a later date). There’s a discount of Rs 1,000 on all the variants.
