Nothing Unveils Flagship Phone (3)

Nothing has introduced the flagship smartphone Phone (3). The new product once again surprises with its unusual design, while the device has lost its signature backlight – it has been replaced by an OLED screen Glyph Matrix, which reacts to system events and shows the time and many other notifications.

The new product debuts the Glyph Button (in the lower right corner of the smartphone in the image above), which adds interactivity to the Glyph Matrix. This button allows you to launch the Glyph Toys functions – mini-apps for the back screen, such as a “magic ball”, “rock, paper, scissors”, a sundial, a timer, a level, or a selfie mirror. All this turns the back panel not just a design element, but a full-fledged interaction interface. In addition, Nothing will release a set of tools that will allow third-party developers to create interactive mini-games and apps for the Glyph Matrix.

Another feature of the Phone (3) is the Essential Space system, which debuted earlier in the Phone (3a) series of smartphones. Together with the physical Essential Key button, the user can save screenshots with one click, add captions to them, record voice notes that the system recognizes and translates into text, and also structure materials by collections. The new Flip to Record function activates recording when the smartphone is turned over, with visual indication on the Glyph Matrix.

Specs:

• 6.7-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and 1–120 Hz dynamic refresh rate. Peak brightness reaches 4500 marketing nits;
• not a flagship, but still quite powerful Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip;
• RAM options 12 or 16 GB and 256 or 512 GB storage;
• 50 MP wide-angle with 1/1.3 VDI matrix, f/1.68 aperture, 24 mm equivalent focal length, autofocus and optical stabilization. Ultra-wide also 50 MP, 1/2.76 matrix and f/2.2. A new telephoto lens with a 50 MP periscope, a 1/2.75 VDI sensor, f/2.68, 70 mm equivalent focal length, 3x optical zoom and 60x digital zoom. The front camera, you guessed it, is also 50 MP. Nothing apparently thinks that the more megapixels, the better the camera;
• 5150 mAh battery with 65 W wired charging and 15 W wireless charging;
• Android 15 with the proprietary NothingOS 3.5 shell.

Pre-orders open on July 4 at £799 (~$1,300) for the base 12/256GB version and £899 (~$1,500) for the top 16/512GB model.