Nothing Phone (3) review | TechCrunch

Carl PEI -led electronics manufacturer Oneplus Technology provides affordable phones with multiple line devices, including flagship phones that challenge Samsung and Apple from being a scrapy brand for enthusiasts. He is running the same playbook NothingA five-year-old, initiative-supported hardware startup that has just launched its most ambitious device (3) earlier this month. The phone worth $ 799 is intended to compete with devices from Samsung and Apple.

Although the OnePlus focuses on the specifications and experiences supply for values ​​in its first days, the design and software is not focused on the design and software to stand up from another phone. The startup creates interesting devices with transparent design that attracts attention.

My ex -TechCrunch colleague Brian Heater said, there’s nothing Phone (1) was greatAnd Phone (2) was a strong mid-range device while maintaining fancyThe Phone by maintaining transparent design principles (3) Call Mixed Passion To its design.

There are lots of uneven ingredients on the back of the phone with a weirdly decorated camera module. If you see the reactions on the Internet, some people liked it because it was not like another phone, and some people hate it. If you can get the incomplete arrangement you can choose the device.

The glyf LED system that had been prominent on the phone was also removed. The devices are more up when this system enlightens to indicate an arrival call or a message. Over the years, the company has made it more customized, which allows you to determine different patterns for different contacts. It even made an SDK for the developers, which did not stop.

The LED format with the phone (3) is replaced with glyph matrix, a circle-shaped second screen in the upper right-hand corner to display further information. When you press the back button it can show initial information like time and battery level.

The company also includes mini applications like spin the bottle, a stopwatch and rock, paper and scissors. It is more of a fun joke that can use to display your phone.

The second screen on a device is not a new idea and it does not solve the problem of turning the phone to read the message. You can assign an emoji for a communication, but it has just told you that you have received a message from that contact, but it doesn’t tell you what it is. So you need to turn on your phone anyway. Is the matrix cool? S kinds. Is it useful? Still not much.

The company is inviting developers to make equipment for it, which can improve things in case of taking.

Hardware and camera

The company is using a Snapdragon 8S-Gene 4 processor, built on a 4-nanometer architecture, which is one step below the Galaxy S 25, OnePlus 13 and Shaomi 15 Ultra. However, in your daily use, it doesn’t give much importance.

The device also includes a 6.67 inch of amoled screen with 1.5k resolution, which is protected by which Gorilla Glass 7 Eye Instead of the more powerful gorilla glass victory. The screen contains bright and ditch color. Although it supports HDR for YouTube, nothing has said that Netflix did not make its devices white to run HDR content.

Phone (3) features three 50-megapixel cameras for different purposes. The original camera has a 1/1.3-inch sensor, which is 20% larger than the phone (2), in AF/1.68 aperture; Periscope telephoto lenses provide 3X optical zoom, 6x in-sensor and 60x digital zoom with AI Super Race Zoom; And Ultra-Wide lenses provide 114-degree viewing fields. There is also a 50-megapixel selfie camera with F/2.2 aperture.

Although nothing claims that this phone has earned the quality of its “true flag”, iPhone and Samsung Galaxy phones, over the years with the quality of the working camera. Nothing makes the phone (3) good pictures, but the accuracy of the color requires work to match the other flagship phone. Also, if the light is not ideal, the phone creates crushed shades and overablaown highlights in the dark or bright region of the image.

The phone has a 5150 mAh battery for international versions, which are good enough to make you medium to heavy use day. You can charge the device through the 65 Wired charging and 15 Wireless charging.

AI

Nothing has made a customized hardware key called Key with the Pro on Phone 3 and 3. This key ports the new flagship and opens a space app, which allows you to save screenshots with notes. Surprisingly, you cannot just save the notes.

The company is also making its debut in the Essential Search, which is doubled using AI as the Internet and Web search.

You can search files and events by typing in keywords, or “Who did you win in 2024?” Can you ask an inquiry like this? And then tap the AI ​​button for the surface of the web results using Google’s Gemi models. It is similar to Apple to integrate the Chatzep with Siri to search the web for specific questions.

The phone also receives a meeting note transcriber, which records your meeting and shortens the original points. You can trigger it by holding the required key and flip the phone. You can double-press the required key to record a voice snippet with transcription. However, users have no way of accessing these recording and transcripts out of any phone, unless they explicitly export them.

CEO PEI in chat with TechCrunch said that smartphones are the best medium for distributing AI and the company wants to make AI features users users.

“We need to be truly focused on making things [AI features] That is useful [for end users] And just call our phones ‘nothing AI phone’. Some have some image generation and call it a day, “he said.”[We are thinking about] How can we really earn this new technology to help people. The idea is not to compete with people or move away their jobs. How do we help people become better and more creative? ”

Although it is good to have this ambition, nothing is a set of features, which also includes the AI-powered wallpaper generation equipment, step by step with other phone manufacturers.

Nothing position

Nothing is making the phone available Via the US website and Amazon in the United StatesThe In Canada, it is part of the best bay.

At 99 799, the device competes with Samsung Galaxy S25, Google Pixel 9, and iPhone 16 since it is not being offered through wireless carrier bundles, the phone is still unlocked phones and samsung, Apple and Google options have been discovered.

In India, the largest market for the company, the phone is a different story after the start of 79,999. Although the company provides discounts and exchanges, the prices are equal to or above the iPhone 16 and Galaxy 25, depending on the sale. Initial reactions on social media have suggested that customers have found the price higher, which can affect the company’s sales.

Nothing to challenge the world’s Samsung and Apple themselves, but at this point, instead of direct competition, the phone is a good, cheap option for those devices.