This wholly redesigned flagship provides personal experiences in a unique device that packs top specs and cameras to boost performance and cater to creators. It should also be easier to buy.
Nothing has unveiled its first true flagship smartphone, the Nothing Phone (3), at an event in London. The Phone (3) carries the company’s unique design aesthetic forward while pushing it in a new direction at the same time. It swaps out the old rear-mounted Glyph lights for a smaller Glyph Matrix, a micro-LED display for visual notifications. The phone still comes in only black and white, but it improves the processor, battery, and camera to make it more competitive with devices from Google and Samsung. A New Glyph
The light-up Glyph user interface has long separated Nothing’s phones from the crowded field of me-too slabs. The Glyph employs different blinking light patterns to let you know when you have a missed call, new text message, or other notification. With the Phone (3), the Glyph Matrix replaces the old Glyph.
The Matrix is a smaller LED tucked into the upper-right corner of the rear and uses dot-matrix-style animations to convey information. The idea behind the Glyph Matrix is to provide you with basic details—Hey, you got a message!—without forcing you to unlock your device or look at the screen. « Glyph Matrix lets you stay informed at a glance, without getting pulled into endless scrolling », says the company.
You can also play games; Glyph Toys adds quick tools and micro games to the phone’s rear panel. The tools include a Glyph mirror, digital clock, stopwatch, battery indicator, and solar clock, while the games include Spin the Bottle and Magic 8 Ball. Nothing says a caller ID feature is on deck for later this year.Nothing OS 3.
