Nothing starts taking sign-ups for Phone (1) Android 13 update beta
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- 11 Dec 2022
joe nodden, 10 Dec 2022I got the K40 in early 2021. The Snapdragon 870 in it was t... moreGreat.
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- 10 Dec 2022
G, 10 Dec 2022Says the guy with K40 in his.I got the K40 in early 2021. The Snapdragon 870 in it was the best chip you could have in a phone at the time. It did not use Samsung's horrible architecture unlike the horrible 888. I was gonna get the Mi 11 a few months before but then I realized that before buying it. Still better than the Nothing phone's horrible SD700 series SoC over a year later. The display in the K40 was among the best at the time being an E4 panel. The cameras were pretty good. Could be better but they made for some great yearbook photos for me in the right lighting. The charging was quite quick at the time and it came with a charger inside the box unlike the Nothing phone. The battery was sizable while the phone was quite thin, thinner than the Nothing phone with a larger battery. And the only "polishing" was the glass back.
All this while being almost a couple hundred bucks cheaper than the Nothing phone at launch. If the K40 is a polished turd then the Nothing phone is diamond encrusted radioactive waste.
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- 10 Dec 2022
joe nodden, 03 Dec 2022Congratulations you've got a polished turd on your hands. Says the guy with K40 in his.
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- 05 Dec 2022
joe nodden, 05 Dec 2022A polished low end phone for the price of an upper mid rang... moreIt seems like u are hardcore specsheet enthusiast so u can't get the point of the nothing phone.But that's totally fine it's not for you.
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- 05 Dec 2022
Rotciv Ikias, 04 Dec 2022The fact is its a really polished midrange phone even by ju... moreA polished low end phone for the price of an upper mid range phone.
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- 04 Dec 2022
joe nodden, 03 Dec 2022Congratulations you've got a polished turd on your hands. The fact is its a really polished midrange phone even by just looking at it's display and design but for enthusiasts they will go for something like Xiaomi
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- 03 Dec 2022
Rotciv Ikias, 02 Dec 2022But there'S still some arguments in favour of the Noti... moreCongratulations you've got a polished turd on your hands.
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- 02 Dec 2022
joe nodden, 01 Dec 2022No I didn't read your post because I didn't notic... moreBut there'S still some arguments in favour of the Noting phone 1, like the high grade build quality, distinctive design and clean software experience and MAYBE the glyph interface(🤭🤭🤭)
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- 02 Dec 2022
Anonymous, 01 Dec 2022You really think that all of those 3000 people are now work... moreWell, if we assume only 10% (this is the lowest estimate) of the 3000 employees working on software that would still be 300 people. You telling me 300 qualified software engineers can't work on a single model?
Yeah, in case you conveniently forgotten Nothing only has one phone model to maintain. I don't see how you guys keep making up weak excuses for Nothing is going to help the company improve.
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- 01 Dec 2022
Anonymous, 01 Dec 2022You can deflect all you want, but the fact remains that if ... moreYou really think that all of those 3000 people are now working on software? You really dont know how company works, not to mention how they begin from scratch.
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- 01 Dec 2022
omzig, 01 Dec 2022did you even read my post? i just told you your phone'... moreNo I didn't read your post because I didn't notice it. But stop cherry-picking numbers, overall it's only 26% slower than the Nothing phone's storage in Androbench, as read speeds (which are arguably more important) are only around 15% slower. Though in real world performance the K40 will be faster due to the way faster SoC.
In the US if you go on Kimovil, the cheapest K40 is $311 and the cheapest Nothing Phone is $467. Both of those are for the 8/128 models. I mean forget the K40, you could get a K50 Pro for the price of the Nothing Phone here, and those aren't even remotely comparable.
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- 01 Dec 2022
Alex 94, 01 Dec 2022Slightly faster? Supports 72% higher memory bandwidth (44 a... moreit is all just paper digits, in real life it is slightly faster.
i did mention much more powerful GPU of SD870.
without GPU, Antutu 9 CPU scores:
Poco F3/Redmi K40 - 190825
Nothing Phone 1 - 164582
just 14% difference, and if we take UI into consideration, clean android on Nothing's Phone vs MIUI, real life snappiness may be on Nothing Phone side
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- 01 Dec 2022
omzig, 01 Dec 2022Redmi K40?? yeah right.. have it your way, dude. one's... moreSlightly faster? Supports 72% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 25.6 GB/s)
Higher GPU frequency (~35%)
28% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2500 MHz)
Shows better (up to 26%) AnTuTu 9 score – 700K vs 554K. Sd 778g/+ its a toy compared to flagship 870.
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- 01 Dec 2022
Super Android 22, 01 Dec 2022Lol nice try. I used to own the Xiaomi redmi note 5 a.i. Du... more"I'd say ios is a 3rd grade version of Huawei's emui"
On what planet of apes does that happen ? Chinese companies are the ones copying iOS and everything apple actually, and not the other way around
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- 01 Dec 2022
Super Android 22, 01 Dec 2022Lol nice try. I used to own the Xiaomi redmi note 5 a.i. Du... moreyeah, i have experience with Poco M3 and it was just a bloody mess of bugs and hiccups.. here's MIUI for you. most apps behaved with bugs, telegram didn't open chats even after multiple taps, Brave showed another page content while i longpressed to copy some info from the ccurrent page, whatsapp stutter and blacked out when i try to listen to audio message, miui own text app keeped on enabling underlined text on its own whim, etc. i can go on for infinity.
MIUI is hands down the worst skin i have ever seen on any android. i know Poco M3 is a cheap phone i bought as a quick fix but it's hardware was good enough for the price, all of it was ruined by MIUI and updates didn't fix any single thing.
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- 01 Dec 2022
Anonymous, 01 Dec 2022Xiaomi may make a $1000 phone but at the end of the day, it... moreLol nice try. I used to own the Xiaomi redmi note 5 a.i. Dual camera, cost £160 new in 2018 and it ran flawlessly on miui. Ran on a snapdragon 636 and never hung or crashed, opened all apps how I'd expect it to and even then had decent levels of customisation (if you wanted it). I'd say ios is a 3rd grade version of Huawei's emui that's about 2/3 years behind still (it's not but we can all exaggerate can't we)
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- 01 Dec 2022
joe nodden, 01 Dec 2022You're saying all this to the guy who mentioned he has... moredid you even read my post? i just told you your phone's sequential write speed (tested by Androbech) are 50% less than Nothing Phone, despite both being UFS 3.1 . there is no "other better specs" with K40, the only thing which is better is a slightly faster SoC, even then, it is mostly about GPU.
i dunno what place you are from, but the difference between K40 and Phone (1) prices in India are negligible.
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- 01 Dec 2022
As someone who had been annoyed a lot by beta software previously, I'll happily wait for the stable release.
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- 01 Dec 2022
Viper, 01 Dec 2022They have way less people than other brands so ot takes tim... moreA look at Nothing's LinkedIn page mentions they are employing more than 3,000 people now. If that is still lack of manpower to maintain a SINGLE (1) phone model, then most of Nothing employees must be sitting around doing nothing (pun intended) daily.
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- 01 Dec 2022
Anonymous, 01 Dec 2022Xiaomi may make a $1000 phone but at the end of the day, it... moreYou can deflect all you want, but the fact remains that if a company with thousands of employees like Nothing can't even maintain a single model, the future not looking good for users when Nothing introduce more models.
Before you come at me with the usual "Nothing is a small company" BS, just know that Nothing currently employs more than 3,000 employees.