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  • Anonymous
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  • 22 Mar 2025

S I R E, 21 Mar 2025Quit whining. By that measure OnePlus is a subsidiary if Op... moreWell, the UI and the OS play a very important role. There's a reason why I like Nothing, or even Pixel—it's just how clean and simple they are.

Chinese brands like Vivo or Xiaomi… their UIs just suck. There's too much going on, too many unnecessary things like their own app stores, custom features, and annoying ads everywhere. A spec sheet doesn’t really matter if the UI and OS don’t enhance the overall experience.

Using a Xiaomi just makes me feel drained—it’s messy, bloated, and overwhelming.

If you’re someone who prioritizes specs, then go for what you believe in and choose what suits you. But I personally value a clean, smooth phone experience—something that feels just right for me.

If the Nothing Phone is what I like, I shouldn’t have to justify that or be forced to like something else just because of specs.

    Anonymous, 21 Mar 2025Iqoo is a sub brand of another Chinese company that makes p... moreQuit whining. By that measure OnePlus is a subsidiary if Oppo, iqoo to vivo, Redmi and Poco to Xiaomi, Motorola to Lenovo.

    Yeah software is important and by that standard Nothing is claiming we do the bare minimum and call it our selling point.

    There are many users who like using custom ROMs from the get go, either to get a super lightweight start or to get a more familiar user experience across many devices. I started with Cyanogen, then Lineage, then Paranoid and like Pixel Experience with Nova Launcher the most.

    This gets rid of apps I don't care to use like uninstallable google bloat itself, many phones

    If you think note 12 doesn't run well then you are light not experienced user, anyone willing to spare 10-15 mins can get any android to run flawless as long as there's enough performance on the phone.

    Nothing has a track record of skimping exactly on some of the more important specs. Fact that 7+ Gen 2 can outperform 7s Gen 3 is evident enough that they deliberately chose a weaker SoC, not just that they use UFS2.2 and USB 2.0.

    Your noodlebrain not able to read anything but Xiaomi isn't my problem, I mentioned OnePlus and Motorola too.

    With this weak of a specsheet, it doesn't matter how ling nothing can support the phone, it'll be as slow as you are in just about a year or maybe 2 at stretch.

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      • Anonymous
      • JG5
      • 21 Mar 2025

      S I R E, 19 Mar 2025First of all, it costs way more than 300 bucks but here you... moreIqoo is a sub brand of another Chinese company that makes phones so no it is not new only the sub brand is. So much disinformation you spit out gsmarena shoul straight up remove comments 🤦‍♂️

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        • Anonymous
        • JG5
        • 21 Mar 2025

        S I R E, 19 Mar 2025First of all, it costs way more than 300 bucks but here you... moreThe fact that you put the redmi note 12+ pro just tells me you are biased as hell to the spec sheet because that phone runs like absolute dogwater

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          • Anonymous
          • JG5
          • 21 Mar 2025

          S I R E, 21 Mar 2025Boohoo, cry me a river ya simp. Nobody is mocking anyone. F... moreYeah the software is pretty important, not only is the software better than those Chinese dogshits who is custom romming in 2025? Especially the average user, why would you buy a phone just to custom rom it from the start 😹 no one does that. Better than buying your poco x69 ultra max with 50gb of ram that dies after a year of motherboard issues. Altough i do agree the 3a pro is too expensive the 3a is better

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            • Anonymous
            • xjH
            • 21 Mar 2025

            Nothing shot themselves on the foot with this one.

              Anonymous, 21 Mar 2025Everyone should ignore guys like you. No logic detected. Tr... moreBoohoo, cry me a river ya simp. Nobody is mocking anyone. Facts is facts, they make generic products and then review it for themselves patting their own back.

              There is absolutely nothing special about the conpany because they make products no different than any other company. Same cutbacks, even worse performance and internal specs, higher than competition prices.

              Riding a one trick pony of software is dumb because some of the greatest ROMs ever made were produced by the Android modding community for free, they work for fun and they produce phenomenal ROMs and feature wihout asking for anything in return. Nothing OS is not far from stock Android and basically a glorified skin you can mimic and supass with legendary launcher like Nova Launcher Pro and Lawnchair.

              Bluetooth audio always has and always will be trash, real audiophiles prefer analogue wired audio and it is vastly superior to any and all alternatives.

              Nothing conpany might be "new" but Pei comes from OnePlus, this is not new for him and yet NOTHING phones are significantly worse than OnePlus phones.

              They want to be the Apple of Android world and I am glad they never will be.

              "Boohoooo Nothing is amazing but I own SAMSUNG products...boohoo you should mock this conpany even though I cry for this other company boohoo... Doesn't matter if I'm a hypocrite boohoo" that's what you aound like

              Bad is bad, no matter who makes it.

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                • Anonymous
                • pdw
                • 21 Mar 2025

                S I R E, 20 Mar 2025Ignore that guy. He's just trying to enrage people wit... moreEveryone should ignore guys like you. No logic detected. Trying to mock super young company who is constantly improving is super smart right? Have you tried their CMF Buds Pro 2? For their price they are amazing. Clarity, bass, microphone. Even build quality is top notch along side their price tag. Similar products(airpods, galaxy buds) are similar~ but costs 3-5 times more depending on the region. Same goes for phones, they look amazing, their software is super decent and all of their phones are super smooth. For 3year old company I would say they are super promising. If you want to mock somebody so go to apple and samsung forums because their innovations stopped a little while a go(btw I own galaxy S23u. Can't upgrade to anything because there isn't any upgrades in the market lol) :)

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                  • Anonymous
                  • y6W
                  • 21 Mar 2025

                  256gb only? Pass!

                    Anonymous, 20 Mar 2025Then you must be mentally blind, not wanting to check thing... moreIgnore that guy. He's just trying to enrage people with dumb comments. Typical brand simp behaviour.

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                      • pdw
                      • 20 Mar 2025

                      Anonymous, 20 Mar 2025Then you must be mentally blind, not wanting to check thing... moreI checked and there is nothing similar in same price tag worth mentioning. Name models if there is something worth checking maybe I missed something but I doubt it.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • GXs
                        • 20 Mar 2025

                        Anonymous, 19 Mar 2025There is noneThen you must be mentally blind, not wanting to check things well while your eyes may be physically working.

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                          • 8kN
                          • 19 Mar 2025

                          Anonymous, 19 Mar 2025I am confused. Is there a normal nothing phone 3 (pro)? Be... moreOnly cameras are the difference

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                            • p1g
                            • 19 Mar 2025

                            S I R E, 19 Mar 2025First of all, it costs way more than 300 bucks but here you... morethe good old notification led. my huawei mate 20 pro had one in the notch with different colors for different notifications but also for charging. i miss these little extras that older phones had. 😓

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                              • Anonymous
                              • p1g
                              • 19 Mar 2025

                              I am confused. Is there a normal nothing phone 3 (pro)? Because I see only 3a and 3a pro, which are inferior, right?

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                                • 8kN
                                • 19 Mar 2025

                                Anonymous, 19 Mar 2025Go do your own homework, check on one of these online shopp... moreThere is none

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                                  • 8kN
                                  • 19 Mar 2025

                                  Anonymous, 19 Mar 2025Aren't the manufactures ones telling people to use off... moreThat's a fancy way to say buy more products for us lol. If you don't understand of course

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                                    • Lxf
                                    • 19 Mar 2025

                                    Anonymous, 19 Mar 2025Aren't the manufactures ones telling people to use off... moreFunny huh?
                                    You save the brick at cost of destroying the phone itself by using old charger, then you get more e waste than the brick itself 🤣

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Lxf
                                      • 19 Mar 2025

                                      Anonymous, 18 Mar 2025Name them. Which models, I'll check their price, softw... moreThe other person already answered though here are examples,
                                      Speaking of Poco F5, selling for $210
                                      F5 pro costs more than; however, if you check carefully, K60 (almost same spec with F5 pro) is selling for like $290.
                                      Now you may argue as it being an old phone, but it's got 8 Gen +1, 12GB, 512GB and has global rom installed.
                                      Another one POCO X7, priced $270, 12GB, 512GB, $270
                                      Redmi Turbo 4 (rebranded X7 pro)12GB, 512GB, $295
                                      Then if you carefully pick the purchase date, which comes once or twice / month, often you get like 20% off.
                                      Note: Prices may vary depending on exchange rate.

                                        Anonymous, 18 Mar 2025Name them. Which models, I'll check their price, softw... moreFirst of all, it costs way more than 300 bucks but here you go

                                        IQOO Neo 10R (cheapest 8s Gen 3 while being brand new)
                                        OnePlus Nord 4
                                        Poco X7 Pro
                                        Poco X6 Pro
                                        Poco F6 (8s Gen 3)
                                        Poco F5
                                        Motorola Edge 50 (USB 3.1 TOO)
                                        Realme GT 6/6T
                                        Redmi Turbo 4
                                        Redmi Note 12 Pro+

                                        Can't remember and don't care to mention any more
                                        names to you but a boat-load of opder flagships that run circles around all the garbage "Nothing" makes.

                                        NOTHING is a scam company trying to ride on the success of (OG) OnePlus that comes with Carl Pei.
                                        It's a company that screams it's lungs about being different while doing absolutely everything that every other brand does and most of them malicious practices.

                                        All they do is keep congratulating themselves for achieving some imaginary breakthrough by reviewing themselves and then portraying remarkable flexibility by kissing their own everyone knows what.

                                        Transparent back just shows some plastic cutouts that are not actual internals, glyph interface is a horrible gimmicky "reinvention" attempt at the age old ARGB Notifications LED that was pretty much standard on every Smartphone and can run circles around this approach simply because you don't have to remember patterns, flash intervals or anything like that to tell what the notification is about because colors are freaking amazing at being different. It was even better with the OG ONEPLUS ONE where you could color match the notification LED to the application icon color.

                                        Anyone that likes NOTHING as a company is on a strong dose of copium.

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