Nothing phone (1) long-term review

07 April 2023


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  • 10 Apr 2023

I currently use this phone .it's working good 💪

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    • Slokara
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    • 10 Apr 2023

    Goku412, 10 Apr 2023it is an interesting device but... $430 in my country fo... moreActually the experience is flawless at the moment on Android 13. Never felt that satisfied with a device since Oneplus 5...

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      • 10 Apr 2023

      Techie07, 10 Apr 2023I don't know why there's so much hate for a debut... moreFor a company's 1st phone and that too a mid-ranger, I think 3 Years of OS update is fair.

        it is an interesting device

        but... $430 in my country for the 8-128 variant for a device full of errors (according to rm GSMarena article) and the reviewer.

        no thanks, A54 6-128 for $390

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          • Anonymous
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          • 10 Apr 2023

          Techie07, 10 Apr 2023There's no fancy features like Dolby Vision, Dolby Atm... moreUsing phone apps on monitos are dumb.
          Better using laptop

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            • Anonymous
            • 8N3
            • 10 Apr 2023

            Techie07, 10 Apr 2023I don't know why there's so much hate for a debut... moreSamsung mobile = revenue of over 70 billion dollars per year
            Xiaomi = over 30 billion dollars revenue with phone business

            But you expect company that has barely started to do same. Have you also seen how many employees corporations like samsung and xiaomi have?

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              • Anonymous
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              • 10 Apr 2023

              Hey hi in ur first review of this phone(1) u said there's a issue with wired audio is it resolved or still there

                Techie07, 10 Apr 2023I don't know why there's so much hate for a debut... moreThere's no fancy features like Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, quad speakers, Samsung Dex, etc.

                If your importance is only specs and not user experience, you can buy chinese smartphones that offers way better than chips and specs than Nothing Phone 1.

                  I don't know why there's so much hate for a debut company.
                  I'm just posting my honest feedback.

                  Pros:
                  - Good display. When compared to others upper flagships, it's definitely gonna feels inferior.
                  - Good performance. I'm not a gamer, so I don't expect it to have a beast performance. It's feels solid for my day to day casual usage.
                  - Great design. The flat aluminum sides and the glass finish are feels premium when holding it.
                  - The Glyph interface is gimmick, but sometimes fun to play with.
                  - Good battery. For my usage, I can get around 5-6hrs SOT with adaptive battery turned on.
                  - Good speakers and great haptics.
                  - Good and reliable camera
                  - OS is simplistic and minimalist. If you want clean OS experience or fan of stock android, this is it.

                  Cons:
                  - 4K HDR 60fps playback sucks tho. It's very jittery.
                  - Not much of features in OS.
                  - Not best for heavy gaming
                  - Display quality could've been better.
                  - Only 3 years of OS updates, meanwhile Samsung and Xiaomi are offering 4 years of OS updates, even for their mid-rangers

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                    • Kunal
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                    • 09 Apr 2023

                    Waist of money..😔. Hanging problem. display problem. And I can't explain.

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                      • 3it
                      • 09 Apr 2023

                      Most of the daylight photo samples are out of focus or close up focus. It stat a particular unit related problem?

                        My 2 cents having used this phone for 5 months
                        Its a decent offering for a debut phone, which does fine in all departments and ticks all the boxes in the midrange segment, it doesn't excel in any like the og OnePlusOne did
                        I switched to other phone because of the software, which is just too basic and doesn't add on to anything over stock android
                        It all feels nice for a few months, but you get bored of it after that
                        They did a good job of ironing the bugs though with consistent updates, albeit a slow 13 update for company with just 1 phone, but at least it was stable

                          Nothing interesting phone ...

                          We are waiting for Oppo Find X6 Pro review ... this IS the real interesting phone.

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                            • akull
                            • rKA
                            • 09 Apr 2023

                            great review it helped , in a way .

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 09 Apr 2023

                              nothing interesting, nobody even talks about it hype is like zero ??? now the second phone will be even more expensive lol....

                                Oki, 08 Apr 2023The expensive ones are exactly the ones I'm talking ab... moreI do agree there is a lot of bloat from chinese companies, i found out yesterday its because a lot of the lower end market (say sub €200 and equivalent) including samsungs offerings are generally swapped out every 6 months to a year (based off data). Makes a good constant revenue so they'll keep just overloading certain markets.

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                                  • 09 Apr 2023

                                  Anonymous, 08 Apr 2023High SAR is strong evidence to say it is chinese product. ... moreNowadays Xiaomi has a lower sar than Samsung.

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                                    • 09 Apr 2023

                                    TomatoSauce, 09 Apr 2023I just don't get it. Why people are hating this phone ... moreBecause the software is inferior and the company refuses to take feedback.

                                    Multiple issues with random freezing

                                    Using the phone for pretty much anything causes it to come to a screeching halt (like VPN etc)

                                    Non existent desktop mode which the company is saying shouldn't be in a mid ranger and we all know that's not true Motorola's stylus 5g has motoready and XCover 6 has dex

                                    Ear 2 being released without any kind of endorsement or pre-tuning hell I would have taken thx cert at this point

                                    They lived up to their name.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 09 Apr 2023

                                      There's is really NOTHING interesting that would make choose this phone

                                        TomatoSauce, 09 Apr 2023I just don't get it. Why people are hating this phone ... moreToday, with the competitors reusing old/lesser chipsets for more price, the Nothing (1) becomes a gem.

                                        But when it was released, it was actually nothing special, and was overpriced for what you get. The king Galaxy A52s could be found for less. The limited availability didn't really help either, so many people were annoyed when many Youtubers were bragging about it buy not many people could actually buy one.

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