Nothing Phone was started and founded by Carl Pei, a Swedish internet entrepreneur that co-founded OnePlus where he left last September 2020. On Mar 24, 2022, Carl announced the launching of their first ever smartphone called phone (1) via Nothing’s twitter page.

Carl Pei has been gone for a while but now he’s back with his new vision of a world without barriers between people and technology. Nothing phone (1) is officially coming under his new venture called Nothing.

Nothing Phone 1 is the most hype smartphone launch of the year that is going to be available this 12 of July, 2022.

Nothing Phone 1 looks pretty neat and modern where you can now bid the 100 Limited edition units at https://stockx.com/dropx-exclusive-nothing-phone-1-the100.

Design

Display.
6.55” flexible OLED display
Corning® Gorilla® Glass
HDR10+
10-bit colour depth
2400×1080-pixel resolution at 402 ppi
1,000,000:1 contrast ratio
500 nits brightness; 1,200 nits peak brightness
60Hz – 120Hz adaptive refresh rate
240Hz touch sampling rate
Haptic touch motors

Capacity.
8 RAM + 128 GB memory
8 RAM + 256 GB memory
12 RAM + 256 GB memory

Dimensions.
Height: 159.2 mm
Width: 75.8 mm
Depth: 8.3 mm
Weight: 193.5 g

Camera

Main Camera.
50 MP
Sony IMX766 sensor
ƒ/1.88 aperture
1/1.56” sensor size
1 µm pixel size
Focal length: 24 mm
OIS and EIS image stabilisation
Panorama Night Mode
Portrait Mode
Beauty Mode
Bokeh
HDR
Google Filter
Scene Detection
Live Photo
Document Mode
Night Mode
Extreme Night Mode
Night Video
Expert Mode
Panorama
Slo-Mo (120 fps)
Time-lapse

Video.
4K recording at 30 fps
1080p recording at 30 or 60 fps
Live HDR at 30 fps
Slo-mo (120 fps)
Night Mode (720p/1080p at 30 fps)
OIS and EIS image stabilisation

Ultra wide.
50 MP
Samsung JN1 sensor
ƒ/2.2 aperture
1/2.76” sensor size
EIS image stabilisation
114° field of view
Night Mode
Macro (4 cm)

Front Camera.
16 MP
Sony IMX471 sensor
ƒ/2.45 aperture
1/3.1” sensor size
Live Photo
HD Portrait
Google Filter
Beauty Mode
Night Mode
1080p video recording at 30 fps

Features

Battery.
4500 mAh battery size
33W PD3.0 wired charging: full charge in 70 mins
15W Qi wireless charging with dual charging support: full charge in 120 mins
5W reverse charging

Only use with chargers compatible with Quick Charge 4.0.

Chipset.
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 778G+
6nm TSMC process
1xA78 2.5GHz+3xA78 2.4GHz+4xA55 1.8GHz
Adreno 642L GPU
Hexagon 770 AI processor

Face & Finger Unlock.
Unlock Phone (1) using fingerprint or facial recognition. Works with face coverings.

Sensors.
In-display Fingerprint Sensor
Accelerometer
Electronic Compass
Gyroscope
Ambient Light Sensor
Proximity Sensor
Sensor Core
Front RGB sensor

Splash, water and dust resistance.
IP53

SIM card.
Dual SIM

Audio.
3 high definition mics
Dual stereo speakers

Memory.
RAM: 8/12GB LPDDR5
Storage: 128/256GB UFS 3.1

Network

Connectivity.
Gigabit LTE with 4×4 MIMO
Gigabit 5G dual Mode (NSA & SA) with 4×4 MIMO
5G NR*: Bands n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78
4G LTE: Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41,66
3G UMTS (WCDMA): bands 1,2,4,5,6,8,19
2G GSM : 850/900/1800/1900
Wi-Fi : Wi-Fi 4/5/6 and 802.11 a/b/g/, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.2
NFC enabled with Google Pay support
GPS : with A-GPS. Up to dual-band: GLONASS (1), BDS (2), GALILEO (1), QZSS (1)
*5G connectivity may vary based on regional availability and local operator support.

Multimedia.
Audio Supported Formats
Playback: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, WAV, FLAC, APE, OGG, MID, M4A, IMY, AC3, EAC3, EAC3-JOC, AC4
Recording: WAV, AAC, AMR
Video Supported Formats
Playback: MKV, MOV, MP4, H.265 (HEVC), AVI, WMV, TS, 3GP, FLV, WEBM
Recording: MP4
Image Supported Formats
Playback: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, WEB, HEIF, HEIC, DNG
Output: JPEG, DNG

Software Support.
3 years of Android updates
4 years of security patches every 2 months

Ports.
USB-C