Specifications:
Introduction:
Nothing Phone 3 has been launched. Finally, this phone has arrived. I have also taken hands on experience of this phone, what are its features, what is new, let’s know about all these things.
Design:
So first of all we will talk about the design, the design and first look of Nothing Phone 3 is quite good. I think this is the most amazing design ever in the entire smartphone industry. If I talk about my experience, I found its design quite cool. But one thing must be said that this phone is very unique in appearance. When you go out to a public place with this phone, this phone will 100% stand out. Because of its camera setup.
The back side of Nothing Phone 3 comes in glass. The frame is made of metal. When you hold this phone, it gives you a premium feel. The biggest change in Nothing Phone 3 is the design, because a small display is given on its back side which is named Glyph Metrix. Inside this display there are 489 small LEDs which blink. It is a kind of monochrome display. It is black and white. You can do multiple tasks in it. For example, you can customize the icon for your favourite contact. When you receive a call, you can set the photo avatar here. Which will be displayed like a matrix. Apart from this, you will find a digital clock in it. There is also a battery indication. So, this Glyph Metrix looks quite functional.
Display:
Now let’s talk about the display. The display is similar to Nothing Phone 2, it is a 6.67-inch flexible AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate with 4500 nits Peak brightness. The screen body ratio is 92.89%. Look wise, front wise it is the same as Nothing Phone 2, but yes there is a slight change, this time the bezels have been made a little thinner. These are symmetrical bezels. And the bezels have been reduced by 18% from Nothing Phone 2, which is a very good thing.
If we look at the physical overview, then on the right-hand side you get the essentials, power on/off button. And on the left-hand side there are volume keys. And on the bottom side there is a speaker grill and Type C port. And when you look at the back side, you will see a red coloured square button, this time Nothing has made it functional. Meaning, whenever you record a video with the phone’s camera, a light will blink in it and the person in front will know that you are shooting a video.
Camera:
Now let’s talk about the camera of Nothing Phone 3. Yes, this time the camera has been upgraded and that too at the hardware level. This time you get to see a triple camera setup in the rear side of Nothing Phone 3. It features a 50MP main sensor, a 50MP periscope telephoto lens, and a 50MP ultra-wide-angle camera. An additional lens has been included, which is definitely a great addition. An extra lens has been added which is a very good thing. With which you can click photos at 3x.
And a 50MP selfie camera has been given on the front side. But the lens which we were missing in Nothing Phone 2, the periscope lens, has been added in Nothing Phone 3.
Performance:
If I talk about performance, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen4 chipset has been used. You will find this chipset in many other phones. This chipset will easily handle all the tasks for day-to-day life, even if you do heavy gaming. You get very good performance in this. This chipset is not bad it will run smoothly like butter. It will do the heaviest of tasks for you. But the price at which it is coming is not justifying it.
It has LPDDR 5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage type, so rewrite multitasking is definitely going to be smooth, there is not going to be any problem.
Battery:
Talking about the battery, you get a 5500mAh battery with 65W fast charging support and yes, it also supports 15W wireless charging. Apart from this, this phone is IP68 certified. You get NFC in the phone.
Software and Updates:
Now talking about the software, it comes with Nothing OS 3.5 which is based on Android 15. It has an essential button with which you can do many things with AI.
In Nothing Phone 3, you will get 5 years of major android updates and 7 years of security updates, which is a good thing. Talking about OS, there is a small round display on the back side as well.
Opinion:
My opinion about Nothing Phone 3 is that whatever hands-on experience I have had. I felt that after experiencing Nothing Phone 3, if someone sees the phone for the first time, he will say that it has a new design. Its design is quite unique. And from the beginning, nothing’s approach has been that their phone should look different, unique. And probably Nothing is following this approach.
And looking at Nothing Phone 3, it seems that this is an experimental phone. That means the camera has been aligned, the glyph matrix has been aligned. That means looking at all this, it seems that Nothing Phone 3 is an experimental phone. By removing only the interface, a new pixel display has been installed, this is an interesting touch in this phone in my opinion. Looking at the Nothing Phone 3, it seems that Nothing has taken a very bold move, especially by taking the price from Rs. 40-45000 to Rs. 70-80000. Means it has directly jumped from premium mid-range to a flagship.
And how can the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 justify the pricing they have kept. The pricing is a bit shocking. Nothing has made this phone expensive and has moved towards a flagship.
I feel that the company’s approach towards Nothing Phone 3 is completely different from their budget phones and mid-range phones. I feel that this number series of Nothing wants to compete directly with the flagship.
What is your opinion about Nothing Phone 3? How did you like this phone? How did you like the pricing?