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Nothing announces Phone (3)

Nothing has official announced their Phone (3), the company is keeping their signature transparent design with the revamped “Glyph Matrix” instead of the traditional Glyph Interface. The Glyph Matrix is a small micro-LED screen in the top right corner of the phone, designed to show app alerts, notifications, and real-time progress indicators without waking the main display. It also supports “Glyph Toys” and will have a public SDK for custom widgets and games. The camera module also features a unique, asynchronous lens placement.

The Phone (3) will feature a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with a 1.5K resolution (1260 x 2800 pixels) and a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. It boasts a peak brightness of 4500 nits and typical outdoor brightness of 1600 nits. Protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i on the front and Gorilla Glass Victus on the back.

It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8S Gen 4 SoC, a significant upgrade that offers improved CPU and GPU performance compared to its predecessor. The Phone (3) will be available in two configurations; 12GB RAM with 256GB storage and 16GB RAM with 512GB storage, both the RAM and storage utilizes LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage technology.

As for the cameras, it will use a a triple 50MP camera setup at the back; the main shooter will be a 50MP sensor (1/1.3″ OV50H) with f/1.68 aperture and Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), then an ultrawide 50MP sensor (1/2.76″ JN1) with f/2.2 aperture and 114° field of view and the 3rd camera is a periscope telephoto with 50MP sensor (1/2.75″ JN5) with f/2.68 aperture, OIS, 3x optical zoom, and up to 60x digital zoom. It also functions as a macro camera.

For the front camera, it will be using a 50MP selfie camera with f/2.2 aperture.

The Nothing Phone (3) will have 5,500mAh silicon-carbon battery that supports 65W fast wired charging (charges to full in under an hour) and 15W wireless charging and 5W reverse wireless charging.

On the software side, the Phone (3) will be running the company’s very own Nothing OS 3.5 based on Android 15. The company promises 5 years of Android OS updates and 7 years of security patches. It will also includes new AI-powered features like “Essential Space” for organization and “Essential Search” for universal phone-wide searching. A “Flip to Record” shortcut allows for quick transcription and summarization of conversations.

AS for the rest of the specs,

  • Dual SIM (Nano + eSIM)
  • 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 be)
  • Bluetooth 6.0
  • GPS, USB Type-C, NFC
  • In-display fingerprint sensor
  • Stereo speakers
  • No 3.5mm headphone jack
  • New “Essential Key” customizable button.

The Nothing Phone (3) starts at $799 (globally) / SAR3,000.00 (Saudi Arabia) for the 12GB+256GB model, and $899 /SAR3,371.25 (Saudi Arabia) for the 16GB+512GB model. The company said that preorders for the Nothing Phone (3) will be available this 4th of July and it will be available on 15th of July.