UK-based company Nothing has launched an Android phone it hopes will re-energize the smartphone market. The distinctive-looking Nothing 1 has a translucent back featuring hundreds of light-emitting diode (LED) lights that function as notifications.

Nothing raised more than $144m (£122m) in funding to develop the handset.
Backers include iPhone designer Tony Fadell, YouTuber Casey Neistat, and gaming channel Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin.

The company says it has received more than 200,000 requests for pre-orders of the £399 phone - about half the price of an average iPhone - manufactured in China and India.

The company also has ambitions to create a luxury product and Mr Pei says he hopes to collaborate with electric-car manufacturer Tesla.

Nothing has sold more than half a million units of its first product - wireless, noise-cancelling headphones Ear 1, launched in August - despite software teething problems.

It is a standard  mid-range  Android phone. This phone is quite proud of its environmental credentials here. It says it used 100% recycled  aluminum in all of its phone and that over 50%  of the plastic components  are either recycled from a bio-based source .

specifications

NETWORK

Technology        GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

LAUNCH 

Announced        2022, July 12

Status

Coming soon. Exp. release 2022, July 16

BODY

Dimensions 159.2 x 75.8 x 8.3 mm (6.27 x 2.98 x 0.33 in) Weight 193.5 g (6.84 oz.)     

 

 

Build   

Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame.  

 

SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by Multiple LED lights on the back                                                     (notifications, charging progress, camera fill light) Blinking red light on the back                                     (video recording indicator IP53 - splash, water and dust resistant.

 

 

BATTERY

Type      non-removable   Li-Po 4500 mAh,

Charging

Fast charging 33W, 50% in 30 min, 100% in 70 min (advertised)

Wireless charging 15W

Reverse wireless charging 5W

Power Delivery 3.0

Quick Charge 4.0

 

DISPLAY   

Type OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 500 nits (typ), 1200 nits (peak)

Size

6.55 inches, 103.6 cm2 (~85.8% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution

1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~402 ppi density)

Protection  

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

PLATFORM

OS Android 12, Nothing OS

Chipset

Qualcomm SM7325-AE Snapdragon 778G+ 5G (6 nm)

CPU  

Octa-core (1x2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)

MEMORY   Card    slot

No

Internal 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM UFS 3.1

 

 

MAIN CAMERA   

Dual       50 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS 50 MP, f/2.2                                114˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm

Features

LED flash, panorama, HDR

Video

4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS, live HDR

SELFIE CAMERA               

Single    16 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/3.1", 1.0µm

SOUND Loudspeaker            

Yes, with stereo speakers

3.5mm jack                              

No

COMMS

WLAN   Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot

Bluetooth

5.2, A2DP, LE

GPS 

Yes, with A-GPS. Up to dual-band: GLONASS (1), BDS (2), GALILEO (1), QZSS (1)

NFC 

Yes

Radio

Unspecified

USB

USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES

Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, proximity,                                                gyro, compass.

MISC

Colors   White, Black

Models  

A063

Price

About 470 EUR nearly ₹37,798.951