Nothing Phone(1)

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garreth64

Original Poster:

663 posts

227 months

Thursday 7th July 2022
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Couldn't see any posts about this so thought I'd ask the question - is this something genuinely different or just hype?

https://nothing.tech/pages/pre-order

Currently invite only with a waiting list of almost 200,000 with full specs not yet released.

Nothing being founded by Carl Pei, former founder of OnePlus.

I've had OnePlus phones since the 1, including 3, 5 and current 7 Pro which I'm still happy with.

I've got an invite for the Phone(1) which expires tomorrow, but have to stump up a non-refundable £20, just to get the option to buy the phone next week so think i will probably give it a miss, as without all the specs it seems like a mid range phone with some flashing LEDs on the back.

Mr-B

3,861 posts

200 months

Thursday 7th July 2022
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Sounds like a rinse and repeat of what he did at OP with the invite system. Run out of new ideas? Wonder if they will be data harvesting again biggrin

anonymous-user

60 months

Thursday 7th July 2022
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That looks terrible. No prices, specs etc. Ponzi-style waiting list. My instinct says to run a mile from that.

FourWheelDrift

89,441 posts

290 months

Thursday 7th July 2022
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Invite only = pretentious crap

Brainpox

4,097 posts

157 months

Thursday 7th July 2022
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It's all marketing, a generic Chinese phone with some ugly white LEDs on the back (which apparently aren't even the same shade of white).

OP did it along with a few others - essentially stock Android on mid-tier hardware, no guarantee of updates after a year, just a gimmick with limited practical use to make it stand out from the crowd. An invite system to make people want to buy the phone, as somehow it's exclusive.

If it's cheap, then I'm all for it, otherwise what's the point?

FatboyKim

2,324 posts

36 months

Thursday 7th July 2022
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Can anyone elaborate as to what is so special about this?

I've been using a OP 8T for some time now, and heard about this Nothing phone the other day, what's it all about?

stevoknevo

1,692 posts

196 months

Thursday 7th July 2022
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FatboyKim said:
Can anyone elaborate as to what is so special about this?

I've been using a OP 8T for some time now, and heard about this Nothing phone the other day, what's it all about?
Mid range chip, 'funky' rear lights, looks great from the front.
https://youtu.be/SNjlnEIGtfw

Mr-B

3,861 posts

200 months

Thursday 7th July 2022
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FatboyKim said:
Can anyone elaborate as to what is so special about this?

I've been using a OP 8T for some time now, and heard about this Nothing phone the other day, what's it all about?
It's Nothing special.

FatboyKim

2,324 posts

36 months

Friday 8th July 2022
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The Chinese have all my data from Oneplus anyway, so I'll stay put I think whistle

somouk

1,425 posts

204 months

Friday 8th July 2022
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The phone is nothing special, he’s doing what he did at one plus and has already been called out by MKBHD on his review as doing it. Unless it is mega cheap like the old one plus used to be when they were released then it’s not worth having.

Mr-B

3,861 posts

200 months

Friday 8th July 2022
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somouk said:
The phone is nothing special, he’s doing what he did at one plus and has already been called out by MKBHD on his review as doing it. Unless it is mega cheap like the old one plus used to be when they were released then it’s not worth having.
Rumoured £450 starting price for base model.

FatboyKim

2,324 posts

36 months

Friday 8th July 2022
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Mr-B said:
Rumoured £450 starting price for base model.
They can fk off then

Jamescrs

4,778 posts

71 months

Friday 8th July 2022
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Definitely looks very "Scammy" from the website, the whole sign up friends to move up the waiting list seems dodgy an no mention of any specs at all I can see.

the-norseman

13,218 posts

177 months

Friday 8th July 2022
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All show and no go, I downloaded the beta of their launcher and it didn't seem very good.

sutoka

4,702 posts

114 months

Saturday 9th July 2022
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Can't be doing with Android so think I'll stick with my iPhone 11 Pro

the-norseman

13,218 posts

177 months

Saturday 9th July 2022
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sutoka said:
Can't be doing with Android so think I'll stick with my iPhone 11 Pro
Excellent contribution to the thread.

Glosphil

4,469 posts

240 months

Saturday 9th July 2022
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sutoka said:
Can't be doing with Android so think I'll stick with my iPhone 11 Pro
Just to add some balance.

Can't be doing with iPhone so I'll stick with my lower cost phone running Android.

ade73

439 posts

115 months

Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Nothing amazing from the launch video.

I was with one plus from 2 after a friend raved about his 1.

Signed up for the invite code but have never received one, on the orders page it says you only get it 3 days earlier.

Pay extra for charger and you can buy the ear(1) cheaper on other retailers sites.

the-norseman

13,218 posts

177 months

Friday 15th July 2022
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I like the design.

Alorotom

12,107 posts

193 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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Unboxing and review released yesterday on Unbox Therapy … https://fb.watch/eitAf11i9M/?fs=e&s=cl