Nothing's Phone 3 Is Stymied By Contentious Design and Price (ndtvprofit.com)
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- News link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/07/30/1935230/nothings-phone-3-is-stymied-by-contentious-design-and-price
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The Android device lacks the most performant Qualcomm processor chip found in premium Android phones and the camera performance "falls short of other handsets in this price bracket," the publication [1]wrote in a scathing review . The phone costs $200 more than its predecessor and matches pricing with Apple's iPhone 16, Samsung's Galaxy S25, and Google's Pixel 9.
Critics across Reddit and social media have attacked Nothing for removing the signature Glyph Lights from previous models. Comments on Nothing's YouTube channel have been "bruising," focusing on the phone's oddly positioned camera array. "At its current price, the handset is too expensive for what it offers," the review concludes.
[1] https://www.ndtvprofit.com/technology/nothings-phone-3-is-stymied-by-contentious-design-and-price
Skinner! (Score:2)
> “I don’t know why people are so emotional about a phone design,” said Carl Pei, the startup’s founder and chief executive officer, in a recent “Nothing CEO reacts” video addressing the complaints. “Either you like it or you don’t like it. And if you don’t like it, just move on.”
Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong.
That's a bold strategy for a company who's trying to sell a mediocre Android phone as comparable to iPhone 16 and Pixel 9.
pricing fail (Score:2)
> Pei said in his video that his choice of chip might have been wrong for the âoe0.1 percent of the population who need the bleeding edge of processorsâ but that his brand was âoenever meant for the spec warriors.â
The phone is $200 more than their prior phone, and priced like faster phones. How was that supposed to work?
Re: pricing fail (Score:1)
Because speed isn't everything
Re: (Score:2)
So what does this bring that makes it worth the price premium? You've already agreed it isn't performance, and it's definitely not price. There isn't anything particularly compelling about the software. The camera is mediocre at best. That leaves us with the plastic case it goes in.
Is wacky plastic enough to keep the company alive?
Re: (Score:1)
You'd be surprised how many people buy wacky plastic just because it has the apple logo on it, or their favorite brand. To think the price of a phone is proportional to its speed is wack. I'm not in the market for phones right now, so I'm not sure I'd buy this phone, just pointing out that processor speed isn't everything.
I'm not the target (Score:1)
If it doesn't sound better than my Black Shark, it's not getting bought.
I do like that it looks a little different: the sea of boring rectangles doesn't inspire me. Show me a modern SE P910 with a jog wheel etc
Repairable? (Score:2)
Is this repairable?
It looks like it could be a grid of replaceable parts but the review doesn't mention it.
That would be worth being ugly like driving a 1999 Big Box Chevy truck.
I get vibes of when I bought an Essential PH-1 though.
OnePlus-Carl Pei (Score:1)
What do you expect from Carl "OnePlus One" Pei? Who actually manufactures his phones?
They lost the point (Score:2)
Jumped from oneplus to nothing because it was like OG oneplus. Now it's like modern oneplus
Re: (Score:2)
What the fuck am I looking at? I was looking into buying a Nothing Phone specifically because of the cool design and the backside LEDs. Now it looks like a children's toy.