The last flagship phone from Nothing was the Nothing Phone 2, launched in 2023. Two years after the launch of Phone 2, the Nothing Phone 3 is now official in the global market, making it the newest flagship offering from the brand. Unlike the Nothing Phone 2, however, which was launched for $599 / ₹44,999 / €679 / £579, the Nothing Phone 3 is priced way higher, as it starts at $799 / ₹79,999 / €799 / £799.
This is a massive price bump, so the specifications should be top-notch, right? Well, that’s where it gets interesting.
Before talking about the internals, let’s talk about design since that’s one of the main highlights of Nothing smartphones. The Phone 3 has a similar transparent design on the rear and comes with a triple camera setup. The periscope telephoto camera is placed quite close to the edge, making the whole camera setup look unsymmetrical. One of the biggest design decisions Nothing made with this device was to ditch the glyph interface and instead go for a small dot matrix display in the top right corner. Nothing calls it the ‘Glyph Matrix.’
There is a capacitive button on the rear that can be used to interact with this Glyph Matrix and play around with what Nothing is calling the ‘Glyph Toys.’ There is a flat screen on the front with slim 1.87mm bezels, 18% slimmer than the bezels on Nothing Phone 2. The phone is IP68-certified and has Gorilla Glass 7i protection on the front and Gorilla Glass Victus protection on the rear. There is a flat aluminum frame.
Speaking of the specifications, the Nothing Phone 3 is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset. Yes, not the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which most smartphones at this price feature. There is LPDDR5X RAM with UFS 4.0 storage. This is the biggest downside of this device because the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 is the same chip that powers phones such as the Poco F7, which starts at $399 / £389 / €449. That’s insane!
The battery is 5,500mAh for the Indian market, while the rest of the world gets a smaller 5,150mAh battery. There is 65W wired charging and 15W wireless charging support.
Speaking of the display, it is a 6.67-inch 1.5K AMOLED panel with a 4500 nits peak brightness. The refresh-rate goes up to 120Hz, but this is an LTPS panel, not LTPO.
As for the cameras, they are, well, quite average. There is a triple camera setup on the rear. The primary rear camera has a 1/1.3″ 50MP OmniVision OV50H sensor with a large f/1.68 lens and OIS. The ultrawide camera has a 1/2.76” 50MP Samsung JN1 sensor with an f/2.2 lens. Finally, there is a periscope telephoto camera with a 1/2.75-inch 50MP Samsung JN5 sensor, OIS, and an f/2.68 aperture lens. So, on paper, this is not the best camera setup at this price. Surprisingly, the much cheaper Nothing Phone 3a Pro has a periscope telephoto camera with a larger 1/1.953-inch Sony IMX882 sensor and an f/2.55 lens.
For selfies, the phone has a 1/2.76 50MP Samsung JN1 sensor. All four cameras can shoot 4K videos at up to 60fps.
The Nothing Phone 3 runs on Android 15-based NothingOS 3.5 out of the box.
The phone has launched in two colors – Black & White. Here is the pricing –
- 12GB + 256GB – $799 / ₹79,999 / €799 / £799
- 16GB + 512GB – $899 / ₹89,999 / €899 / £899