The main thing that pulls me towards this phone is the flat design and symmetrical bezels... I love the iphone design but prefer android, so this is a perfect blend of those two.. I wish they had the front camera in the center... I think, this is a decent phone considering this is the first one.. I hope there will be quite a lot improvememts over coming gens...
I actually prefer it to the side personally, I think it’s less intrusive when watching videos. Each to their own though, would be interested to know why you prefer it centred?
@@Kyle_OutOfOffice its symmetrical and.. just seems natural.. dono.. smth like that.. used to centered punch hole.. you know what i m saying.. so thats it..😅
I LOVE that Sam talks about haptics in every phone review. The feel of great haptics is so hard to communicate, but makes a phone feel ultra premium when done right.
Preparing to buy one of these - great video that actually helps me make a decision. Love the actual photography of this as well; this vid looks awesome!
Your videos are pretty much like a Wall paper frame for me, i mean all those close up shots are suuuuuuper eye pleasing and oh manh the color tones uh! I am a nothing phone user and i can tell you i am adoring my white variant even so more now after seeing those details ! Hands down you're from those fine tech tuber who know what pleases an eye. Kudos Sam! keep up the MAGIC ♥
I Jst want to ask is there like any really noticeable or annoying bug in the is and is there any important features it’s missing coming from more established os
I can only imagine what “Nothing 2/3/4” Will be like. Keep the price low, allow glyph customisation you’ll have a lot of iPhone switchers. My wife already left iPhone after 13yrs.
Nah they even said nothing phone 2 will go full premium and price will be same as competition even xiaomi now has same price as samsung and iphone its marketing trick people this high price = high quality
I subscribed to this channel simply because each frame of this video was such a visual delight. It doesn't matter if I'm on a hunt for phones, I just love the way this video was created 😍😍 keep it up mate 👍
7:27 you don’t have to go to that menu, go to the hotspot toggle and make sure you click the smaller circle where the hotspot logo is and then it toggles it on and off instead of going through the other menu, same thing goes the the WiFi and mobile data toggles
Hello, you please tell me 1. Can the haptics strenth be increased and decreased on nothing 1? 2. Can you connect to a wifi and share it via hotspot? Or just you can only share your sim data via hotspot?
7:22 if you actually tap on the icon then you can directly turn on or off that option. If you tap anywhere other than the icon only then it'll open up the the detailed view of that option.
Appreciate the well thought out review and everything you covered, and it was a massive encouragement to go with the nothing next time around...but what is that cute little thing on your desk that has 5 teal keycaps, 1 pink keycap, and a little copper-tipped toggle switch?!? and a screen and speaker perhaps? It is in multiple top-down shots in the video where you have the phone on a desk and it is adorable.
Comparing the Nothing Phone to the Oneplus 8T(my current phone), the benchmark scores for the CPU are actually shockingly close considering the 8T has a flagship 865 in it. I know benchmarks don't tell the full story, but it seems that at least according to GSMArena, both CPU benchmark performance and battery life are VERY close between the two. GPU the 865 pulls ahead, but I'm not a heavy gamer. The other things stopping me from considering Nothing are the price and the fact that they aren't selling to North America, at least for now. Maybe Carl Pei will take Nothing to the old OnePlus glory days?
To turn on the hotspot, you don't need to keep swiping. You can just click on mobile data and the 3 options will appear (mobile data, hotspot and wifi)
AFAIK that makes the entire swiping redundant. If you swipe to hotspot and it opens the same menu as if you clicked on wifi then it's useless. Maybe the devs planning to inlcude the feature mentioned in this video.
the only problem about "the enthusiast device" people who will make the device successful will be left hanging in the future. oneplus was great in terms of listening to the community when they started but they slowly shifted to selling themselves out to get more market outside of the enthusiast crowd
Yessss. Thank you. The changes you mentioned regarding the launcher would be awesome. Maybe add changing individual icons and labels and that would make it perfect.
Have been waiting for this one for a while now! great to hear your thoughts Sam! very pleased to hear that the mid tier chip isn't feeling life one, that was by far my biggest concern. Excited to see what Google brings to the party in October, but solid job from Nothing! #nohatgang
I actually want this phone to be successful so they might introduce a larger and more powerful version of the nothing phone. Yes I’m a iPhone user but I always look into android for substitutes.
Like design, it is gimmicky but still likable. Im not sure is it going to be ugrade from my Huawei p40 (non pro), mainly camera and battery part. I think for the price its decent device.
7:38 - You don't really have to swipe over to the hotspot section, just tap the shortcut toggle at any of the three pages, and the same popup menu will appear.
@@dheeraj3945 I would argue that its more convenient to just tap the shortcut toggle and get the menu with all the toggles at the bottom of the screen, rather than to swipe between the actual toggles in the quicksettings, which is at the top of the screen.
I think the glyph lights were just supposed to be the little feature that grabbed people's attention. It did just that, I don't believe they ever really intended it to be the main selling point of the phone. If I had to guess anyhow.
Hey Sam ! Can you make a guide on rooting ? I have my bootloader unlocked and I'm running the Evolution X custom rom . Can you make a video on the perks of root?
As an oppo user, with a curved egg, it infuriates me that I cannot get a decent android with flat edges... I'm happily downgrading specs to this phone shortly. Just for the flat edges
OnePlus truly improvised it's launcher may be Nothing will also add some useful feature in it's launcher. But if we get a good software with good hardware meanwhile we can use Nova Launcher 😁
I have been looking for a good phone to replace my oneplus 5. In this price every smartphone have some issue like bad chip, bad OS (miui), or lack of android updates and the nothing phone seems to be a solid phone for normal daily use.
Same here, I want to upgrade my 6t, but every other Android has a deal breaker for me. Pixel 6 has bad next work reception I heard, 6a has 60hz, galaxy devices are bad for the custom ROM community smh. Nothing phone has the gimmick lights
That was Nothing main goal, is not and Iphone killer but an Iphone customers stealer. Its an android with the premium feel of an Iphone but still good for android users since Nothing is a small company and is more closer to users feedback so there is a bigger chance of them implementing user suggest features + is a clean android skin so you dont have to live with unwanted features
@@luisesteves3890 ever heard of OnePlus 7 and how they claimed to be "a small company" despite them and oppo running in same office? You have memory of a goldfish.
it’s a tool people can choose whether to use or not. Even without smartphones, parents can already spy on their children in their own ways. We can’t blame these companies because there are scenarios where they are really useful to have. If some parents abuse that, that’s on them.
@@mikiedre Sorry, but kids today have way less privacy than they did in the past... When I was young I could read what I want, sneak out to see friends... Today, parents can track exactly where you are 24/7, see every single message you exchange with friends, and see everything you read/watch visit. "Doing what they do now" yeah as if kids in the past were saints who never stayed up past their bedtime
This phone costs 550€ in my region, while i can order a new xiaomi mi 11 ultra for 650€, or a used mint condition Note 20 Ultra for 550€ or an iphone 12 pro for 600. All of these phones outperform this phone heavily. They priced themselves completely off for many regions.
it's a great phone i rly like mine tbh! and that airdroid app is so intrusive that's why i got rid of my previous phone i didn't want my parents being able to open my cam or listen through my mic at any time (especially without my knowledge). i'm ok with them checking up on me but not spying on me...
I love your style and video hope one day to reach that. Anyway I wrote this comment because I was shocked I wasn't subscribed to you. Now it's corrected. Can't wait for the next one.
What a good review. Can u review magic ui and fun ui please, love to see software review which others never do and actually crucial to know. Because last time my oppo find x3 pro change colors(screen becomes more crisp and darker actually looks betters) while decrease or increase volume while web browse watching. By the way super annoying bc of that i changed to Samsung.
The main thing that pulls me towards this phone is the flat design and symmetrical bezels... I love the iphone design but prefer android, so this is a perfect blend of those two.. I wish they had the front camera in the center... I think, this is a decent phone considering this is the first one.. I hope there will be quite a lot improvememts over coming gens...
maybe Nothing Phone 2 they will put the camera at the center.
I actually prefer it to the side personally, I think it’s less intrusive when watching videos. Each to their own though, would be interested to know why you prefer it centred?
@@mahfudz5077 yea.. hopefully..
@@Kyle_OutOfOffice its symmetrical and.. just seems natural.. dono.. smth like that.. used to centered punch hole.. you know what i m saying.. so thats it..😅
@@exhaustnotemusic5835 Fair enough dude!
I LOVE that Sam talks about haptics in every phone review. The feel of great haptics is so hard to communicate, but makes a phone feel ultra premium when done right.
Great haptics make all the difference when using a phone. It's one of the best ways to instantly communicate quality.
when i went from the a51 to the pixel 7 i felt like i went 200 years in the future
fgnendn PPI1 A
This reviews are Top Notch, the effort in every scene, it just looks so clean, so cinematic, pleasant to watch.
Dude, your videos are always a blast to watch. Best visuals on RUclips by far. Keep up the fantastic work mate!
Preparing to buy one of these - great video that actually helps me make a decision. Love the actual photography of this as well; this vid looks awesome!
Your videos are pretty much like a Wall paper frame for me, i mean all those close up shots are suuuuuuper eye pleasing and oh manh the color tones uh! I am a nothing phone user and i can tell you i am adoring my white variant even so more now after seeing those details ! Hands down you're from those fine tech tuber who know what pleases an eye.
Kudos Sam! keep up the MAGIC ♥
I Jst want to ask is there like any really noticeable or annoying bug in the is and is there any important features it’s missing coming from more established os
I can only imagine what “Nothing 2/3/4” Will be like. Keep the price low, allow glyph customisation you’ll have a lot of iPhone switchers. My wife already left iPhone after 13yrs.
Nah they even said nothing phone 2 will go full premium and price will be same as competition even xiaomi now has same price as samsung and iphone its marketing trick people this high price = high quality
I subscribed to this channel simply because each frame of this video was such a visual delight. It doesn't matter if I'm on a hunt for phones, I just love the way this video was created 😍😍 keep it up mate 👍
7:27 you don’t have to go to that menu, go to the hotspot toggle and make sure you click the smaller circle where the hotspot logo is and then it toggles it on and off instead of going through the other menu, same thing goes the the WiFi and mobile data toggles
Hello, you please tell me
1. Can the haptics strenth be increased and decreased on nothing 1?
2. Can you connect to a wifi and share it via hotspot? Or just you can only share your sim data via hotspot?
Hey, can u tell me how to add wifi and mobile data shortcut?
Dude your video quality is getting amazingly better now. Bravo
7:22 if you actually tap on the icon then you can directly turn on or off that option. If you tap anywhere other than the icon only then it'll open up the the detailed view of that option.
The thing that makes this phone that much better are the symmetric bezels that follow the curvature of the phone
Those shots man. Incredibly beautiful
Quality of the overall video suprised me, just subbed man keep up the great work! 👏
Your production editing and color grading are top notch
i have it since the launch , its a beast of a phone
Subscribed because you're one of the very few reviewers that covers haptic quality on phones. ❤️
great review. finally a reviewer that cares about haptics. it's mindbending how most never mention em. respect 😎🔥
Great visuals in the video. Big up your production team!
I love the intro man i played 50+ times to listen the music and beats matchup video love u man
Your videos are definitely worth watching in full quality 👌🏻
Appreciate the well thought out review and everything you covered, and it was a massive encouragement to go with the nothing next time around...but what is that cute little thing on your desk that has 5 teal keycaps, 1 pink keycap, and a little copper-tipped toggle switch?!? and a screen and speaker perhaps? It is in multiple top-down shots in the video where you have the phone on a desk and it is adorable.
I think they should replace the glyph with a dot matrix style display, and allow you to write messages to it :)
Great to finally see your review. Loved using the Phone(1) but the camera was a serious let down sadly for me
Man Gcam port is a game changer!!
Comparing the Nothing Phone to the Oneplus 8T(my current phone), the benchmark scores for the CPU are actually shockingly close considering the 8T has a flagship 865 in it. I know benchmarks don't tell the full story, but it seems that at least according to GSMArena, both CPU benchmark performance and battery life are VERY close between the two. GPU the 865 pulls ahead, but I'm not a heavy gamer. The other things stopping me from considering Nothing are the price and the fact that they aren't selling to North America, at least for now. Maybe Carl Pei will take Nothing to the old OnePlus glory days?
To turn on the hotspot, you don't need to keep swiping. You can just click on mobile data and the 3 options will appear (mobile data, hotspot and wifi)
AFAIK that makes the entire swiping redundant. If you swipe to hotspot and it opens the same menu as if you clicked on wifi then it's useless. Maybe the devs planning to inlcude the feature mentioned in this video.
We have the same taste of the color. More on soft palate. I love your wall papers
I'm a nothing user after update it's an fantastic phone now ❤️
How is battery
I’m mainly an iOS user but I love this channel. Top quality vids man keep doing what you’re doing
I live the boxy iPhone design 😌😌
Great video as always. Keep up the good work, Sam!
Loving the longer hair era Sam!
the only problem about "the enthusiast device" people who will make the device successful will be left hanging in the future. oneplus was great in terms of listening to the community when they started but they slowly shifted to selling themselves out to get more market outside of the enthusiast crowd
Yessss. Thank you. The changes you mentioned regarding the launcher would be awesome. Maybe add changing individual icons and labels and that would make it perfect.
The wifi, mobile data etc are toggles too. You have to actually click on the symbols. If you click outside the symbols, it opens shortcuts.
This is an interesting phone. It almost feels like an Essential phone 2, had it been released. I like it overall.
quality content! thanks man! excited to receive mine
Have been waiting for this one for a while now! great to hear your thoughts Sam! very pleased to hear that the mid tier chip isn't feeling life one, that was by far my biggest concern.
Excited to see what Google brings to the party in October, but solid job from Nothing!
#nohatgang
Beautiful video. I love what did here 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Sam's visuals are insane, can't tell if some of them are 3D renders lol Up there with The Verge's or Marquees for sure
that intro is crazyy fire
That intro was epic 🔥💯
I actually want this phone to be successful so they might introduce a larger and more powerful version of the nothing phone. Yes I’m a iPhone user but I always look into android for substitutes.
the production quality on these videos!
appreciate the aspect ratio ❤️❤️looks gud on my op 8 pro
When will you make a guide for your Nothing Phone (1) setup?
Classy as usual, another well crafted piece of art…..👍🏼
You just helped me decide whether to sell my op 8 pro. Now im confident in buying the nothing
That intro was Amazing! I got MKBHD vibes of it Keep it up!🔥
the quality of this video is insane
Nice review, thank you!
Those B Rolls 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Like design, it is gimmicky but still likable. Im not sure is it going to be ugrade from my Huawei p40 (non pro), mainly camera and battery part. I think for the price its decent device.
I have a question, what is that little retro computer looking knick knack in the video???
Hey, Sam! You should definitely check out A13 beta for NP1, I'm sure, you'll find it interesting!
can you do the asus zenfone 9 next? i feel it's a phenomenal phone that deserves recognition
Probably one of the best phones you can buy right now.
@@1903JPG lol
@@efeste1173 he was right 👍
I found a trick for the fingerprint issue, sort of, register the same finger twice, it will work every time and it will be slightly faster.
7:38 - You don't really have to swipe over to the hotspot section, just tap the shortcut toggle at any of the three pages, and the same popup menu will appear.
The feature sounds awfully lot like what Microsoft did with Windows 11 😂
@@dheeraj3945 I would argue that its more convenient to just tap the shortcut toggle and get the menu with all the toggles at the bottom of the screen, rather than to swipe between the actual toggles in the quicksettings, which is at the top of the screen.
@@itsnorob isn't it better convenience if it's further decluttered and a drop down is popped up directly for relevant sub texts?
Yes definitely aware of this, just wish they did act as toggles!
I wonder why they even allow swiping in first case then
🔹️ I wish the screen bezels were a little thinner
The Intro brooooo😍
Good review with great visuals 🔥🔥
I think the glyph lights were just supposed to be the little feature that grabbed people's attention. It did just that, I don't believe they ever really intended it to be the main selling point of the phone. If I had to guess anyhow.
Your production level is getting great overtime, really appreciate your edit efforts. Keep up the great work 💪🏻
I really wish I could have that phone it's my dream phone right now
m eagerly waiting for version 2🤘🏼
Hey Sam ! Can you make a guide on rooting ? I have my bootloader unlocked and I'm running the Evolution X custom rom . Can you make a video on the perks of root?
Hey Sam, can you make a dedicated video on Nothing Camera improvements and comparison with pixel 6a.
Is there going to be a review on the z fold 4?
I still love the haptics that my og smartphone nokia c7 gave
Holy shi.... loved that intro 🔥
As an oppo user, with a curved egg, it infuriates me that I cannot get a decent android with flat edges... I'm happily downgrading specs to this phone shortly. Just for the flat edges
@9:22 how did u get that overview menu features from pixel in nothing phone 👀...pls reply
OnePlus truly improvised it's launcher may be Nothing will also add some useful feature in it's launcher. But if we get a good software with good hardware meanwhile we can use Nova Launcher 😁
what app was that in 1:25?
I have been looking for a good phone to replace my oneplus 5. In this price every smartphone have some issue like bad chip, bad OS (miui), or lack of android updates and the nothing phone seems to be a solid phone for normal daily use.
Same here, I want to upgrade my 6t, but every other Android has a deal breaker for me. Pixel 6 has bad next work reception I heard, 6a has 60hz, galaxy devices are bad for the custom ROM community smh. Nothing phone has the gimmick lights
That was Nothing main goal, is not and Iphone killer but an Iphone customers stealer. Its an android with the premium feel of an Iphone but still good for android users since Nothing is a small company and is more closer to users feedback so there is a bigger chance of them implementing user suggest features + is a clean android skin so you dont have to live with unwanted features
I'm also looking to upgrade from OP5 but deciding between nothing phone and iPhone hmm...
@@luisesteves3890 ever heard of OnePlus 7 and how they claimed to be "a small company" despite them and oppo running in same office? You have memory of a goldfish.
@@kemistrypops I use a moto edge 30 and it's better than nothing in all ways
In my opinion the Vibration Motor for the haptics is too loud
i feel the same
For some reason i like your reviews so much! Perhaps the quality of the video or the presentation idk! Please do comparisons
It has a cinematic vibe about it. Yet it doesn't feel so typical tech reviewer esque
i am not even buying nothing phone 1, but man the production quality is amazing
i just bought this phone
@@rishickt How is it so far? Would you recommend to switch to Nothing Phone from One Plus 5T?
Hey sam can you do a tutorial about installing stock firmware using Heimdall
Is it good to but this phone now? I was thinking to buy one for my Dad.
As much as the sponsor is a great app to have for parents, I just can't help but feel that it will be abused by parents to spy on their children
it’s a tool people can choose whether to use or not. Even without smartphones, parents can already spy on their children in their own ways. We can’t blame these companies because there are scenarios where they are really useful to have. If some parents abuse that, that’s on them.
There's no such thing as parents spying on thier children ... CHILDREN!!! are thier responsibility.
@@mikiedre unfortunately these children are protected by the 9th amendment right, and have a right to privacy
What's wrong with that?
@@mikiedre Sorry, but kids today have way less privacy than they did in the past... When I was young I could read what I want, sneak out to see friends... Today, parents can track exactly where you are 24/7, see every single message you exchange with friends, and see everything you read/watch visit. "Doing what they do now" yeah as if kids in the past were saints who never stayed up past their bedtime
The hype for this phone seemed to die down so fast.
Will you make a video on Motorola Edge 30 Ultra or Fusion?
holy crap that intro was so sick!
1.1.4 came - would you test it? Camera and battery became better.
Does everyone is observing pink tint in control panel, while scrolling in Netflix and Twitter? Or it is only limited to few devices?
i heard the nothing phones are having quality control isssues across the world did they deal with that?
This phone costs 550€ in my region, while i can order a new xiaomi mi 11 ultra for 650€, or a used mint condition Note 20 Ultra for 550€ or an iphone 12 pro for 600.
All of these phones outperform this phone heavily. They priced themselves completely off for many regions.
I bought it in 361 euros in India.
it's a great phone i rly like mine tbh! and that airdroid app is so intrusive that's why i got rid of my previous phone i didn't want my parents being able to open my cam or listen through my mic at any time (especially without my knowledge). i'm ok with them checking up on me but not spying on me...
I love your style and video hope one day to reach that. Anyway I wrote this comment because I was shocked I wasn't subscribed to you. Now it's corrected. Can't wait for the next one.
Quality 👌👌
During your review, which Nothing OS version were you running ?
I wish Nothing adds an option to close all apps. I have a habit of just opening a bunch and then just closing all of them, minus the ones I locked.
Can u do a iOS 16 home setup pls
Aren't they supposed to be upping it's screen brightness again in a future update . I hope the screen isn't as dull as the pixel 6's
Hey Sam
This phone just got better with the Android 13 update ....and its been about 6 months
How about another review???
What a good review. Can u review magic ui and fun ui please, love to see software review which others never do and actually crucial to know. Because last time my oppo find x3 pro change colors(screen becomes more crisp and darker actually looks betters) while decrease or increase volume while web browse watching. By the way super annoying bc of that i changed to Samsung.
How do you make every phone look so good in your videos? Much better than the marketing images for some of them
So you prefer front over bac
Good review again