It’s actually a genius move selling hardly any of these but making sure every single tech reviewer is covering the phone heavily. It’s less of a product launch and more an extended marketing campaign that should pay off when their next product has a much wider release
Reminds me of the OnePlus One launch tbh. Limited numbers, great phone for the price, and loads of attention and coverage. Then make the phones easier to get as the company grows and the reputation is already there.
Where did you see they aren’t making many of these phones? I know they’re not selling them in North America, but that’s likely more because of the complications with US carriers than it is about creating a hype train
Yep and actually does look like a decent phone with nice software and a very good price (with apparently more shit to come), Right up my street as an android user for sure! With a little hint of iPhone lol I'm cool with that, As long as I don't get a hint of IOS xD God that sucks.
What? You realize its literally not fully released. That comes later this month. This is not the release, this is literally how samsung and apple do it
Hey Linus, double clicking the lock button brings up the wallet app. Its not exactly useful since the app comes up automatically when the phone gets close to a NFC payment device, but it does something.
I use it all the time in different countries as it’s faster to make payments, as not every device has a strong NFC signature to open the wallet preemptively. This way I double tap, authenticate (looking at the screen for unlocking payments) and tap the device anywhere needed to make payments, saving some seconds. I wish, however, I didn't had to do it.
I knew the double tap opened Apple Pay but I've never experienced it automatically open when near and NFC payment device. Interesting but seems like it would be a bit useless since you still have to hold it toward your face to unlock apple pay though.
Not it doesn’t do it automatically everywhere, it’s not really that secure because someone can easily just hold up a portable card reader next to your phone while you’re using it. Even where it is automatic, you still use it for loyalty cards that don’t use NFC
Actually, you might have a ton of stuff in your wallet that is not NFC based. Also, not only is the double click taken, but there are two other methods to open the camera on an iPhone that never-used-an-iphone-Linus glanced over: back tap, and swiping in the direction of the icon he was holding instead of, well, holding it. With how easy it is to actually criticize something about iPhones or other Apple devices, it's amazing how often LMG manages to point out something that is just wrong instead.
Those "functions" or the lack of them are from Android 12 itself 😅 but yeah, nothing has some cool design to the public, and a stock Android experience in hands
Did... Did we have an entire phone impressions video where Linus didn't mention if it had a 3.5mm headphone jack in it or not? I guess he's finally accepting defeat ;-;
Honestly headphone jack is a make or break deal for me. If your phone doesn't have one, it's instantly off of my consideration list. I do not like wireless headphones and the headaches that come with them, the big one being the limited life span and cost to keep replacing them every handful of years. I would rather have a solid pair of wired headphones, that are reasonably priced and will last longer than a couple of years.
ppl gave up yes. Dont care for wireless either. I won some airpods pro in a contest but the charging, stupid case and complexity, when i only use it in say a train...Also if i was gonna use em while im running I haft to carry my phone anyway. And i use only my Garmin watch, phone carrying hard pass.
You guys are weird if you dont have the dongle just permanently attached to your “on-the-go” headphones by now. Not being able to charge while listening to the device is such a non issue that everyone has blown way out of proportion.
On my OnePlus 7T, it is Very easy to switch between connected devices. Hit the volume button and then hit the top symbol which is "Media Output". Then just scroll through all your media devices and select what you want. Nearly perfect and exactly what Linus described.
"You can enable OEM unlocking" HELL YEAH! This. This is what I was hoping. Every single phone now seems to make it impossible to unlock it. Which sucks, because I keep my phone until it breaks most of the time, which means I stop getting software updates before I switch. I used to solve that problem with LineageOS, but with newer smartphones that's impossible now.
This is why I'm pretty much sticking to my aging Xiaomi A1. The A3 was just bad though with the display downgrade. Ever since Google had the Pixel "A" phones they stopped pushing OEMs to make open phones :(
The whole notification swipe thing exists in untouched Android as well, it just happens to be a problem because the fingerprint reader is in-screen. They should've changed it though. Screenshot scrolling is also a vanilla Android thing as well.
Yup. Seems he doesn't like stock Android 12. Though to be honest, I'm a long time Android user and I have gripes about Android 12. Like the notification quick options are too big and the new audio adjustment interface. Worst offender for me is it now takes extra taps to turn off wi-fi because the menu is now internet combining mobile and Wi-Fi
@@viatorvoice It was the same for me, but thankfully you can (for now?) revert that bs google decision. Google "Bring back the Wi-Fi and Mobile data Quick Settings tiles in Android 12 using these ADB commands"
@@viatorvoice I noticed Linus is clearly out of touch with android 12. He's completely fallen for Samsung's stay in our ecosystem tricks, where even if it's not my preferred means, I can adapt. Then again he always slags about Sony Xperia and the back versus app nav buttons and doesn't seem to realize that's stock Android and Google is trying to force is to gestures. You can use side sense to give you that back (previous) nearly anywhere on the screen you desire.
About quickly switching between bluetooth audio devices: you can do it on oneplus phones (and probably other androids too) it's just a bit hidden. When you turn up/down audio and the bar appears, you press the icon above the bar and then you can choose an output device.
OnePlus USED to alow this function. But as a fool I upgraded to Android 13 and my OnePlus8T LOST the ability to do this. I was (am) so mad. Also my non OEM 65W warp charchers no longer work. after the Update. Only OEM chargers do.
I remember the old days of Android when you could customize the RGB LEDs on the back of your phone for different apps so you always knew what the notification corresponded to.
Yeah, have that on my samsung galaxy note 3. Blue or green for different messages. And red when charging. I thought there was a phone model(dunno which brand) from last year(or maybe 2020)that had an LED notif light.
One thing the back lights of the phone can sort of bring back is the different colored leds that phones used to have by the ear speaker. I used to religiously use my multi colored led to tell what kind of notification i had.
I just really want it because i loved the Essential phone. I love the square shaped design but hate apple products so I'm probably going to try swapping from my one plus to this once you can buy it
@@leaphymoon9881 Same here. Went from OnePlus One to Essential PH1, now using a OnePlus 8Pro. For the Nothing, the design looks good, the hardware sturdy, the software clean, and the price competitive. I hope the community will step and bring LineageOS for this device for it to be useful for many years to come.
That looks like a stock android experience. My pixel 6 does literally every one of the things you pointed out. Though the back button isn't there, all you have to do is swipe from right to left or left to right to go back.
Nothing is not built by Google at least. But it uses mostly stock android so it's still controlled by Google anyways. So I guess yeah, no difference there. But I think price is a big difference. Nothing Phone seems a lot more affordable.
Also, you don’t need to look at the device. You just have to wake the lock screen. Personally, i think the swipe in from the right is faster and more reliable than long pressing the icon.
Keep in mind this was posted during the “Quantity over quality” era of LMG, so mistakes or misinformation in videos around this time is pretty high and pretty common
To comment on the screenshot sharing conudrum, you have to tap on the *picture* of the screenshot to enter the quick editing mode in stock android Linus. That allows for quick markup, cropping, and sharing all from one screen! Hope this helps, (if it gets seen)
Doesn't work like that on the Phone (1) unfortunately. No matter if I tap the picture or the edit button, I always get prompted to choose an app to edit the image...
I feel like a lot of the things he attributed to the phone are actually just standard android 12 things. Eg; scrolling screenshots, gesture navigation, battery remaining time in settings
I have pixel, and android 12 allows me to switch between bt and speaker right from sound menu, also it allows me to edit (crop and doodle) and send screenshots directly. Double tap for camera launch is also available plus better photos. It's better to go for pixel if you want android
The only thing it seems to be missing which I love on OP is a dedicated ring/vibrate/silence slider. Use that so often. This looks like a solid contender for replacing my OP6t though.
YES! I use this nearly everyday. I use it a lot to just quickly slide the notification slider in my pocket when I'm in a meeting. Super effortless, and don't need to awkwardly take my phone out during the meeting.
I have to say I love dbrands marketting, their snarky humour really makes me laugh, though I am afraid they're slowly going insane. Dbrand ad reads are becoming some of my favorite parts of linus videos
Dbrand have jumped the shark though. I really liked their Jerry-rig x-ray stuff. Then I got my steamdeck and finally wanted to pull the trigger for something that looked awesome. And then I saw "$50 for stickers" appearing on my screen... ..no.. NO.. THERE IS NO WAY
There is a mistake you made Linus, 9:05 , double press open Apple Pay, maybe you did not configure it, it is used often. And you can just open camera by swipe.
Just a small side note, you can swipe left on iOS lockscreen to also open the camera, but yes, double press of a power button is probably still faster.
On iPhone I don't mind though, because double power button opens apple pay, which I actually use sometimes. I wouldn't mind a setting though to change the behavior so that it doesn't HAVE to do it that way. Idk how you would use apple pay without that though... I guess you'd have to open the app?
OnePlus has it set up so that when you change the volume, right above the volume level there's a quick menu to change your output device which is pretty cool, so they do technically do that
Hey Linus just a FYI! The drawing gesture to launch apps/functions was present during Carl Pei's time at One Plus. I had it on my One Plus 2. You could draw a "O" to launch the camera app, a "V" to turn on the flashlight and even media controls with drawing a "||" with two fingers pausing or playing the track and "< " or ">" for next track. Honestly, I really loved these drawing gestures as they work with your phone screen off and you can do it without looking. The flashlight shortcut is especially useful if you are using it in a tight space and only have one hand available and the music shortcut meant I could just reach into my pocket and change tracks and stuff without pulling my whole phone out. But like you said more options are always nice! (On the topic of buttons launching the camera app can someone other than Sony please make a dedicated camera button???? Honestly rather have that then a dedicated smart assistant key like so many phones)
I do agree, I quite liked the gesture on my OnePlus 3T. However, since swapping to Pixel Experience, holding the power button with the phone off to turn on the flashlight is a much easier to use experience. I always used to end up turning my flaslight on accidentally in my pocket, but I don't know if that was a common issue or not.
When i had a Samsung s20 (worst phone ive ever used) i had an app that reconfigured the bixby button to whatever you wanted, at the time i used it to open spotify so i could change songs without looking at the screen while driving
There is no need for special hardware for this feature for example Xiaomi devices already have something like this without special hardware u can set the edges of the screen to light up whenever u get a message (u can customise color ofc)
@@Khloya69 No need to imagine lol. Wired doesn't have a battery to charge, die and degrade, has the most fidelity (depends on your phone's DAC but eh), has zero latency, is future proof, etc
Personally, I really miss the notifications LED's that were on the s3. It was a great way to tell what a notification was by the color, without having to turn on the screen, and was so much better than the always on display for battery life. And unlike this system, it worked with a case on the phone
This is really cool for people who don’t hear well. My grandma has hearing problems and sometimes doesn’t hear the phone ringing. But these lighting effects would surely get her attention!
12:40 in Android 12 that's actually made really easy natively already. When audio is playing, the audio panel in QuickSettings/Notifications includes a playback device switcher in its upper right corner
@@pu239 Gotta remember that RUclips app functionality is different for each carrier, brand, phone model, time of day, what planets are in alignment so not all functionality is guaranteed
Few issues that are mentioned here like animation weirdness, screenshot annoyances, are partly due to the AOSP Android 12 which they based their OS upon. AOSP 12(and above) has been problematic with regards to Launcher animations (anything 'Quickstep' related specifically) since Day1 (No wonder pixel was buggy). I won't say 'at the moment', Nothing OS is like 'current oxygen os (pre oos12)' because Oxygen OS (pre-12) was kinda heavily (but extremely tastefully, practically, clean-ly) modified with so many features that are ACTUALLY useful, whereas right now, nothing feels more like Lineage OS/Pixel Experience. I'm looking forward to see it evolve to the Oxygen OS everyone visioned to be like since years.
On the iPhone If holding down the camera button is inconvenient all you have to do is swipe right. You don’t even need to press the power button. You can use the raise to wake feature and swipe right or tap the screen to turn it on and swipe right
12:30 the OnePlus 3T has the ability to switch Bluetooth devices, when you tap volume button you can select the icon at the top which allows you to select what output device you'd like for your audio
8:50 I had a similar reaction at how to launch the camera app from the lock screen when I recently upgraded to an iPhone 13 Then I discovered you can swipe left to open the camera app on an iPhone (without looking at the FaceID sensor), which works well enough
12:35 I use a OnePlus 8 and it lets me switch output devices from that menu. EDIT: In fact, I think the Nothing may do this too. Try the round icon at the top of the volume slider. In the video, it looks kind of like a vibration icon. For OnePlus 8, that opens a menu to choose a connected bluetooth device or even connect to one.
I had a morotola G back on 2015, and their camera shortcut was by far the best I've ever used. You had to tip your phone forward and back and it would open your camera app. They also had a flashlight shortcut where you just made a chopping motion
12:50 Samsung does somewhat allow you to add a quick audio output switcher using their sound assistant app, but it only works for quick switching between your phone and the most recently connected audio device....
Not just somewhat, it does exactly that. You can even connect multiple bluetooth devices and broadcast to all of them at once and customize the volume for each one individually.
Quick correction for opening the camera app from the lock screen on the iPhone - you can just slide the screen to the left. And you don’t have to look at it.
Correction, he didn't swipe to the left, he just literally pressed the camera icon on the lockscreen. Which was not wrong.. just an alternative from swiping.. lol
Funny, a lot of the complaints Linus had are actually stock Android "issues". Same with the good features. This phone is pretty close to stock Android like the Pixel 6 (Pro). Hotspot should have its own Quick Access button below for easy enabling and disabling. (I guess those two big things at the top are NothingOS stuff?) Image editing looks slightly different but overall behaves the same on Android 12. (closing after editing) Double Press lock button for Camera is a Android (12) thing in stock. The touch navigation is also stock, same with the removal of the option for 2 button style or changing the 3 button order. (iirc removed in Android 10-11 already.) On the BT suggestion, this looks to be a stock volume setting, so with Android 12 there is actually a option where you can select where an app plays its audio, if you have multiple BT devices connected. Battery time remaining is also a stock Android 12 feature.
Came here to say this. Alot of it is just stock, and in typical Google fashion they are all valid issues which Google has changed things for change sake and in turn made it worse. Linus is used to using OneUI on Samsung which is now arguably better than stock, a weird turn of events.
Which is why I love(d) OxygenOS so much. The only changes they made enhanced stock Android experience, and there are only a handful of customizations that were lacking and those were all fixed with a root (which I always do anyway) and GravityBox.
Ya but the screen shot sharing issue isn't a thing on my pixel you can share after editing, and the Bluetooth switching option is there if you scroll down to from the top and click the top right of now playing where it shows you were the sound is coming from. I will be honest with you I'm not sure if those are pixel things because I have not used a truly AOSP rom in a while since I've been on a pixel.
@@ChazTyldsley outside of the wallpaper this looked identical to my pixel 6. Notifications, system settings, screen shots -- all of it is stock android. I wish they would have improved on this because stock android isn't amazing. But hey, maybe this phone's fingerprint reader will actually work and maybe its wifi will consistently work without dying and not telling you, because my pixel 6 is complete garbage.
@@ChazTyldsley Yep, everything Linus mentioned is feature of Samsung OneUI. Samsung has essentially fixed Android issues on their phone for year now. Even Samsung is the one forcing Google to improved supporting tablet and foldable devices. One UI isn't perfect but at least they care more than Google with their stock Android UI.
People have already mentioned the double power button on the iPhone bring up the wallet - but you can actually set double tapping the back of the phone (or triple tapping if you want) to open the camera, go to home, open the app switching interface or a few other things
@Carl Gunderson yes, I noticed. I have to say, that's quite surprising, especially since the amount of potential consumers in North America is absolutely massive. Edit: do you have any speculation as to why it hasn't launched for the United States and Canada?
@@JamesLikesCoffee well, Pei started up Nothing in the UK, so it wouldn't be the same reason as why certain Chinese company phones aren't in US & Canada. As a small start up, in the UK, it probably just cost less to start with the UK, EU market. US Canadian carriers have made it that much harder and more expensive to penetrate the NA market. The big players can afford the carrier deals and accept carrier bloat. Cutting that bloat is part of the cost savings and experience on a phone like the Nothing. Just look at the mess Sony has gone through pulling out of the NA market and slow return and they're still not back in Canada and many SA. If the majority of North Americans would buy unlocked phones out right or on their credit card and also maybe better regulated the carriers, then it would be different. Instead the majority in their attempt to be cheap, have encouraged the situation where we all pay more. So many are under water, they can't afford to buy even the most budget phone outright to change this situation. It's not just phones. American class bias is such people refuse to give up their middle class lifestyle long enough to improve their finances, because heaven forbid anyone think they're poor. Basically the majority of Americans live beyond their means and are classist liars. It was a 💡moment for me why so many morons on the net seem to think the I spent more $, so I'm superior to you argument on the net exists. When if you really looked into their finances, they're morons, when they're not just outright fantasists, liars and trolls. back to phones, Americans pays more for their service and pays more in monthly payments on carrier deals & they do think that's cheaper than buying the phone, because they're either too poor or they can't do math.
@@bipbop3121 wow, gotta say that was a lot more of an in-depth answer than I expected, but a happy surprise nonetheless. I suppose socioeconomic status is a key factor, but I didn't actually realise that 'Nothing' was set up here in the United Kingdom. Thanks for the insight!
Xiaomi actually has a pretty neat implementation for changing bluetooth devices, thouch the corner of the bluetooth button and it gives you a list of mated devices.
@@ninjal7588 Samsung does have that feature. but it's not very well visible if you click the Bluetooth text, it would open your paired device list within quick settings
The audio output switch you were talking about at around 13:00 does exist on some phones. My OnePlus Nord N10 running Oxygen OS 11 has it so I'm surprised it isn't in Nothing's OS.
Hey Linus again, everything you said about the interface is from AOSP, they are available on Google devices, the battery remaining time, OEM unlocking etc.. This is stock Android. You used to Samsung One UI that's why you're impressed.
@@rjpearson it's not weird ;) I was unlucky enough to try some of their phones in the past 5 years, and their software is just... Well, it's worse to have it than to be on stock Android - that should be enough said! A pity that LG closed their mobile division, V30 was a great phone!
@@bajter yeah, not a huge fan of Samsung from prior phones I had but it still is surprising that basic Android features in stock Android are removed for One UI...
OxygenOS's handling of Bluetooth audio devices was possibly one of my favorite features. Even auto-switching behavior and easy access to changing devices without having media playing just made the entire experience very seamless.
I'm currently still using an LG G5, and it uses "double click 'volume down' to quick-open the camera" which is quite similar to what you brought up regarding double-clicking the lock button to open the camera on the Nothing Phone. I might be due for an upgrade at this point, and this phone is on my radar now.
Great first look/review! And it seems like the majority of Linus' annoyances with the OS are essentially the same as it seems to be almost exact with the stock Android 12. Very suttle differences they made.
He completely glossed over the "unique" feature of the phone though, because he didn't see himself using it? I have no idea from this review if there is more to those lights than the "who is calling" feature. The review is 15 minutes of talking about stuff that is similar across alot of android devices, especially ones with near-stock OSs.
Was just about to say the same, it's one of the features of the 8T I really like. Having said that, I'm getting more and more bugs every update rather than it getting better XD
@@karanbirsingh2408 on some androids (maybe stock?) that top button in the volume pop-in cycles through the ring, vibrate and silent modes, and this phone probably does that too because it doesn't have a dedicated hardware switch. He had the phone in vibrate mode based on the icon. The output device button on One Plus phones is a different icon with sound waves coming out the top of the phone (when using the phone speakers) and at least on my 7 Pro it even says "media output" under the button too, probably to help draw attention to it being different than the stock button it replaced.
On the iPhone you don't have to look at the device to get to the camera. Just pick it up and swipe the screen to the left and whabam the camera is there
Honestly I miss the little led blinkers. I never had to check my phone for notifications and I hate always on displays. I'm now on my phone so much more often checking for notifications
12:35 my Motorola does that in a way, if you press the 3 dots then you can tap the media volume and get a list of currently connected devices and paired ones you can connect to, but this only seems to work if you have audio playing.
12:45 That is one swipe down and click away on 1UI 4.1, provided you have those on and connected otherwise you have to first press to connect (but that’s also available right there)
Carl did a great job of making an unique phone all out of Nothing, he brings me back to the days of OnePlus . It's amazing how he creates hype from Nothing. I wonder how well it will do in the market however.
"Joel Conolly 5 hours ago (edited) Gotta admit it to Carl. He basically made hype for an averagely normal phone all out of Nothing. You really can't fault the man who basically created a phone from something before and restarted everything from scratch. "
Im sure someone else already said it but you can swipe from the left side instead of the long press for camera on iphone. If the phone screen isnt woke up and is dark two swipes or a tap and then swipe opens camera.
Been with the S10 and I guess I'm still sticking with it. A Headphone Jack is a must for me. Not really any reason to upgrade anyways because it still does literally everything that I need it to.
The only reason I went from my Note 9 or 10 to a 20 was because it was straight across credit from At&t and battery was getting a little old. If I had realized I could have traded in my wife's old iphone 7 instead, I would have sold the note 20 and kept my old phone.
Every time I watch videos about phones it just makes me pine so hard for the ability to meticulously design one myself, perfectly tailored to my tastes.
8:55 for iphone you can just wake the screen and swipe to the left from the right edge, no unlock needed, no long press needed. So power button and then swipe and ur off or raise up and swipe.
As someone who has custom vibration tones for everyone important in their contact list, I would have loved to see the customization options for the glyph interface in this video. I am absolutely the type of person who places the phone face down and would wait for a light to blink, especially in a specific pattern to know who and what it was.
Well Linus, at least on Android 12 you switch between audio devices with a little button on the media controls. It works pretty well, you don't have to go into the Bluetooth settings and if you're listening to music the controls will already be front and center on your lock screen
Hey Linus, the iPhone camera can be accessed by swiping left on the lock screen as well. No need for a long press on the camera button. Its surprisingly fast to lift your phone up for the faceid and then swipe left.
Doesn’t even need Face ID. The camera, just like the calculator if you open if from control center, doesn’t need the phone to be unlocked. You can open the camera without looking at the device at all.
Doesn't have to turn on my Samsung for camera, double tap power and then tap the volume up to take the picture, basically in 1 second tops you take your picture
Moto X PURE has that all beat. Just Double twist with the wrist,and Vwa-Lah,Camera ready to shoot from Lock Screen ! Fastest Dam thing I ever seen. It might be yesterdays Flagship,but i still love it.
This phone (and company) has the potential to become the best android phone for devops/pentesters/hackers/developers if they include everything such as NFC, IR blaster and other modules that may be beneficial
I just have to chime in to say, that actually the iPhone has a function on double pressing the lock-button Atleast here in Germany it opens the Apple-Pay process
true, it is an option in Settings -> Wallet & Apple Pay but I'm not sure if it's the default, I was so confused when Linus complained it didn't do anything - I use it all the time
xiaomi actually has a function that lets you switch beetween conected bluetoth speakers and phone as an audio output. it is visible only when you use their music player and there is a notification with the name of the song playing. then you just click on the weird circle on the right and it lets you switch
Loved how this phone looks, my phones usually on silent and sitting on my desk so if the lights worked for varying notifications I'd probably get a lot of use out of it. Not available in NA though :( Lots of advertisement through videos by NA creators, but you can't even utilize 5G networks with this unfortunately. Really a let down.
Genuine Question. Has 5g improved your phone usage personally? I'm still on the OP7 Pro without 5g and all the videos on it are really mediocre at best.
Meh. I honestly haven't seen one person actually using 5G, so this actually would seem like a plus to me. Plenty of people I've seen actually get better speeds on LTE or 3G for streaming, probably with better battery life
The lights have great potential for accessibility, though, which I think is awesome. A lot of people who are hard of hearing rely on the camera flash on smart phones to let them know when they have a notification if their phone isn't on them. I'd love to see more companies get creative with things like that.
Samsung already does that quick switch between bluetooth devices if you swipe down the notification bar n tap media output. And it keeps your frequently connected devices in the quick menu for quick connecting or switching
Many of the features you are impressed with are found in stock Android too. Don't get me wrong, it is a good thing that they are not trying to reinvent the wheel.
Give me another mainstream phone company with this... Had used pixel3 XL, but it's getting old (also a battery scare ; bloated) . So tried to get a new phone from telecom (cos it's still much cheaper in short term). LG pooped the crap few year back, Samsung is the most popular here. So... S22+ it is (still hates the Samsung skin, last time I used it, it was G S2)
Not. Worse materials and more expensive than Pixel, similar materials and DEFINITELY worse spec than Xiaomi competitors while costing twice as much. It's a 250/300€ phone sold for 500/650 just because it looks cool and is by Carl Pei.
There's a back double and triple tap option on the iPhone. Triple tap is very reliable. You can configure them however you want. I use to turn run a "Turn on "Don't Disturb"" Shortcut. Helped when I'm in a sudden meeting with my professors.
Hey Linus!!! (8:50-9:05) you can use the apple logo on the back of an Iphone to customize so that double tap or triple tap on the logo opens camera or on flash etc.
I actually like the conversational and exploratory tone of this video. too many of the new review videos from chanels and creators I actually really like are becoming too commercial and polished. it seems fake and dramatic when others do that. 10/10 for me. it came off personal and real
On the topic of ways to activate the camera, I've always been a HUGE fan of Motorola's motion controls. Two quick shakes for the flashlight, and two quick half-rotations for the camera, super quick and easy to do between your pocket and in front of you
In Samsung's OneUI, there is an audio output switcher pinned in the notifications. With the SoundAssistant app, I can have one audio source mapped to one output and another source mapped to another output. Both can play at the same time.
watching this video while holding my nothing phone 1 in hand. have been thinking of upgrading to something newer but really this phone still holds up and I can't talk myself into spending dough when this is still absolutely fine.
@@nogoat nah, the problem being, under the white sticker there is still something black to cover the wireless coil module… BTW no wireless charging coil are really exposed anyway, since they somehow need to be tied together using other materials.
5:35 you could just click the draw button and get into the edit menu(not that one which you got in the video) where there is the button for sharing after editing. Also I think you can actually change the Bluetooth device from the side menu, at least on the mine pixel with android 12 and I don't think it's pixel only feature
It's a great phone, but it also has some drawbacks in common with the flagships : no headphone jack, no sd card and no notification led (well there is the back light, but if you keep the phone with the screen visible to eventually read the message when it arrives you cannot see the back light...) And btw the best camera shortcut is still the dedicated two step button like on the xperias
0:47 "I gravitated toward the white one like, I think pretty much everyone else, but now that I've seen the black one in person, (this is my first time!) I like it better!" - Linus, 2022
Hey Linus the pixel 6 allows you to change your Bluetooth connection from the lock screen while something is playing as well as the drop down notification without opening Bluetooth
I mean, the Pixel does all of theses things as well. The double tap to launch camera has been there since the Nexus days, to the point that it is ingrained in me. I am genuinely considering picking one of these up to replace my moms Pixel 2, or to have as a backup phone for the drawer. Definitely a neat little device.
Wait for pixel 7 now, pixel 6 has a very average fingerprint sensor. It's a feature that you're gonna use everyday. I'm also on pixel 2 and it's running fine, only battery is at 66 percent capacity so it discharges quickly.
@@borngeek I'm running a 6 pro, I have had every pixel on the market save for the 4 which I gave to my grandmother who is now on a pixel 5. This phone would be a great backup phone or general use phone if it ever made it stateside
A lot of phones do the double tap for camera. I really don't know what he's on about. Think it's double press vol down for Xiaomi phones. Maybe oppo is the odd one out?
I love how alot of the positive software features are just features built into android 12, nearly all the positive software features I already have on my pixel 6 pro
About the double click, Wallet has already been stated for taking that up BUT you can use the double or triple back tap to perform basically ANY task on the iPhone through Shortcuts. I have my Triple-Tap Setup to open my vaccination card (even though that's not relly necessary anymore) and double tap opens search.
It’s actually a genius move selling hardly any of these but making sure every single tech reviewer is covering the phone heavily. It’s less of a product launch and more an extended marketing campaign that should pay off when their next product has a much wider release
Reminds me of the OnePlus One launch tbh. Limited numbers, great phone for the price, and loads of attention and coverage. Then make the phones easier to get as the company grows and the reputation is already there.
Where did you see they aren’t making many of these phones? I know they’re not selling them in North America, but that’s likely more because of the complications with US carriers than it is about creating a hype train
Yep and actually does look like a decent phone with nice software and a very good price (with apparently more shit to come), Right up my street as an android user for sure! With a little hint of iPhone lol I'm cool with that, As long as I don't get a hint of IOS xD God that sucks.
@@TMW_ShadowStarr The unboxing experience is even the same, the OnePlus One also came in a cardboard sleeve with a pull tab
What? You realize its literally not fully released. That comes later this month. This is not the release, this is literally how samsung and apple do it
Hey Linus, double clicking the lock button brings up the wallet app. Its not exactly useful since the app comes up automatically when the phone gets close to a NFC payment device, but it does something.
I use it all the time in different countries as it’s faster to make payments, as not every device has a strong NFC signature to open the wallet preemptively. This way I double tap, authenticate (looking at the screen for unlocking payments) and tap the device anywhere needed to make payments, saving some seconds. I wish, however, I didn't had to do it.
Soooo like an iPhone
I knew the double tap opened Apple Pay but I've never experienced it automatically open when near and NFC payment device. Interesting but seems like it would be a bit useless since you still have to hold it toward your face to unlock apple pay though.
Not it doesn’t do it automatically everywhere, it’s not really that secure because someone can easily just hold up a portable card reader next to your phone while you’re using it.
Even where it is automatic, you still use it for loyalty cards that don’t use NFC
Actually, you might have a ton of stuff in your wallet that is not NFC based.
Also, not only is the double click taken, but there are two other methods to open the camera on an iPhone that never-used-an-iphone-Linus glanced over: back tap, and swiping in the direction of the icon he was holding instead of, well, holding it.
With how easy it is to actually criticize something about iPhones or other Apple devices, it's amazing how often LMG manages to point out something that is just wrong instead.
Those "functions" or the lack of them are from Android 12 itself 😅 but yeah, nothing has some cool design to the public, and a stock Android experience in hands
@@cgplays9 ué, não tava sabendo que era proibido kkkkk
Upgradeable to Android 13
Did... Did we have an entire phone impressions video where Linus didn't mention if it had a 3.5mm headphone jack in it or not? I guess he's finally accepting defeat ;-;
We've moved on to lack of an included charging brick
Honestly headphone jack is a make or break deal for me. If your phone doesn't have one, it's instantly off of my consideration list. I do not like wireless headphones and the headaches that come with them, the big one being the limited life span and cost to keep replacing them every handful of years. I would rather have a solid pair of wired headphones, that are reasonably priced and will last longer than a couple of years.
ppl gave up yes. Dont care for wireless either. I won some airpods pro in a contest but the charging, stupid case and complexity, when i only use it in say a train...Also if i was gonna use em while im running I haft to carry my phone anyway. And i use only my Garmin watch, phone carrying hard pass.
I just automatically assumed the phone had a headphone jack because it wasn't mentioned.
I really wanted this phone.
You guys are weird if you dont have the dongle just permanently attached to your “on-the-go” headphones by now. Not being able to charge while listening to the device is such a non issue that everyone has blown way out of proportion.
On my OnePlus 7T, it is Very easy to switch between connected devices. Hit the volume button and then hit the top symbol which is "Media Output". Then just scroll through all your media devices and select what you want. Nearly perfect and exactly what Linus described.
Read this on my 7t I've had for 2 years and just learned this now, thank you lol
Haha also on the 7T here, is it only us who have this ability? :p
I have it too on my OnePlus 9rt
Also a oppo + sister brands function
It's not only a 7t thing, it also works on my Nord :)
"You can enable OEM unlocking" HELL YEAH! This. This is what I was hoping. Every single phone now seems to make it impossible to unlock it. Which sucks, because I keep my phone until it breaks most of the time, which means I stop getting software updates before I switch. I used to solve that problem with LineageOS, but with newer smartphones that's impossible now.
This is why I'm pretty much sticking to my aging Xiaomi A1. The A3 was just bad though with the display downgrade.
Ever since Google had the Pixel "A" phones they stopped pushing OEMs to make open phones :(
@@ayuchanayuko xiomi Redmi for me this shit is a beauty for $200 honestly the best phone I have ever had
oem unlocking / unlocking the bootloader means you won't be able to run your bank apps if you install a custom rom
My criteria when I was searching for a phone a month ago were: unlockable bootloader, 3.5 mm jack and oled screen.
@@yaago my bank and cash apps work just fine though (even the stupid mcdonalds app). Running magisk with Zygisk/Shamiko/Universal SafetyNet Fix.
Gotta love that surprise ending when part of the set tries to take Linus out!
I suspect dBrand was involved 🤣
@@aldarrin they did edit it out of the main video, it's like a post credit blooper
Spoiler, looking forward to it, though
And that's why they're supposed to keep these clips short. Any longer and the set starts to break down!
The whole notification swipe thing exists in untouched Android as well, it just happens to be a problem because the fingerprint reader is in-screen. They should've changed it though. Screenshot scrolling is also a vanilla Android thing as well.
Yeah, a lot of the os stuff he mentioned (double tap lock for camera as well) is stock android behavior, same as my pixel.
Yup. Seems he doesn't like stock Android 12. Though to be honest, I'm a long time Android user and I have gripes about Android 12. Like the notification quick options are too big and the new audio adjustment interface. Worst offender for me is it now takes extra taps to turn off wi-fi because the menu is now internet combining mobile and Wi-Fi
@@viatorvoice It was the same for me, but thankfully you can (for now?) revert that bs google decision. Google "Bring back the Wi-Fi and Mobile data Quick Settings tiles in Android 12 using these ADB commands"
@@lupalos12345 or alternatively I got some app that gives you a separate Wi-Fi toggle and use that. It's free and ad free
@@viatorvoice I noticed Linus is clearly out of touch with android 12. He's completely fallen for Samsung's stay in our ecosystem tricks, where even if it's not my preferred means, I can adapt. Then again he always slags about Sony Xperia and the back versus app nav buttons and doesn't seem to realize that's stock Android and Google is trying to force is to gestures. You can use side sense to give you that back (previous) nearly anywhere on the screen you desire.
About quickly switching between bluetooth audio devices: you can do it on oneplus phones (and probably other androids too) it's just a bit hidden. When you turn up/down audio and the bar appears, you press the icon above the bar and then you can choose an output device.
On my android you can fimf this function in the drag down notification menu
THIS, it even looked like the nothing phone has that as well, the button is there at least (above the slider)
I started wondering about that too, because I actually use that function A LOT. It's super useful.
OnePlus USED to alow this function. But as a fool I upgraded to Android 13 and my OnePlus8T LOST the ability to do this. I was (am) so mad. Also my non OEM 65W warp charchers no longer work. after the Update. Only OEM chargers do.
Seeing the battery percentage and estimated left time in the settings is actually a stock android 12 and 13 feature. Overall they haven't changed much
they literally added lights and everyone is going crazy about it
There are custom roms that add more to android than this phone.
@@ramengod5768 But lights make thing to faster. It's faster than downloading more RAM.
Man you could've wrote "they changed nothing"
and 10
I remember the old days of Android when you could customize the RGB LEDs on the back of your phone for different apps so you always knew what the notification corresponded to.
Yeah, have that on my samsung galaxy note 3. Blue or green for different messages. And red when charging. I thought there was a phone model(dunno which brand) from last year(or maybe 2020)that had an LED notif light.
@@johnlucas6683 Probably Sony
My Fairphone 3 has an RGB LED left to the ear piece. But it's already older than 3 years.
"old days" tell that to my Sony :D
@@dragan3010 you know I meant when most phones had RGB LEDs that were programmable.
One thing the back lights of the phone can sort of bring back is the different colored leds that phones used to have by the ear speaker. I used to religiously use my multi colored led to tell what kind of notification i had.
I didn't realise it was that well priced, thats instantly made me more interested. Hopefully its an worthy successor to OnePlus
I just really want it because i loved the Essential phone. I love the square shaped design but hate apple products so I'm probably going to try swapping from my one plus to this once you can buy it
@@leaphymoon9881 Same here. Went from OnePlus One to Essential PH1, now using a OnePlus 8Pro.
For the Nothing, the design looks good, the hardware sturdy, the software clean, and the price competitive.
I hope the community will step and bring LineageOS for this device for it to be useful for many years to come.
@@alfkocli I just need to wait for it be available in the us
@@alfkocli Paranoid Android is coming to nothing phone so Lineage must be coming too
@@leaphymoon9881 doesn't look like it's coming
That looks like a stock android experience. My pixel 6 does literally every one of the things you pointed out. Though the back button isn't there, all you have to do is swipe from right to left or left to right to go back.
yeah, i was gonna say, looks like android on my pixel 4a
Yep, a lot of people are saying it's a tweaked PIxel experience and that isn't a bad thing at all
the same for my galaxy s10, gotta say that the price is the best thing with Nothing compare to the giant Samsung
Nothing is not built by Google at least. But it uses mostly stock android so it's still controlled by Google anyways. So I guess yeah, no difference there.
But I think price is a big difference. Nothing Phone seems a lot more affordable.
@@RandomnessCreates Honestly the Pixel needs some tweaking, it's actually buggier than One UI or Oxygen OS in my experience.
Hey Linus, For Apple, in accessibility you can set “double tap” back of the device to open camera or any other shortcut or app.
Also by default double tapping the power button opens Apple Pay, so it does do something
Also, you don’t need to look at the device. You just have to wake the lock screen. Personally, i think the swipe in from the right is faster and more reliable than long pressing the icon.
@@ezn i'm still using an Xs and 3D Touch is the quickest way, you just press hard
@@ser_igel i miss 3d touch :;(
Keep in mind this was posted during the “Quantity over quality” era of LMG, so mistakes or misinformation in videos around this time is pretty high and pretty common
To comment on the screenshot sharing conudrum, you have to tap on the *picture* of the screenshot to enter the quick editing mode in stock android Linus. That allows for quick markup, cropping, and sharing all from one screen! Hope this helps, (if it gets seen)
Seen 👍
Doesn't work like that on the Phone (1) unfortunately. No matter if I tap the picture or the edit button, I always get prompted to choose an app to edit the image...
@@jullit31 is there app called Markup? That's built-in basic image editor for cropping/making notes, you can share out of it immediately
@@niter43 No, only Google Photos and some apps I installed...
@@jullit31 true, you can pick a default app, and then it'll go directly to app and then it will depend on that apps features
I feel like a lot of the things he attributed to the phone are actually just standard android 12 things. Eg; scrolling screenshots, gesture navigation, battery remaining time in settings
Except the battery left thing, I've had those features on my OnePlus 7 since 2020
I have pixel, and android 12 allows me to switch between bt and speaker right from sound menu, also it allows me to edit (crop and doodle) and send screenshots directly.
Double tap for camera launch is also available plus better photos.
It's better to go for pixel if you want android
@@mohammedalam1361 also it costs less here, 500 vs 465
Agree. Most of the features mentioned are the pixel experience.
@@mohammedalam1361 pixel aint stock android it has MANY extra features
The only thing it seems to be missing which I love on OP is a dedicated ring/vibrate/silence slider. Use that so often.
This looks like a solid contender for replacing my OP6t though.
THIS! I have a OP 7T and I use it all the time
YES! I use this nearly everyday.
I use it a lot to just quickly slide the notification slider in my pocket when I'm in a meeting.
Super effortless, and don't need to awkwardly take my phone out during the meeting.
I have to say I love dbrands marketting, their snarky humour really makes me laugh, though I am afraid they're slowly going insane. Dbrand ad reads are becoming some of my favorite parts of linus videos
it's also the very casual relationship they have with Linus and LMG people.
Bought a grip case for my current phone because of years of this shit.
This one, paired with the playstation sidings, and the puzzle they they sent to them, its all honestly hilarious
Slowly going insane? They're robots. They were programed to be insane 😁
Dbrand have jumped the shark though.
I really liked their Jerry-rig x-ray stuff.
Then I got my steamdeck and finally wanted to pull the trigger for something that looked awesome.
And then I saw "$50 for stickers" appearing on my screen...
..no.. NO.. THERE IS NO WAY
I know OnePlus has fallen to the wayside lately but my OnePlus 7t has the option to quickswitch between Bluetooth devices like Linus wants at 12:35
My 6t has it too. It's a good feature to have
Samsung got quick output switch too with the new oneUI .. best feature they did in long time.
My OnePlus 9 Pro has this too - it's not a standard Android feature? 😳
@@koocha I think its Android12 feature, but some brands tend to disable good stuff or delay them to bring them worse :D .
Yep my 7T Pro has it too.
Looking back at this video, I can say that Nothing Phone 1 has fixed most of the software issues that were mentioned in this video
There is a mistake you made Linus, 9:05 , double press open Apple Pay, maybe you did not configure it, it is used often. And you can just open camera by swipe.
was looking for this lol
Yep, and just swiping left brings up the camera-easy to do without looking. I don understand his frustration though, the choice would be nice.
a double click of the power button slows down the sleep as it has to double check that your not trying to access the double click functionality.
Apple Pay is a lot useful than camera.
@@Thecomicish does that rlly matter? On my samsung the phone goes to sleep like 0.5s after pressing the button anyway 😂
Just a small side note, you can swipe left on iOS lockscreen to also open the camera, but yes, double press of a power button is probably still faster.
you can still add the double tap gesture in touch settings to tap the back of the phone twice and open the camera
On iPhone I don't mind though, because double power button opens apple pay, which I actually use sometimes. I wouldn't mind a setting though to change the behavior so that it doesn't HAVE to do it that way. Idk how you would use apple pay without that though... I guess you'd have to open the app?
@@HearMeLearn the configurable double and triple tap setting is when you tap the phone from the back, not on the power/home button.
You literally just tap the screen to wake and swipe on iOS lol it’s not that hard nor time consuming
@@JakubVacek42 no apple pay is double click the power button
The Bluetooth headphone options from the sound settings would definitely be an awesome feature.
Present in my oneplus Nord n100
One plus has it. Damn
@@fusa9686 apparently so does mine, I just realized that. Thanks for mentioning it!
@@hiddenloaf2302 Pretty sure its an android 12+ thing. Mine is ArrowOS, so mostly stock android 12 and also has it.
samsung also has this, though it is not in the volume menu but instead underneath the bleutooth toggle in the notification screen.
OnePlus has it set up so that when you change the volume, right above the volume level there's a quick menu to change your output device which is pretty cool, so they do technically do that
Samsung does also have it. I don't know if it's stock, but with sound assistant you can
Hey Linus just a FYI! The drawing gesture to launch apps/functions was present during Carl Pei's time at One Plus. I had it on my One Plus 2. You could draw a "O" to launch the camera app, a "V" to turn on the flashlight and even media controls with drawing a "||" with two fingers pausing or playing the track and "< " or ">" for next track.
Honestly, I really loved these drawing gestures as they work with your phone screen off and you can do it without looking. The flashlight shortcut is especially useful if you are using it in a tight space and only have one hand available and the music shortcut meant I could just reach into my pocket and change tracks and stuff without pulling my whole phone out. But like you said more options are always nice! (On the topic of buttons launching the camera app can someone other than Sony please make a dedicated camera button???? Honestly rather have that then a dedicated smart assistant key like so many phones)
My Nord 2 does the same, and the 2 also had the option to open the camera with a doubletap of the power button.
I do agree, I quite liked the gesture on my OnePlus 3T. However, since swapping to Pixel Experience, holding the power button with the phone off to turn on the flashlight is a much easier to use experience. I always used to end up turning my flaslight on accidentally in my pocket, but I don't know if that was a common issue or not.
When i had a Samsung s20 (worst phone ive ever used) i had an app that reconfigured the bixby button to whatever you wanted, at the time i used it to open spotify so i could change songs without looking at the screen while driving
And it's been around much longer than even that. You could get cheap Amazon $100 phones that had that feature years ago
yeah my gt Neo 3 has the same
The flashing light patterns for notification can be really useful for people with hearing impairment, I reckon
It is. I wish other phones would be made with that feature. Just to have the choice.
There is no need for special hardware for this feature for example Xiaomi devices already have something like this without special hardware u can set the edges of the screen to light up whenever u get a message (u can customise color ofc)
*Omg those photos at **0:06**... LMAO.* Btw, Please hire Colton.
This honestly feels like the spiritual successor to OnePlus, which makes sense given who’s running Nothing (the company).
Hopefully doesnt turn to crap like OnePlus
@@pistolfied imagine still wanting a jack
@@Khloya69 Imagine not having options. Couldn't be me.
Well it basically is OnePlus. And I would guess it will take the same direction. Get big Fanbase, take money and leave
@@Khloya69 No need to imagine lol. Wired doesn't have a battery to charge, die and degrade, has the most fidelity (depends on your phone's DAC but eh), has zero latency, is future proof, etc
To be fair, you only have to swipe right on the iPhone's lock screen to activate the camera.
That's on literally every Phone
and on all android phones I've ever used
Personally, I really miss the notifications LED's that were on the s3. It was a great way to tell what a notification was by the color, without having to turn on the screen, and was so much better than the always on display for battery life. And unlike this system, it worked with a case on the phone
I think there's a transparent case included
AOD notify does that nowadays around the hole punch camera
I guess people just forget that Sony still makes high end phones with notification LEDs, Micro SD card slot AND headphone jack.
If only they can use the extra real state on the screen, or idk. Glue an extra screen just for notifs and shortcuts-- Oh wait...
@@xcbrr50 LG....
You can change Bluetooth device from the media output option when you click on the volume botton ...it is in OnePlus as well 14:00
This is really cool for people who don’t hear well. My grandma has hearing problems and sometimes doesn’t hear the phone ringing. But these lighting effects would surely get her attention!
12:40 in Android 12 that's actually made really easy natively already. When audio is playing, the audio panel in QuickSettings/Notifications includes a playback device switcher in its upper right corner
Doesn't work for RUclips tho
@@BakaOctopus it does... doesnt youtube show up with media controls for you?
@@pu239 Gotta remember that RUclips app functionality is different for each carrier, brand, phone model, time of day, what planets are in alignment so not all functionality is guaranteed
@Carl Gunderson Some Android Custom Roms Include Exactly that functionality, just like linus described it
EMUI from HUAWEI has had this for ages hehehe
Few issues that are mentioned here like animation weirdness, screenshot annoyances, are partly due to the AOSP Android 12 which they based their OS upon. AOSP 12(and above) has been problematic with regards to Launcher animations (anything 'Quickstep' related specifically) since Day1 (No wonder pixel was buggy).
I won't say 'at the moment', Nothing OS is like 'current oxygen os (pre oos12)' because Oxygen OS (pre-12) was kinda heavily (but extremely tastefully, practically, clean-ly) modified with so many features that are ACTUALLY useful, whereas right now, nothing feels more like Lineage OS/Pixel Experience.
I'm looking forward to see it evolve to the Oxygen OS everyone visioned to be like since years.
The Nothing launcher doesn't support QuickStep so the gestures are android's joke of a compatibility mode
On the iPhone If holding down the camera button is inconvenient all you have to do is swipe right. You don’t even need to press the power button. You can use the raise to wake feature and swipe right or tap the screen to turn it on and swipe right
12:30 the OnePlus 3T has the ability to switch Bluetooth devices, when you tap volume button you can select the icon at the top which allows you to select what output device you'd like for your audio
Yes, every oneplus device even has this! I have a Nord and can confirm that is soooo nice
8:50 I had a similar reaction at how to launch the camera app from the lock screen when I recently upgraded to an iPhone 13
Then I discovered you can swipe left to open the camera app on an iPhone (without looking at the FaceID sensor), which works well enough
swipe left been working for many years now no need to look at it , he not using apple , so he doesn't know :)
12:35 I use a OnePlus 8 and it lets me switch output devices from that menu.
EDIT: In fact, I think the Nothing may do this too. Try the round icon at the top of the volume slider. In the video, it looks kind of like a vibration icon. For OnePlus 8, that opens a menu to choose a connected bluetooth device or even connect to one.
I have a OnePlus Nord and today I learnt something useful.
@@xHecKrZ Glad I could help! I don't tend to use it since I'm not usually connected to multiple devices, but it's nice that it's there.
I had a morotola G back on 2015, and their camera shortcut was by far the best I've ever used. You had to tip your phone forward and back and it would open your camera app. They also had a flashlight shortcut where you just made a chopping motion
i have a moto g100 and both of those shortcuts are a no-brainer, they are so good
I miss thechopping motion flashlight gesture from my old Motorola.
Both of which are still features in the newest motos
On my phone (LG V30) I just downloaded an app to get the chop for flashlight
I miss that, I used to have a Z2 Play and that was useful af
12:50 Samsung does somewhat allow you to add a quick audio output switcher using their sound assistant app, but it only works for quick switching between your phone and the most recently connected audio device....
Was gonna say this same thing
@@tomasmartinez8620 same lmao
Not just somewhat, it does exactly that. You can even connect multiple bluetooth devices and broadcast to all of them at once and customize the volume for each one individually.
@@scrp1o now that is something I didnt know and will most definitely try. Thats awesome
So does stock Android.
Pixel 6 has it and pixel 4a 5g had it when android 12 came out.
Literally the whole RUclips tech scene is talking about this phone
Quick correction for opening the camera app from the lock screen on the iPhone - you can just slide the screen to the left. And you don’t have to look at it.
And the double tap on the lock-button is bound to apple pay, little correction ;D
Imagine getting all angry about something while being so wrong about the thing you got angry about. :D
@@sounddriver9894 You can remap the back tap tho.
Correction, he didn't swipe to the left, he just literally pressed the camera icon on the lockscreen. Which was not wrong.. just an alternative from swiping.. lol
Been a while since I've dailied an iPhone. Guess I'm rusty! - LS
Funny, a lot of the complaints Linus had are actually stock Android "issues".
Same with the good features. This phone is pretty close to stock Android like the Pixel 6 (Pro).
Hotspot should have its own Quick Access button below for easy enabling and disabling. (I guess those two big things at the top are NothingOS stuff?)
Image editing looks slightly different but overall behaves the same on Android 12. (closing after editing)
Double Press lock button for Camera is a Android (12) thing in stock.
The touch navigation is also stock, same with the removal of the option for 2 button style or changing the 3 button order. (iirc removed in Android 10-11 already.)
On the BT suggestion, this looks to be a stock volume setting, so with Android 12 there is actually a option where you can select where an app plays its audio, if you have multiple BT devices connected.
Battery time remaining is also a stock Android 12 feature.
Came here to say this. Alot of it is just stock, and in typical Google fashion they are all valid issues which Google has changed things for change sake and in turn made it worse. Linus is used to using OneUI on Samsung which is now arguably better than stock, a weird turn of events.
Which is why I love(d) OxygenOS so much. The only changes they made enhanced stock Android experience, and there are only a handful of customizations that were lacking and those were all fixed with a root (which I always do anyway) and GravityBox.
Ya but the screen shot sharing issue isn't a thing on my pixel you can share after editing, and the Bluetooth switching option is there if you scroll down to from the top and click the top right of now playing where it shows you were the sound is coming from. I will be honest with you I'm not sure if those are pixel things because I have not used a truly AOSP rom in a while since I've been on a pixel.
@@ChazTyldsley outside of the wallpaper this looked identical to my pixel 6. Notifications, system settings, screen shots -- all of it is stock android. I wish they would have improved on this because stock android isn't amazing. But hey, maybe this phone's fingerprint reader will actually work and maybe its wifi will consistently work without dying and not telling you, because my pixel 6 is complete garbage.
@@ChazTyldsley Yep, everything Linus mentioned is feature of Samsung OneUI.
Samsung has essentially fixed Android issues on their phone for year now. Even Samsung is the one forcing Google to improved supporting tablet and foldable devices. One UI isn't perfect but at least they care more than Google with their stock Android UI.
People have already mentioned the double power button on the iPhone bring up the wallet - but you can actually set double tapping the back of the phone (or triple tapping if you want) to open the camera, go to home, open the app switching interface or a few other things
For anyone interested it is under accessiblity -> touch -> backtap
Being a Briton, I was so thrown back at 7:43 when the prices were in pound sterling. I got so used to hearing dollars that I didn't expect it!
@Carl Gunderson yes, I noticed. I have to say, that's quite surprising, especially since the amount of potential consumers in North America is absolutely massive.
Edit: do you have any speculation as to why it hasn't launched for the United States and Canada?
*Br't's'
@@JamesLikesCoffee well, Pei started up Nothing in the UK, so it wouldn't be the same reason as why certain Chinese company phones aren't in US & Canada. As a small start up, in the UK, it probably just cost less to start with the UK, EU market. US Canadian carriers have made it that much harder and more expensive to penetrate the NA market. The big players can afford the carrier deals and accept carrier bloat. Cutting that bloat is part of the cost savings and experience on a phone like the Nothing.
Just look at the mess Sony has gone through pulling out of the NA market and slow return and they're still not back in Canada and many SA. If the majority of North Americans would buy unlocked phones out right or on their credit card and also maybe better regulated the carriers, then it would be different. Instead the majority in their attempt to be cheap, have encouraged the situation where we all pay more. So many are under water, they can't afford to buy even the most budget phone outright to change this situation. It's not just phones. American class bias is such people refuse to give up their middle class lifestyle long enough to improve their finances, because heaven forbid anyone think they're poor. Basically the majority of Americans live beyond their means and are classist liars. It was a 💡moment for me why so many morons on the net seem to think the I spent more $, so I'm superior to you argument on the net exists. When if you really looked into their finances, they're morons, when they're not just outright fantasists, liars and trolls.
back to phones, Americans pays more for their service and pays more in monthly payments on carrier deals & they do think that's cheaper than buying the phone, because they're either too poor or they can't do math.
@@bipbop3121 wow, gotta say that was a lot more of an in-depth answer than I expected, but a happy surprise nonetheless. I suppose socioeconomic status is a key factor, but I didn't actually realise that 'Nothing' was set up here in the United Kingdom. Thanks for the insight!
@@JamesLikesCoffee British phone innit
Xiaomi actually has a pretty neat implementation for changing bluetooth devices, thouch the corner of the bluetooth button and it gives you a list of mated devices.
Oneplus has it in the volume quick menu, it's great, didn't realize it's not common. Hopefully samsung has it, as I will be switching soon.
@Degenskonto My OnePlus has become buggy, it's just not worth it for 1000€ anymore, so will try Samsung, first time since Galaxy S4
@@ninjal7588 Samsung does have that feature. but it's not very well visible
if you click the Bluetooth text, it would open your paired device list within quick settings
@@FrostyFoxGamingIGM for Samsung just tap the media output button and change output device from there
@@ninjal7588 which version of OxygenOS do you have? My OP 6 died and now I need a new phone…
The audio output switch you were talking about at around 13:00 does exist on some phones. My OnePlus Nord N10 running Oxygen OS 11 has it so I'm surprised it isn't in Nothing's OS.
Hey Linus again, everything you said about the interface is from AOSP, they are available on Google devices, the battery remaining time, OEM unlocking etc.. This is stock Android. You used to Samsung One UI that's why you're impressed.
I was so confused since I'm a Pixel user, thanks for pointing that out. Weird that Samsung doesn't have some of these features...
@@rjpearson it's not weird ;) I was unlucky enough to try some of their phones in the past 5 years, and their software is just... Well, it's worse to have it than to be on stock Android - that should be enough said! A pity that LG closed their mobile division, V30 was a great phone!
Was going to say my LG from 2018 does these things...
@@bajter yeah, not a huge fan of Samsung from prior phones I had but it still is surprising that basic Android features in stock Android are removed for One UI...
@@rjpearson Samsung also has most of the features except OEM unlocking
OxygenOS's handling of Bluetooth audio devices was possibly one of my favorite features. Even auto-switching behavior and easy access to changing devices without having media playing just made the entire experience very seamless.
I'm currently still using an LG G5, and it uses "double click 'volume down' to quick-open the camera" which is quite similar to what you brought up regarding double-clicking the lock button to open the camera on the Nothing Phone.
I might be due for an upgrade at this point, and this phone is on my radar now.
Great first look/review! And it seems like the majority of Linus' annoyances with the OS are essentially the same as it seems to be almost exact with the stock Android 12. Very suttle differences they made.
He completely glossed over the "unique" feature of the phone though, because he didn't see himself using it? I have no idea from this review if there is more to those lights than the "who is calling" feature. The review is 15 minutes of talking about stuff that is similar across alot of android devices, especially ones with near-stock OSs.
12:50 my Oneplus 8t actually has that media output switch function on the top of the volume "slider". Would be great for the nothing phone too
yeah my 7 pro did it as well
Was just about to say the same, it's one of the features of the 8T I really like. Having said that, I'm getting more and more bugs every update rather than it getting better XD
This phone also have that , he didnt noticed
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@@karanbirsingh2408 on some androids (maybe stock?) that top button in the volume pop-in cycles through the ring, vibrate and silent modes, and this phone probably does that too because it doesn't have a dedicated hardware switch. He had the phone in vibrate mode based on the icon. The output device button on One Plus phones is a different icon with sound waves coming out the top of the phone (when using the phone speakers) and at least on my 7 Pro it even says "media output" under the button too, probably to help draw attention to it being different than the stock button it replaced.
On the iPhone you don't have to look at the device to get to the camera. Just pick it up and swipe the screen to the left and whabam the camera is there
Honestly I miss the little led blinkers. I never had to check my phone for notifications and I hate always on displays. I'm now on my phone so much more often checking for notifications
Woah Linus appearing on ShortCircuit more often! I like it.
Only for the universe to try to take him out at the end. 😀
12:35 my Motorola does that in a way, if you press the 3 dots then you can tap the media volume and get a list of currently connected devices and paired ones you can connect to, but this only seems to work if you have audio playing.
I love the energy of the video, and even the DBrand sponsorship was entertaining.
0:06 had me rolling. Nicely played editor, nicely played.
I had to scroll so far to find a comment about this, which I don't understand cause it's brilliant. The editor deserves some love :p
12:45 That is one swipe down and click away on 1UI 4.1, provided you have those on and connected otherwise you have to first press to connect (but that’s also available right there)
16:27 Proof the crew is finally trying to end linus' tyranny any chance they can. 😂
It looked like it hurt a bit too.
Carl did a great job of making an unique phone all out of Nothing, he brings me back to the days of OnePlus . It's amazing how he creates hype from Nothing. I wonder how well it will do in the market however.
Okay, i had a stroke reading this
He's brought back the original vision of the OnePlus phones, which is very refreshing.
"Joel Conolly
5 hours ago (edited)
Gotta admit it to Carl. He basically made hype for an averagely normal phone all out of Nothing. You really can't fault the man who basically created a phone from something before and restarted everything from scratch. "
@@sorlak_12 sorry my English isn't very good
Apple uses dubble click for the wallet. It’s pretty nice tbh. Wouldn’t trade that for the camera app.
Can confirm, but also disagree (take more photos than buy things)
also you can assign the camera to tapping the back of your phone
@@ben5235 money problems i guess :p
Nah but you still have the slide lockscreen to the left and it ll being up the camera
Double click for camera has been in android for very long time
@@lucakrokrowinkel9576 no one's impressed bro
For me, haptics on Android phones above $300 have been mostly good for the last 3 years
For the Bluetooth switching in volume, I use an app called volume styles that has Bluetooth device switching built into the volume bar
Im sure someone else already said it but you can swipe from the left side instead of the long press for camera on iphone. If the phone screen isnt woke up and is dark two swipes or a tap and then swipe opens camera.
Been with the S10 and I guess I'm still sticking with it. A Headphone Jack is a must for me. Not really any reason to upgrade anyways because it still does literally everything that I need it to.
That and love my S9's expandable memory. Not buying a new phone till I get both aux and expandable memory
same
Wireless headphones are fun yo, join the dark side 😶🌫️
The only reason I went from my Note 9 or 10 to a 20 was because it was straight across credit from At&t and battery was getting a little old. If I had realized I could have traded in my wife's old iphone 7 instead, I would have sold the note 20 and kept my old phone.
Same for me. I might switch to a Sony once my S10e breaks, but I'm happy until then.
Every time I watch videos about phones it just makes me pine so hard for the ability to meticulously design one myself, perfectly tailored to my tastes.
8:55 for iphone you can just wake the screen and swipe to the left from the right edge, no unlock needed, no long press needed. So power button and then swipe and ur off or raise up and swipe.
DBrand actually made me laugh with the something case. Well done DBrand 😆
As someone who has custom vibration tones for everyone important in their contact list, I would have loved to see the customization options for the glyph interface in this video. I am absolutely the type of person who places the phone face down and would wait for a light to blink, especially in a specific pattern to know who and what it was.
A single notification hijacks concentration for 30 minutes in average. Just for consideration...
Another reason I love Samsung phones. The double click the power button for the camera
Well Linus, at least on Android 12 you switch between audio devices with a little button on the media controls. It works pretty well, you don't have to go into the Bluetooth settings and if you're listening to music the controls will already be front and center on your lock screen
Hey Linus, the iPhone camera can be accessed by swiping left on the lock screen as well. No need for a long press on the camera button. Its surprisingly fast to lift your phone up for the faceid and then swipe left.
Doesn’t even need Face ID. The camera, just like the calculator if you open if from control center, doesn’t need the phone to be unlocked. You can open the camera without looking at the device at all.
Doesn't have to turn on my Samsung for camera, double tap power and then tap the volume up to take the picture, basically in 1 second tops you take your picture
Moto X PURE has that all beat. Just Double twist with the wrist,and Vwa-Lah,Camera ready to shoot from Lock Screen ! Fastest Dam thing I ever seen. It might be yesterdays Flagship,but i still love it.
double clicking the power button is still much better especially with one handed use
Completely forgot about this feature.
This phone (and company) has the potential to become the best android phone for devops/pentesters/hackers/developers if they include everything such as NFC, IR blaster and other modules that may be beneficial
What about Volla?
Nothing phone has nfc
I miss IR blasters and SD cards so much!
Ir blaster needs a comeback for sure miss it
I just have to chime in to say, that actually the iPhone has a function on double pressing the lock-button
Atleast here in Germany it opens the Apple-Pay process
Yh, think you can reprogram it through accessibility settings now
@@royalwave15 yes you can
true, it is an option in Settings -> Wallet & Apple Pay but I'm not sure if it's the default, I was so confused when Linus complained it didn't do anything - I use it all the time
8:59 it does do something. It opens the wallet app to quickly pay in a supermarket or elsewhere. Dunno why you dont have that feature tbh.
You can just hold the phone up to the contactless reader and it will open the wallet anyway
@@hummusbird yeah but then you still have to double-click and faceid to authenticate, so it's quicker to just do that first imo
xiaomi actually has a function that lets you switch beetween conected bluetoth speakers and phone as an audio output. it is visible only when you use their music player and there is a notification with the name of the song playing. then you just click on the weird circle on the right and it lets you switch
Loved how this phone looks, my phones usually on silent and sitting on my desk so if the lights worked for varying notifications I'd probably get a lot of use out of it. Not available in NA though :( Lots of advertisement through videos by NA creators, but you can't even utilize 5G networks with this unfortunately. Really a let down.
Genuine Question. Has 5g improved your phone usage personally? I'm still on the OP7 Pro without 5g and all the videos on it are really mediocre at best.
Meh. I honestly haven't seen one person actually using 5G, so this actually would seem like a plus to me. Plenty of people I've seen actually get better speeds on LTE or 3G for streaming, probably with better battery life
The lights have great potential for accessibility, though, which I think is awesome. A lot of people who are hard of hearing rely on the camera flash on smart phones to let them know when they have a notification if their phone isn't on them. I'd love to see more companies get creative with things like that.
Samsung already does that quick switch between bluetooth devices if you swipe down the notification bar n tap media output. And it keeps your frequently connected devices in the quick menu for quick connecting or switching
Many of the features you are impressed with are found in stock Android too. Don't get me wrong, it is a good thing that they are not trying to reinvent the wheel.
Give me another mainstream phone company with this...
Had used pixel3 XL, but it's getting old (also a battery scare ; bloated) . So tried to get a new phone from telecom (cos it's still much cheaper in short term).
LG pooped the crap few year back, Samsung is the most popular here.
So... S22+ it is (still hates the Samsung skin, last time I used it, it was G S2)
@@PrograError Nokia
I think the most impressive thing is the quality you're getting out of a very reasonably priced phone
Not.
Worse materials and more expensive than Pixel, similar materials and DEFINITELY worse spec than Xiaomi competitors while costing twice as much.
It's a 250/300€ phone sold for 500/650 just because it looks cool and is by Carl Pei.
Yeah it's shite
There's a back double and triple tap option on the iPhone. Triple tap is very reliable.
You can configure them however you want.
I use to turn run a "Turn on "Don't Disturb"" Shortcut. Helped when I'm in a sudden meeting with my professors.
Hey Linus!!! (8:50-9:05) you can use the apple logo on the back of an Iphone to customize so that double tap or triple tap on the logo opens camera or on flash etc.
I actually like the conversational and exploratory tone of this video. too many of the new review videos from chanels and creators I actually really like are becoming too commercial and polished. it seems fake and dramatic when others do that. 10/10 for me. it came off personal and real
You can enable double/tripple tapping the back to open the camera app under Accessibility > Touch > Back tap for easier access.
On the topic of ways to activate the camera, I've always been a HUGE fan of Motorola's motion controls. Two quick shakes for the flashlight, and two quick half-rotations for the camera, super quick and easy to do between your pocket and in front of you
I really wish everyone would copy their flashlight motion implimention, hands down the best.
Shame Motorola is garbage with updates
In Samsung's OneUI, there is an audio output switcher pinned in the notifications. With the SoundAssistant app, I can have one audio source mapped to one output and another source mapped to another output. Both can play at the same time.
@Carl Gunderson I'm just talking about another way Samsung does it which is just as easy for the user and is equally functional.
watching this video while holding my nothing phone 1 in hand. have been thinking of upgrading to something newer but really this phone still holds up and I can't talk myself into spending dough when this is still absolutely fine.
Just so you know, the wireless charging pad on the back is actually a sticker… the true coil is under the sticker.
Still nice to know where the damn coil is unlike other phones.
Makes sense since a copper coil would look horrendous on that finish.
@@nogoat nah, the problem being, under the white sticker there is still something black to cover the wireless coil module… BTW no wireless charging coil are really exposed anyway, since they somehow need to be tied together using other materials.
5:35 you could just click the draw button and get into the edit menu(not that one which you got in the video) where there is the button for sharing after editing. Also I think you can actually change the Bluetooth device from the side menu, at least on the mine pixel with android 12 and I don't think it's pixel only feature
Screenshot and share works just fine, share button is on top right when you edit the image
It's a great phone, but it also has some drawbacks in common with the flagships : no headphone jack, no sd card and no notification led (well there is the back light, but if you keep the phone with the screen visible to eventually read the message when it arrives you cannot see the back light...)
And btw the best camera shortcut is still the dedicated two step button like on the xperias
0:47 "I gravitated toward the white one like, I think pretty much everyone else, but now that I've seen the black one in person, (this is my first time!) I like it better!"
- Linus, 2022
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Hey Linus the pixel 6 allows you to change your Bluetooth connection from the lock screen while something is playing as well as the drop down notification without opening Bluetooth
I mean, the Pixel does all of theses things as well. The double tap to launch camera has been there since the Nexus days, to the point that it is ingrained in me. I am genuinely considering picking one of these up to replace my moms Pixel 2, or to have as a backup phone for the drawer. Definitely a neat little device.
Wait for pixel 7 now, pixel 6 has a very average fingerprint sensor. It's a feature that you're gonna use everyday. I'm also on pixel 2 and it's running fine, only battery is at 66 percent capacity so it discharges quickly.
@@borngeek I'm running a 6 pro, I have had every pixel on the market save for the 4 which I gave to my grandmother who is now on a pixel 5. This phone would be a great backup phone or general use phone if it ever made it stateside
A lot of phones do the double tap for camera. I really don't know what he's on about. Think it's double press vol down for Xiaomi phones.
Maybe oppo is the odd one out?
I love how alot of the positive software features are just features built into android 12, nearly all the positive software features I already have on my pixel 6 pro
And all the negative software features are also built into Android 12 (aosp not pixel addons).
About the double click, Wallet has already been stated for taking that up BUT you can use the double or triple back tap to perform basically ANY task on the iPhone through Shortcuts. I have my Triple-Tap Setup to open my vaccination card (even though that's not relly necessary anymore) and double tap opens search.
I'm very interested in nothing as a brand. I can't tell if they are actually "rebelling" against the industry or just using it as a gimmick.