Nothing Phone (3) Cell Phone, 5G Unlocked Phones 512GB, Android 15, Snapdragon 8s Gen4, AI Mobile Phones with Four 50MP Cameras & AMOLED Display, 5150mAh, Glyph Interface, Smartphone Black

I got tired of Samsung removing features from their newer phones and jamming as much shoddy "AI" garbage in there as they could, so when it was time for a new phone I decided this was the one for me. The glyph interface in particular was a huge draw for me, since I really miss my notification LEDs that have been long removed in favor of always-on displays that, in my experience, tank battery life (especially on aging phones like my old S22). Now I don't have to constantly check my phone to see if I have missed messages or calls; I can just glance over and see if anyone called or messaged me. I really like the cameras on this phone, too. They seem to take much better photos than my old Samsung phones without the blurriness or distortion around the edges of the photos, but I'm not a professional photographer by any means either. If you're like me and use your phone for family pics and random cool stuff I think you'll be very happy with them too. The phone also comes with a screen protector pre-installed as well as a simple but effective silicone case, although I also ordered the Spigen air cushioned case for it for the added protection. Still, it's an appreciated extra given how little you typically get with phones these days. I don't play many games other than idle time wasters like Block Blast, but it handles that type of stuff just fine and the OS is snappy and responsive as well. If you're stateside like me you'll have to switch a couple default settings from the UK English to US English to get things like the correct currency symbol on your keyboard, but it's simple and easy, and honestly I kind of prefer the British accent on my GPS. Initially I was having a lot of problems with dropped calls, and I even almost returned the phone due to it, but that seemed to be an issue with my VPN and after reconfiguring my settings for this phone those issues stopped as well. Sound quality both in calls and media playback is just as good or better than any other phone I've had, although you're probably going to want some wireless headphones for the best listening experience if you use your phone for music like I do. Overall this is an extremely solid, fun, and unique phone without all the bloat of other flagship phones available in the US currently. On sale at $630 for 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage this is a really good deal in my opinion, given that other entry level Android and Apple phones charge more for less of both. The bottom line is that this is an awesome phone for those of us who don't want to be glued to our device but still use it to browse the Internet, listen to music, or take pictures.

Took some adjusting to it, but this phone looks clean and runs great. I've sworn by OnePlus phones for years for their speed, battery life and affordability and this phone tops them! A nice big middle finger to Apple as well.

I had been looking for a new phone on and off for a few years, and really started looking in the past few months since my existing phone was old. So old, that current apps would randomly crash. Not fancy games; no, Google messages, email, YouTube. I had an LG G8X Thinq Dual Screen(I really miss the separate/dual screens) :( It had the same specs as a Galaxy S10. Both the G8X and the S10 came out at the same time in 2019. Why Not Samsung?! Samsung, is outrageously over priced, and is full of bloat apps, and duplicate apps. Some, like KNOX you maybe shouldn't remove. There has been absolutely no outward innovation from Samsung in over 10 generations. All the phones look the same and all run over $1000. The phone also runs several AI agents, that I am not a fan of. The folding screens are a travesty across the board. 2 or 3 separate screens is the way to go. Why not Apple? Apple's history of 'playing games'(the battery limiting fiasco, fighting with app makers, internal planned obsolescence, $%&ty phone repair support without paying a kidney, for AppleCare, which the company continually tries to say 'does not cover X, Y, Z'. If you didn't have problems, great! I've worked in an Apple care approved repair company, and the number of times we had to turn down customers because AppleCare didn't cover the perfectly reasonable repair, was bonkers! Then we get to the sky high price for the phone, and the all intrusive Siri AI. "Hard No" Why Nothing? It's different, and leans toward use, instead of flash! Besides the Glyph features, the phone is really meant to 'get things done' In the settings, you have the options to use the normal flashy app icons, or 'grey scale' icons. You can also opt to show or hide the app names. Less clutter, so you can focus on 'that thing you are trying to do'. Yes the Nothing Phone 3 does have AI, as EVERY$$%%@#$THING does these days. Sadly, you can not fully disable or remap the 'AI' button. However, with a few minutes of tinkering in the settings, you can mostly disable the 'Nothing AI' features. Now the phone works as I really like it, plane and 'bare bones'. Great Job Nothing! The "Glyph" features are cool, make no mistake. It's nice to have...it's kind of a 'mullet phone'(LOL Sorry). Business up front, and party in the back. LOL Spin the bottle, dice, and the sun clock are neat and great for the odd party. The dice glyph has already settled several decisions with my friends and I, with a quick 'odds or evens' decision. LOL. The phone does have wireless charging. The coil is hidden under the decorative back façade. It's a little wonky and difficult to position on some wireless chargers(especially some portable battery banks with wireless charging), because the coil is shaped to make room for the 'glyph' button. But, it does work. Verdict, I'm a big fan of the phone and will likely stay with Nothing if they continue on this track. The camera is much better than the G8X, but I don't really care about a camera. I take more photos of serial numbers(I work it tech) than Instagram photos. If I can read the serial number, that's all I need. I'm not a fan of AI and I'm not really a mobile gamer. - No/minimal AI? Check! - Camera that works? Check! - 12/16GB of RAM for multi-tasking? Check! - Wireless Charging? Check! - Clean UI? Check - The speakers are a big improvement over the G8X, still very much 'phone speakers', but a nice boost, to movies/videos chilling at home. * I don't really have anything to say about the CPU(Snapdragon 8s Gen4) Not the Elite. I really haven't seen a problem not having the flagship proc. As the Nothing CEO said, they focused on a really good phone experience, and that's what they've done. No issue! The only things, I would change are personal nit pick gripes. - Option to disable/remove AI across the board - Reduce text/UI spacing. I like a really compact interface. I want to be able to see as much information on the screen as possible. - Make the wireless charging coil 'easier' to position. Great job Nothing!

My first Nothing phone. Switched from Samsung (I know, crazy). I wasn't using the Samsung to it's full potential and this phone checked off the boxes I cared about. It's fast, small, light weight compared to my old phone. The battery gets me through an entire work day of listening to music/watching something. I love the design. The cameras are going to be hit or miss for some, but I personally like the camera placement. Speaker is good. The OS is fantastic. I was able to get rid of my custom launcher since this phone comes built in with widgets and customization. Very minimal bloatware on here, which was a huge selling point for me. All in all, would buy again.

I really want to give this phone 5 stars. It's so close to perfect for me. I know the specs aren't the very best, but I love just about everything about it. There's only 1 reason I can't give it 5 stars so far. Maybe that will be fixed with software updates. I'll update my review if so. Ok, so, first of all, the main selling point with this phone is Nothing OS. I'm coming from Pixel, which up until now was my favorite Phone OS. The simplicity yet customizability of Nothing OS is really nice, but overall it still feels a lot like a Pixel. The Nothing Widgets are really nice and overall thoughtful and make the experience just a little bit nicer than Pixel in day to day use for me. I am also someone who really enjoys music, and I appreciate that this is something Nothing focuses on. It supports aptX and Spatial Audio, sounding really nice with my both my earbuds and my bluetooth Edifier speakers. From the hand feel, I know this is subjective, but the standard 6.3" Pixels are a little too small for my hands. The 6.8 Pro XLs feel too tall. The Nothing Phone 3 is the perfect size for me. It's almost as wide as the Pro XL, but not as tall, making it still pretty easy to hold in one hand. I also really like the haptics. It's got very satisfying feedback on everything. The rest of the hardware is fine. I liked the old Nothing designs better with the Glyph lights, and wish they hadn't spend money and R&D on the Glyph Matrix, but functionally I probably never would use either, other than as a fill light/flash light, which is the only thing I've found useful for the Glyph Matrix so far. That being said, the build quality overall is really solid. Battery life is good so far. I've been charging it to 80% overnight and using about 4-5 hours of screen time a day and still having about 20% battery left at the end of the day. I imagine if I really pushed it I would probably want to have charged it to 100%, but for my use, this is working great. The cameras are all good hardware, though the end result isn't always as good as on Pixels. I appreciate Nothing's dedication to software updates here. Since getting the phone I've gotten 2 updates, and each one made improvements to the cameras. I have taken some really nice photos overall, though I do need to fiddle with the settings just a bit more sometimes to get the shot I want now. This is honestly OK by me as one gripe I had with my old Pixel was even after I would manually adjust the white balance to get the colors right, my Pixel would post process the image, throwing the colors off of what I had carefully chosen. I also really love the Nothing Presets, which are settings that you can select (or create for yourself) to automatically apply while taking photos. Once again they're very thoughtful in their approach and make the photography experience much more fun. Now to the part where I have to knock off a star. When I first got the phone, the very first call I made I heard some weird static and glitching. I switched to bluetooth earbuds and it went away. I tested it again with another call and the same thing happened. Then I also noticed that there was a bit of a hissing sound from the top speaker/ear piece while playing music. I sent the phone back and ordered a replacement. By the time the replacement arrived I saw a new software update had appeared that addressed "noise on some phone calls". That update fixed the call issues overall, but the earpiece/top speaker still has that hissing sound with music a bit. I've played the same music on my Nothing Phone 3 and my Pixel 7 side by side, and the Pixel 7 has a warmer, richer sound. Now, I understand they're both phone speakers. They aren't going to sound amazing. But, like I stated earlier, music is important to me, and Nothing, who also makes earbuds and headphones and has a focus on audio should be better here. Part of my choice in Nothing was that focus. I don't use the phone speakers often, but it's disappointing that when I do, it's tinnier and just not as good as a 3 year old phone. There's a chance that a software update can fix this, like it fixed the call quality issue, so I'm holding out hope there. But honestly, like I said, it's a small issue for something I rarely use, so I honestly wouldn't even knock off a full star for it if I could. Other thoughts: I like what Nothing is trying to do to be unique as a company. The design itself is a bit polarizing, but it looks better in person, and, you can cover it up for the most part with a case if you really don't like it. I do like it. It took a little time to grow on me, but I appreciate the unique look. I know it's hard to break into the market here in the US with how carriers give discounts for signing with them, but I really hope Nothing can pull it off, because they've done some really nice things with this phone. Since it's just breaking into the market, there's not a lot of cases for it available. I appreciate that they included a basic case in the box along with a pre-applied screen protector. I was able to find a case I like with a magnetic ring that works with magsafe accessories, but, I really like matte screen protectors, and to get one of those I had to order one elsewhere and pay for international shipping.

Almost everything about this phone is amazing. There's honestly only two cons I have with this phone the first one being the price. If u can get it at a discount the dollar to value ratio is much better. I got mine at a decent discount so I'm happy with my purchase but if I was to buy this phone at retail price I think there are phones with better specs for what you pay. However this phone is more than just the specs (although they are pretty good) on paper. I came from a pixel 9 pro xl where specs aren't everything and it was my favorite phone I've ever used up until this point. (I'm a pixel guy so there's bias) I switch phones yearly though and any phone brand sold here in the US I've probably used at some point. Now after using the Nothing phone (3) this might just be my favorite ever. The software is just so clean. It takes great pictures especially with the recent software updates. It really feels unique and fun and is a nice change from my pixel or iphone without being too unfamiliar. The only other con I have is that it's extremely difficult to find good/high quality accessories like phone cases and screen protectors. But if u can get this phone at a good price and find a good case this phone is great and better than many YouTube reviews might suggest.

It was an ok phone, until it broke in 1 month. I got this as a replacement for a Google Pixel 6 after I had that phone for 4 years. Upon receiving the phone I noticed it was a nice build and Nothing OS was sorta cool. But that's all the good I have to say about it. The Novelty of the OS soon wore off, no big deal. I was with a phone that was medium in quality. This phone does not feel like a flagship phone. Actually I would say it underperformed the Google Pixel 6 I had by a great margin. Loading times were sloppier and there was a lot less functionality in the phone itself when doing simple tasks. I expected less functionality than Google of course since nothing is a small company but the fact that their phone from 2025 could not outperform a pixel 6 from 2021 chagrined me a great deal. Nevertheless I expected it to run better in subsequent OS updates. Until. . . Suddenly it just stopped working. I never let this phone charge overnight, nor did I abuse this phone battery in any way. The phone itself simply never turned on again after a month of use. I woke up one morning after using the nothing phone 3. Just 5 hours before I was using it and now it wasn't charging or anything you could imagine my frustration. This wasn't the only time either, the phone briefly didn't turn on or charge a week prior to this but it worked eventually after a few minutes. This time was different. Not to mention this phone would die from 20% overnight to 0%. My Google Pixel 6 could still hold a charge at night going from 20% to 19%. So here is what I had to say if you want a long lasting phone that performs well, I would not recommend this phone unless you want to gamble that you don't also receive a defect. I should have my refund in a few days and I will update this review to let you know how that process went. Thank you.

The Nothing Phone (3) continues the brand’s legacy of striking, minimalist hardware backed by an impressively smooth Android experience. The Snapdragon 8s Gen4 chipset makes the phone fast and responsive, whether multitasking, gaming, or handling AI-driven features. The AMOLED display is bright and vibrant, with excellent color reproduction and smooth scrolling. Camera performance is strong — all four 50MP lenses produce sharp images with natural tones and great dynamic range. Battery life is another standout. The 5150mAh capacity easily handles a full day of heavy use. And, of course, the iconic Glyph interface adds both style and functional notifications. For a phone in this price tier, the Nothing Phone (3) feels premium, modern, and refreshingly different from mainstream brands. If you want something fast, stylish, and well-optimized, this is an excellent choice.