I like these! - Nothing Phone (1)
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Published 2022-07-15
Nothing has finally released their long-awaited (and hyped up) Phone (1). Is it all flash, or did Carl Pei launch the next big thing?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 The obvious joke
0:13 Unboxing
0:47 Comparing black and white
1:19 Thoughts on the Glyphs
1:55 Exterior impressions
2:36 Speaker impressions
2:57 It fits an iPhone 13 max case!
3:58 NothingOS complaints
6:21 Phone specs and impressions
7:57 Who is Nothing?
8:21 The most important feature to Linus
9:07 Phone haptics
9:43 Camera impressions
11:08 Glitches, quirks, and problems experienced
12:18 Yes, Linus dropped the phone
12:35 NothingOS thoughts continued
13:17 Battery life impressions
14:04 Trying AirPod integration
14:37 Overall thoughts
15:03 Sponsor - dbrand
16:15 Outro
All Comments (21)
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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.
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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 ;-;
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"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.
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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.
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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
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Gotta love that surprise ending when part of the set tries to take Linus out!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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The Bluetooth headphone options from the sound settings would definitely be an awesome feature.
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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.
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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.
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I would like to see those cons you just put in this vlog in a new debunk of the new Phone 1. All those software bugs just went away after the 1.5 stable update and you need to appreciate they came up with the improvements in a 6 months period. Well, 6 months sounds like a lot of time but this is the 4th update of Nothing OS and the mere 6 months is a short period actually to collect all feedback from users and make a 100% fix for the New Year Bash. Great Job done Nothing team, I must add.
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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.
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I didn't realise it was that well priced, thats instantly made me more interested. Hopefully its an worthy successor to OnePlus
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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.
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For me this is one of those phones where I think it’s incredibly neat and cool, although I’m more than happy to wait for another iteration just to get all the software fully flexed out
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The flashing light patterns for notification can be really useful for people with hearing impairment, I reckon
