Nothing's next smartphone might launch in the U.S. - Mashable

Nothing Phone (1) wasn't officially disposable successful the U.S., but its successor astir apt volition be. Credit: Molly Flores/Mashable

Nothing Phone (1), the archetypal smartphone from OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's tech startup Nothing, was a enactment of caller aerial successful the somewhat stale Android telephone country erstwhile it launched this summer. With a cool, transparent design, decent specs, respective unsocial features, and a just price, it was an absorbing alternate to acold pricier flagships from renowned telephone makers.

But the Nothing Phone (1), which was disposable successful Europe, Middle East, and Asia, ne'er officially came to the U.S. and Canada.

This mightiness alteration by the clip Nothing launches its 2nd smartphone. Company laminitis Pei spoke to CNBC and explained wherefore the Nothing Phone (1) ne'er reached America.

“The crushed wherefore we didn’t motorboat successful the U.S. is due to the fact that you request a batch of further method support, to enactment each the carriers and their unsocial customizations that they request to marque connected apical of Android. We felt that we weren’t acceptable before,” helium said.

The bully quality is that Pei claims the institution is "in discussions with immoderate carriers successful the U.S. to perchance motorboat a aboriginal merchandise there."

Nothing's precocious launched Ear (stick) earbuds are disposable successful the U.S. and they're doing rather well, according to Pei, who claims a 3rd of Ear (stick) income travel from the country. According to CNBC, Nothing has sold fractional a cardinal Phone (1) units, and 600,000 Ear (1) earbuds — the company's different noise-cancelling, wireless charging earbuds — globally truthful far.

Pei's goals for Nothing are to go profitable successful 2024 (the institution is inactive losing money, helium said) and, ultimately, to situation Apple's iPhone successful the U.S.

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