The Nothing Phone is finally coming to the U.S., and I can’t wait - Digital Trends

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Nothing conscionable announced that it has sold implicit 1 cardinal combined units of its maiden smartphone and stylish earbuds, hardly a twelvemonth aft its archetypal merchandise launched. The juicy revelation came courtesy of a CNBC interview, during which co-founder Carl Pei said the institution is readying to bring its flashy smartphones to the U.S. market.

The British upstart from the erstwhile OnePlus co-founder hasn’t enactment the Nothing Phone 1 connected American retail shelves, contempt the telephone making affirmative waves successful Europe and Asia. The institution had argued that it was chiefly focusing connected markets wherever it has “strong partnerships with starring section carriers.”

However, the institution did perpetrate to launching “a U.S.-supported mobile successful the future.” Now, the confirmation comes consecutive from Pei, teh CEO. He cited “additional method support, to enactment each the carriers and their unsocial customizations” arsenic the reasons wherefore the Nothing Phone 1 didn’t travel to Apple’s location market.

Slow, steady, and immoderate uncertainty

We don’t cognize for definite whether Nothing volition marque its debut successful the U.S. marketplace with the Nothing Phone 1 after cleaning up the bearer hassles, oregon if it volition beryllium a caller product. However, Pei made it wide connected Twitter that the institution is presently focused connected polishing its archetypal telephone with bundle updates and that the Nothing Phone 2 was a spot further successful the future.

Phone (2) isn't launching anytime soon. We're focused connected doing a fewer things well, and won't churn retired dozens of products a twelvemonth similar galore others.

Phone (1) is our main focus. We're cooking thing truly large successful presumption of software, Android 13 and beyond.

— Carl Pei (@getpeid) December 5, 2022

Things inactive look to beryllium precise overmuch successful the air. “Now we are successful discussions with immoderate carriers successful the U.S. to perchance motorboat a aboriginal merchandise there,” Pei said. Fctors similar proviso concatenation uncertainty and upheaval successful the currency speech are besides not helping the company, which is yet to go profitable.

Irrespective of the Nothing-branded smartphone we get successful the U.S., it is going to nonstop ripples successful the drab marketplace here. That’s due to the fact that of the precocious standards Nothing has acceptable for its products. The Phone 1 is the champion illustration of that approach. It helps that it besides rocked a standout plan with a functional flair that truly acceptable it apart, portion the barroom for contention besides happens to beryllium little successful the U.S.

More value, higher standards

Nothing’s archetypal telephone launched successful India carrying a terms tag of astir $400, but it has present been hiked a small bit. Assuming the institution retains a akin terms tag for its adjacent instrumentality and hits the U.S. shores with a $450 phone, it would beryllium rather a competitory spectacle.

That’s the terms bracket wherever Apple sells the iPhone SE and the playground wherever Google serves aces to Android loyalists with the Pixel A-series. Samsung is inactive trying to fig things retired with the Fan Edition and Galaxy A-series phones.

The large 3 connection bully phones for that price, but lone if you unrecorded successful the U.S. The compromises go evident arsenic soon arsenic you spot smartphones sold by Chinese brands successful the aforesaid terms bracket. Manufacturers from the East are already offering extras similar 120Hz screens, high-resolution cameras, and 100-watt and higher charging for that premium, oregon adjacent lower.

Is the Nothing Phone 1’s spot arsenic accelerated arsenic the Tensor wrong Pixels oregon the Bionic A-series spot powering the iPhone SE? Not quite. Is it slow? Heck, no. Hear it consecutive from my workfellow Andy Boxall, who wrote successful his reappraisal that “the operation of NothingOS, the chip, and the 120Hz surface means the Phone 1 ever feels creaseless and responsive.”

Nothing’s got the brackish to basal tall

Compared to what smartphone shoppers get successful Asia and Europe, the U.S. marketplace is the slightest exciting, and acold much taxing connected the buyers’ wallet. Will the likes of Oppo and Xiaomi ever marque it to the U.S. shores? That’s improbable for these brands selling phones astatine razer-thin margins, thing bearer deals won’t allow.

Enter Nothing, which doesn’t connection crazy-good features, but delivers an highly refined smartphone acquisition astatine a precise palatable price. The Nothing Phone 1 has won laurels for its eye-catching design, precocious attraction to detail, highly cleanable bundle experience, bully camera output, and a Pixel-matching Android OS update commitment.

Nothing Phone 1 with the Nothing Ear 1 headphones.

Those are the makings of an irresistible phone. And you won’t find those qualities connected immoderate Apple, Google, oregon Pixel telephone for astir $450.

The U.S. smartphone marketplace could usage a caller entrant arsenic ambitious arsenic Nothing, which has visionary person astatine the helm who dreams of challenging Apple. Nothing’s accomplishment would mean buyers volition person a compelling enactment to explore, 1 that cuts less corners and focuses much connected the day-to-day smartphone experience.

The cameras connected the Nothing Phone 1 and iPhone 11.

More importantly, a Nothing smartphone could perchance service much worth to buyers for their wealth alternatively of forcing them to prime betwixt Apple, Google, and Samsung, with an further serving of nagging compromises.

Raw worth is what truly matters astatine the extremity of the day. From the way charted by Nothing truthful far, it has each the imaginable to present that acquisition to telephone buyers successful the U.S., arsenic well.