In March, Nothing confirmed a lot of previous rumors that it had been working on its own smartphone and now, the company has finally announced a release date for the long-awaited phone (1). Scheduled to launch the device in July, the company calls the phone Nothing (1) “our most important product”. The statement went on to say, “The real start of Nothing’s journey. To make technology fun again. And an invitation to unlearn everything the industry has taught us.”
Nothing previously revealed that the smartphone will carry a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and run a dedicated Nothing operating system that is built as a modified version of Android that “captures the best features” and distills them “to the essentials “. You’ll also find fonts, colors, design elements, and “tailor-made” sounds.
Little is known yet about the product itself, but given Carl Pei’s pedigree as a co-founder of OnePlus before leaving the tech company to create Nothing after its merger with Oppo, it’s likely that the phone (1) turns out to be an attractive choice among an industry that is gradually homogenizing.
For those interested, Nothing will unveil its phone (1) on July 12 at 16:00 BST (11:00 am EDT). You can follow the ad on the company’s website.
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