Nothing Phone 1 is now Available for Purchase: Nothing Phone 1 was launched in Europe last month and now the phone is available for purchase in Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. You can now buy the Nothing Phone 1 for $499, which is equivalent to HK$3,942 in Hong Kong, ¥69,611 in Japan, and NT$14,371 in Taiwan.
This is the first smartphone with a transparent design and also the first budge phone to feature wireless charging. The phone looks and feels like an iPhone but it boots Android OS out of the box and has decent camera sensors and features.
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Key features and specs of the Nothing Phone 1
Nothing Phone 1 comes with a 6.55-inches 1080p OLED display with support for a 120Hz refresh rate. The display has support for HDR10+ and has a peak brightness of 800 nits. It has slim bezels and the front screen and back panel are flat. On the rear, it has Multiple LED lights on the back. These LED lights serve as notifications, charging progress, camera fill light, and video recording indicator.
This smartphone is made of a Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), and aluminum frame. It is IP53 – splash, water, and dust resistant and has an 85.8% screen-to-body ratio. On the front screen, it has a punch hole located in the top left corner. The punch hole is where the selfie camera is placed.
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For its performance, Nothing Phone 1 features the Snapdragon 778G+ 5G chip. This is a 5G chipset that has one Cortex-A78 prime core, three Cortex-A78 big cores, and four Cortex-A55 small cores. The Octa-core CPU is paired with the Adreno 642L GPU. The chipset is paired with 8GB LPDDR4x RAM and 128GB or 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. There is no space for storage expansion via a microSD card slot.
Nothing Phone 1 has dual rear camera sensors and a single front camera. A 50MP primary camera with PDAF and OIS features, a 50MP ultra-wide lens with AF, and a 16MP selfie camera. The 50MP primary camera can record steady videos in 4K resolution and has a live HDR feature while the 16MP front camera can record steady videos in 1080p resolution.
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Nothing Phone 1 boots the Nothing OS 1.1.3 based on Android 12 out of the box. This smartphone will be getting three years of major software updates and security patches. It also has support for Google Mobile Services and you can download and install apps and games from the Google Play Store. You can download software updates and security patches via OTA.
Powering the Nothing Phone 1 is a 4,500mAh battery and supports 33W fast charging which can go from 0 to 100% charge in about 70 minutes. Other charging features are 15W wireless charging, 5W reverse wireless charging, Power Delivery 3.0, and Quick Charge 4.0.
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Will Nothing Phone 1 work outside China?
Yes, Nothing Phone 1 was first launched in Europe and this means it supports network bands outside China. But, the device is not primarily sold in the US. So, if you live in the United States, you’ll have to buy the device online using any of the details provided in the table below.
Nothing Phone 1 supports the following 5G and LTE network bands:
- 4G: FDD-LTE: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/26/28/32.
- 5G: n1/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n40/n41/n77/n78
If your network carrier or provider supports any of the network bands above, then Nothing Phone 1 will work just fine in your country. You can also set up the phone using English, Chinese, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, and more. The Nothing Phone 1 is now available for purchase in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, and Europe.
Where to Buy Nothing Phone 1
If you live in Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan, the best place to buy the Nothing Phone 1 online is Giztop. But if you live in the United States, the UK, and other parts of Europe, the best place to buy the Nothing Phone 1 online is Amazon. Available storage options are 8GB + 128GB and 8GB + 256GB storage. Details of how to buy the device are available in the table below.
Buy Nothing Phone 1
Nothing Phone1 | Price |
Buy on Amazon | £399 |
Buy on Giztop | $499 |