Transparent mobile phones once became the design trend of smart phones four or five years ago. Xiaomi 8 Pro and HTC EXODUS 1 all introduced the design through the case at that time, but this trend was sunk after a short period of popularity. There is no more transparent design mobile phone. Until today, many years later, a technology brand named Nothing has recently launched a brand new mobile phone with a completely transparent design, the Nothing Phone (1).
Not to mention the appearance of the mobile phone is not beautiful, the editor shared this mobile phone on IG, many people even iPhone users are also very interested in the appearance of this mobile phone. But from the editor’s point of view, the transparent casing and flash that everyone is interested in are not the biggest selling point of this machine, so what is the biggest selling point? Watch now!
Transparent design looks perfect!
The front of Nothing Phone (1) is not too special, just a 6.55-inch OLED screen that supports the current popular 120Hz refresh rate, and there is a punch hole design in the middle to place the front lens. The side frame adopts a straight-face design. In addition to reducing weight, the aluminum material used is officially announced to be made of 100% recycled aluminum.
Nothing Phone (1) adopts a fully transparent design, with two colors of white and black. The design style is the same as that of the previous ear(1). Unlike the previous transparent models that displayed the parts of the mobile phone (or the decorative panel pretended to be electronic parts), Nothing Phone (1) added a decorative panel made of straw paper to the back cover like ear(1).
Another feature of Nothing Phone (1) is that it is equipped with a wide range of breathing lights on the rear. Phone (1) is equipped with a “Glyph Interface” consisting of 900 LED lights on the phone, not only next to the rear camera module, In addition, light strips are installed on the wireless charging coil in the center, the bottom of the mobile phone, etc., which can identify the caller’s identity, prompt application notifications, and display the charging status, etc.
▲The biggest feature on the back is the transparent back cover
▲The most obvious under the transparent cover is the wireless charging coil and the light-emitting band
▲Glyph Interface light effect
▲ The size is slightly smaller than that of the iPhone 13 Pro Max when you get started
▲One detail is that Phone (1) is one of the few mobile phones that can achieve the black borders and four sides of the screen.
▲ The punch-hole front lens is in the upper left corner (if it is placed in the middle, will it become the iPhone 15? 
▲ The fuselage does not have a 3.5mm headphone port, while the bottom has a USB-C charging port, speakers and card slot.
▲What is more special is that the volume button of the mobile phone is placed on the left side, and the other one using the same design is the POCO F4 GT that needs to be changed due to the physical button position.
Although using a mid-range processor, but using flagship hardware!
Nothing Phone (1) As the brand’s first mobile phone, manufacturers are not in a hurry to produce flagship phones. On the contrary, this time the Phone (1) uses the mid-level Snapdragon 778G+ processor, but this processor is not an easy one. It is rumored that Nothing specially asked Qualcomm to customize this processor this time. The S778G+ and The S778G used by Xiaomi Mi 12 Lite is that the Plus version adds support for wireless charging, which also enables Nothing Phone (1) to support 22W wired fast charging, 15W wireless charging and 5W reverse wireless charging. However, Nothing Phone (1) only has a 4500mAh battery. It is believed that under the 6nm process technology of the processor, it can only be used for a day of heavy use, so users may pay attention to their usual usage habits.
▲ AnTuTu has a score of 571171, of which the CPU score is 157270, while the GPU score is 167616. The score is better than many Snapdragon 7 series phones this year, and it is also higher than the Xiaomi Mi 12 Lite using the S778G.
▲Nothing Phone (1) uses UFS 3.1. AndroBench 5 is used to test the read and write speed of the ROM. The continuous read and write speeds are 1872.09MB/s and 1461.13MB/s respectively. Unexpectedly, this mid-range machine of Nothing is also equipped with the flagship UFS3.1.
▲ GeekBench 5 results.
▲ 3D Mark results.
50MP dual camera is absolutely incredible!
The use of Nothing Phone (1) is also quite streamlined, but it does not include the so-called “count-up lenses” such as macro lenses and depth-of-field lenses like other manufacturers. The main lens of the mobile phone adopts the SONY IMX766 sensor, which is common in this mid-range machine, and supports OIS optical shock absorption and EIS electronic shock absorption shooting; while the other ultra-wide-angle lens adopts Samsung’s JN1, which also supports EIS electronic shock absorption shooting. Support night scene shooting. However, the two rear lenses are generally preset to be four-in-one and one large pixel, so the actual output is 12.6MP. If users want to take high-resolution photos, they need to manually turn on the 50MP mode to shoot at the top.
▲The interface of the camera is very simple
▲ But the features of the camera are relatively few
▲ Both ultra-wide-angle (0.6X) and wide-angle (1X) can capture 50MP images
▲Although the wide-angle lens balances the difference in light and darkness, there is a small amount of noise in the building.
▲ The ultra-wide-angle lens can also maintain details when shooting clouds.
▲There was no oil painting in the sunset yesterday.
▲The macro lens directly uses the ultra-wide-angle lens, but it is easy to blur when shooting macro, and it is difficult to shoot successfully.
▲There is not a lot of noise in low light environment
▲ The ultra-wide-angle lens performs generally at night, and obvious noise can be seen in the background
▲The light box that can effectively reduce overexposure when the night scene mode (top) is turned on
Let’s take a look at other real photos of Nothing Phone (1) later.
▲All of the above images can be viewed by clicking to enlarge.
Nothing Phone (1) Summary: Transparent phones are super pretty, but mid-range flagships are worth more!
Nothing Phone (1) As a mid-range smartphone that sells for 3,000 to 4,000, the sense of innovation in design surpasses that of many flagship phones. The editor even thinks this is the most selfish phone this year. But what makes Nothing Phone (1) even more valuable is that although the mobile phone is a mid-range phone, it has all the usual functions of flagship mobile phones such as dual 50MP lenses, LPDDR5+UFS3.1, wireless charging, etc. It can be said to be Nothing Phone (1) Just a flagship phone without a flagship processor.
Considering that the Nothing Phone (1) is only $3699 at the lowest price, it is really worth the money for this configuration, plus the mobile phone is a very creative transparent case, which is very suitable for the flagship who does not need extreme performance but wants to have a flagship. User choice for advanced mobile phone functions.
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