Nothing’s Phone (1) launched in the US in January and it has now been revealed that it will be replaced by a premium phone (2).
Nothing CEO Carl Pei, who founded the OnePlus brand, told Inverse that the phone(2) would be “more premium” than the $299(1) phone he launched in beta in the United States. United. The global version of the phone (1) launched in the UK last summer for £399.
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“We’re developing a smartphone that’s more premium than the Nothing Phone (1) and software will be a big area of focus for us,” Pei said.
“Here we come! Stay tuned”, the the company later said on Twitter.
The London-based company’s phone (1) received positive reviews and was considered an overall solid phone for the price. It is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus, 50MP dual camera module, OLED screen, 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. The Glyph interface consists of 900 LEDs under a clear glass back that light up in patterns to indicate notifications, calls, battery level and charging status. Nothing is currently testing Nothing OS 1.5, which is based on Android 13.
Pei didn’t go into more detail on the features, specs or price of the phone (2), but said it would be a “more premium step” over the phone (1).
One of the big changes will be that Phone(2) will work on US carriers, and Pei said the two-year-old company now has the resources to support that effort.
“When you make a smartphone for the United States, you have to work with the carriers on certification and adapting some of their features to your operating system,” Pei said. “We didn’t have the resources for this before and now we have.”
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Pei thinks the time has come to enter the United States with a more cutting-edge smartphone design. He says Nothing’s research found US consumers are “pretty bored and indifferent” to existing phones, and says the two biggest brands in the US, Apple and Samsung, shouldn’t try anything “niche” to avoid alienating their customers.