Hello,
I am a Nothing Phone 2 user since December 2023 and I am really happy with the experience I am getting from the Nothing Phone 2 in terms of the OS and I truly appreciate the Nothing team for working on providing us with the best experience.
1. App drawer:
I want Nothing OS to have no app drawer. Since there are a plethora of widgets, I want the applications and the widgets to merge and work in harmony. Imagine a home screen that can be swiped to multiple screens and each screen has their own theme which includes necessary apps and widgets working together. This can auto adjust with the help of AI, just as the new app drawer works.
For example - Having a first page as a necessary page with date, time, search, calendar and such widgets as well as necessary quick tiles such as wifi and mobile data and Glyph torch. We swipe to access a social media page where we have all social media apps, as well as the chat gpt widgets and such information. Further swipe lands us on the games tab with all the available games which also has the snake game widget and a quick toggle to access the game mode and colour plus options.
2. Touch sounds:
Implement touch sounds for a more intuitive experience and giving a necessary haptic on every touch.
3. Status bar:
Turning the status bar translucent, giving us access to the entire screen on the device instead of a black block on the top of the screen for most applications.
4. Glyph Interface:
We need additional Glyph Interface updates and implementation on further system activity.
For example - The bottom Glyph lights up whenever we unlock our device. Also, futher improving the music visualization option for better understanding with the help of AI.
Further, while the Glyph SDK was really helpful for developers, it did not really change the experience for casual users. Therefore, we can open the Glyph Composer app for developers to provide their very own Glyph tiles and also connect the app with a library of readily available Glyph Ringtones and notifications for users to download and enable.
5. Camera:
The camera on the nothing phones is highly capable and it works really really nicely for most cases, but there is a very clear inconsistency in the camera department. The photos are mostly over exposed which is very evident in backlit images and make the photos look artificial after processing.
While the Ultra XDR option is really good, it does not work on Selfies or the Portrait mode. The portrait mode seems to have much less processing than the Photo made making the pictures look a bit worse than the Photo mode. Also, the camera application itself is really heavy and it doesn’t work smoothly, the Ultra wide and 1x zoom have massive colour shifts.
Also, Nothing Phone 2a Plus and CMF phone 1 have AI Vivid camera modes but no other device has this mode.
I hope these inconsistencies are addressed and there are clear steps towards fixing these issues to ensure a much better camera experience.
6. Nothing as a brand:
Finally, this does not really have much to do with the OS but the Brand as a whole, as there seems to be a disconnect between the brand and the consumers. I understand that the brand has set some specific goals for the future but it seems that there are many issues which consumers are facing and it does not seem to be readily addressed. These include battery issues, display problems on phone 2a, etc. I believe that there needs to be a mediation for consumers to learn if these issues are being worked upon or not.
I want to finish up by saying that I am not a tech person so I am not really sure how and if such changes can be implemented but these are some of my ideas on how the Nothing OS can give a more customised experience to everyone.
I really enjoy my Nothing Phone 2 and I am really looking forward to where this OS and this brand moves, going forward to the future.
