CHAiTH It depends on your definition of “best”.
Best looking device? Personally, yeah. I’d say it is.
I’d probably wager it was the most important and impactful device they ever released too. It’s certainly the one that made people sit up and take notice of this new upstart company.
But beyond that, no. They’ve released more rounded hardware at varying price points and I think it’s pretty safe to say that a lot of them have been a “best” at something upon release.
However, the “best” device (in terms of performance) is undoubtedly the Phone (3) but (personally, and overall reception wise) it’s not the best looking or best received item in their product line, so it’s hard to say any of them are a singular definitive “best”.
I’ll say this though, the Nothing phone (1) is still my favourite Nothing product to date, and is still used daily by my partner who refuses to upgrade as it does everything she wants / needs from a phone and she too thinks it’s the best looking of them all.