Nothing in 2025, thought's?

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So here we are at the end of 2025.

I have to say that this year has been one of nothing’s best years in terms of product release. Although I don’t like all of the products that came out this year some of them I might say kind of disappointed me, I’m still happy to see that nothing is trying more and more.

So I wanted to hear from the community, what was your favorite nothing product this year?

I’ll go first: nothing phone 3a community edition

Leoth

_Wn_ViIk3Szpvb I would also say the (3a) CE, and the (3a) Pro (which I own).

Nonetheless, I also agree with you. 2025 wasn’t flawless by any means, but it was definitely one of their most active years in terms of trying new things and pushing the boundaries. Although, this could lead to too many products, without properly optimising and putting the right amount of care for older devices.

Some choices worked, others had poor execution, and that’s fine. For me it’s important that they channel the feedbacks received throughout the year and actually act on it starting with the 2026 Q1.
There are things they just can’t ignore, and I’m happy to have heard from internal people that they are focusing in trying to unpack feedbacks into actionable insights. It’s definitely not an easy task considering how much the community has grown. But it’s more than feasible.

We’ll see what the future holds. 2026 represents a new era it seems and I’m all for it

leeallsop

I have a slightly different take. Owning several Nothing / cmf phones & audio I feel that there are too many devices being released when time should be spent on the software of current devices.

They seem to be pushing newer spec devices without listening to the issues from the community so each new device seems to have the same issues / lack of software features.

Magnemite_Boy

So I’ll preface this by saying I’m pretty new to this community. I got my Nothing Phone (3) and Headphones (1) on Black Friday, I then wen’t on to buy the Ear (3) and CMF Watch 3 Pro… I have no self control!

From a relative outsiders perspective, I looks like its been a strong year of growth and consolidation. More products have come out, and while some folks are not keen on some, I really feel there is something for everyone. I personally love the Phone (3), it’s a breath of fresh air from a decade in the Apple ecosystem. I also think it’s a strength to take a risk and try evolving the glyph system. The original did a great job catching eyes when it first came out, but its good that Nothing try to iterate it to bring new customers who, for what ever reason, didn’t resonate with earlier versions.

More broadly I think Nothing is doing a good job figuring out some of its pillars. Community is a big one, and I think between community investment, platforms to share creations and this space they’re doing a decent job nurturing that. Their social media strategy works too for keeping them in feeds, and the adverts have been beautiful!

I think their commitment to their visual design continues to be a strength and key differentiator in this space. I read so many reviews about how people love the distinctive look of Nothing devices. I wonder the degree to which their lack of bulk purchasing power (as a smaller tech company) for truly high-end components continues to drive them to find other ways to stand out in a crowded space. Part of me hopes that the innovation and design language that comes from resource scarcity isn’t lost over time as Nothing is better able to negotiate better details for components.

I think the growth of the CMF brand as well is a real stand out from the year. Emerging markets I think are going to be really important growth opportunities, especially with manufacturing in India its smart to cultivate the brand and a great range of products there too and competitive price points that help increase their total addressable market and flips more users to Nothing from other manufacturers.

I think an area for improvement is a better sense how their AI tools are meant to benefit me. I’ve spent a bit of time in the Essential Space and while I think it has potential, I don’t think it’s finished in the oven yet. I’d like it to be a more ubiquitous, and accessible on say my laptop or desktop so that my phone is the medium by which I gather my content, but I can have more space to organise and curate it with the help of the AI.

I’m looking forward to seeing what comes in 2026! 🤟

100hzpanic

3a pro, 3a community edition, phone 3, headphone one and in ear 3

themountofmint

From my humble perspective, my truly favourites are (3a) and (3a) Community Edition. For audio products it’s definitely Headphone (1). And I really like their light green colour from CMF Watch Pro 3, this is sooo beautiful.

As for software, I personally happy that my Nothingie didn’t become another Apple-like copy in a software. I really prefer the same stuff for years without changing so that my conservative should can keep calm at least somewhere. I don’t need any glasses and transparency. Just do little improvements every year. I admit, of course, my opinion is very unpopular here, but still.

As for products I’m still a bit disappointed from Phone (3) because I was hoping it will have the Glyph Interface and I’ll buy it as a flagship model (because after owning a Z Flip5 you just want that flagship experience back). Now I got used to see it with Matrix, but still… it’s an arguing teenager bunt, not a bold strong stylish move. As I see.

I don’t understand the meaning of (3a) Lite to come out tbh. Like they separated two brands so now we will see low-budget on the Nothing side and premium on the CMF side? I seriously don’t understand what do they really do rn. And also because I saw how they spend their money. This all makes me wonder how they even surviving and, seems, launching this king of products is like a way to stay alive in the market. If anyone missed, the team likely to release pink (4a) phone along with the Headphone (a) with the same colour. Likely, but might be real.

But stop, do Carl wishes to be like an apple of Android (by his talks)? Then what are they doing? Is that an apple strategy to release more cheap products just for something? No way. It’s, maybe, an apple-quality design (at some point), definitely an advertising, but not in a hardware (then how the lock Glipmse came out), not in releasing units.

Anyway, I’m here with the team, I’m waiting for more essential functions to work in more countries and more to launch. I really want to see their Essential OS to be launched and I still love their advertising and content, because this is what brought me to Nothing. I can only applaud for the marketing team and their creations as I really honestly fall in love with these videos, especially, Essential-related.

To sum up, will see how the next year goes. Keep going, Carl Pei.