Goodbye, Nothing Phone (3) 👋 — 10 Months of “Innovation”

karthick784v

mupparapu_pramodkumar Finally, you got a good phone, built like a solid brick. It would probably last through World War III. It would outperform the Nothing Phone (3) in almost every aspect, especially optimization, but not in multitasking and sideloading.

Anonymous1615

mupparapu_pramodkumar

Anonymous1615 Can you get the same statement from the Nothing team themselves? I’d genuinely like to see it.

People invested their hard-earned money based on the promises and expectations set by Nothing. When those promised features or basic issues remain unresolved for months, users have every right to question the company.

Supporting a company blindly doesn’t make the criticism wrong. If there’s a genuine issue, call it out instead of trying to counter the people raising it. A lot of users have already realised that these aren’t isolated complaints.

And honestly, calling a legitimate post “ridiculous” just because you disagree with it is what’s ridiculous here. If Nothing has a proper explanation, let them come forward and address it themselves.

grepGander

mupparapu_pramodkumar Can you get the same statement from the Nothing team themselves? I’d genuinely like to see it.

You need a statement from the Nothing team confirming that they are a very small company, smaller than Samsung, Apple, or Google?

Edit: There is the statement you’re looking for:

Carl Today, we’re announcing new funding––USD $200M in our Series C round at a USD $1.3B valuation.

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Apple and Google are “only” several thousands times larger, like 3,386 times for Apple over Nothing:

Samsung sells more S and A series devices in a single day than Nothing their all phones combined in a year. 241.2M phones annually, lately: https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smartphone-shipments-grew-2-percent-YoY-in-2025

mupparapu_pramodkumar

grepGander So the answer to “Why can’t Nothing provide a premium experience or fix issues properly?” is… “Because Apple and Samsung are thousands of times bigger”? 😂

Nobody is asking Nothing to sell as many phones as Apple or Samsung. We’re asking you to deliver the experience you promised for the money we already paid.

If company valuation is the excuse for poor software, unresolved bugs and customer issues, then maybe stop marketing the phones as a premium experience.

Anonymous1615

grepGander

mupparapu_pramodkumar then maybe stop marketing the phones as a premium experience.

They are literally not doing that. Also to not repeat again - everything said by Anonymous1615 (👏).

Edit: This is, again literally, the closest the come to marketing the Phone (3) as a premium experience:

They also never said that other budget phones (2a, 3a, 4a…) offer a “premium experience”.

mupparapu_pramodkumar

Anonymous1615 So basically, because I bought from a smaller company, I’m supposed to accept every bug, poor software experience and unresolved issue without complaining? 😂

I knew Nothing was a smaller company when I bought the phone. What I didn’t agree to was: “Since we’re small, lower your expectations and accept whatever happens.”

Being a small company can explain why things take longer. It doesn’t make poor quality or unresolved issues acceptable forever.

And telling customers to “just go to another company” isn’t the solution either.

Because if customers leave one by one, eventually there will be Nothing left to defend. 😉

Customers are allowed to expect the product to work properly — regardless of the company’s valuation.

Anonymous1615

mupparapu_pramodkumar

Anonymous1615 Nobody is asking Nothing to do social service.

They are a business, and customers are paying real money for their products. That comes with a basic expectation: the product should work properly and the company should stand behind it.

If Nothing knew it had limited staff, money and resources, then those limitations should have been considered before selling the product and making premium/flagship claims.

Customers are not responsible for managing Nothing’s business model, cash flow or resources.

We paid for a product. We are simply asking for the quality and support that was promised.

“We’re a small company” can explain a delay. It cannot be used as a permanent excuse for unresolved problems.

grepGander

mupparapu_pramodkumar We paid for a product. We are simply asking for the quality and support that was promised.

Among the issues you experienced (I will ignore the “bugs” part, because it makes no sense to just say “bugs” and leave it at that), everything was well documented in all existing relevant reviews. Heat, for example:

(that is barely any warmer than other phones of the same calibre, btw)

So you saw that, shrugged, and still bought the Phone (3), only to be surprised that all the issues mentioned in all those reviews are really there. Either you intentionally bought the phone knowing this, or you chose to go in completely blind and purchase it without doing a single bit of basic research. In both ways that’s on you. You know that saying “vote with your wallet”? Well, vote with your wallet. Buying a phone that is known from the start to be somewhat problematic is really on you. Just like it’s on you to ignore “minefield” warnings only to walk straight into one and then blame everyone else but yourself.

Edit: Just noticed this:

mupparapu_pramodkumar After 10 months of frustration, saying goodbye feels surprisingly good. 😌

So yeah, 10 months… Decently after pretty much all the Phone (3) reviews are out there, it really was your own choice to ignore them and make a fully blind purchase 🤷‍♂️

mupparapu_pramodkumar

Daniel Oh, so because a problem was mentioned in some reviews before I bought the phone, that means I’m supposed to accept it forever and lose the right to complain? 😂

That’s an incredibly convenient argument for a company — “We already told you there might be problems, so now it’s your fault.”

Let’s get one thing straight: a review is not a waiver of my consumer rights. I can research a product, buy it anyway, and still expect the manufacturer to fix genuine problems through software updates, hardware support or proper customer service.

And your argument completely misses the point. I’m not complaining that the phone has any imperfections. I’m talking about issues that users have repeatedly reported and that should be investigated and addressed properly.

If your logic is:
“You knew there were problems, so shut up and accept them,”
then why should anyone report bugs at all? Why should Nothing improve anything? Why should the company even have a support team or community?

And please don’t confuse “I knew Nothing was a smaller company” with “I agreed to accept a lower standard of service.”

I bought a product. I paid real money. Nothing took that money as a business transaction — not as charity, and certainly not as a favour to me.

If Nothing doesn’t have enough resources to properly support a product, that is a business problem for Nothing to solve, not a burden to dump on customers.

Also, saying “it was already mentioned in reviews” is not a defence of the product. It’s basically admitting the problems were known and still weren’t properly resolved.

So no, it’s not “on me” for expecting the company to stand behind what it sells.

Customers complaining about genuine problems aren’t the enemy of Nothing. Customers blindly defending every problem are actually making it easier for Nothing to ignore them.

If you really want Nothing to succeed, stop defending the problems and start demanding that they fix them.

grepGander

mupparapu_pramodkumar I’m talking about issues that users have repeatedly reported and that should be investigated and addressed properly.

Ah, so you are complaining because other people are having issues (and plenty of vivid imagination paired with a good old skill issue), and you have issues because those other people are having them. Very intriguing and interesting, I must admit.

mupparapu_pramodkumar If your logic is:
“You knew there were problems, so shut up and accept them,”
then why should anyone report bugs at all? Why should Nothing improve anything? Why should the company even have a support team or community?

You have rather poor reading comprehension so I legit won’t even bother anymore. Do some basic research before buying, and vote with your wallet, as I said before. Have a nice day.

mupparapu_pramodkumar

grepGander You say I have “poor reading comprehension,” but your own reply completely misses what I’m saying.

I’m not complaining because other people have issues. I’m saying the same issues have been repeatedly reported by multiple users, including myself, and they still need to be properly investigated and addressed. That’s the whole point of reporting bugs.

And “do some basic research before buying” doesn’t magically make a problem acceptable after purchase. I did my research, bought the phone, used it, experienced the issues, and reported them. That is called customer feedback—not complaining because someone else has a problem.

You also said “vote with your wallet.” Fine. But then what exactly is the purpose of a community forum? If customers should simply accept problems they discover after buying and move on, why should anyone report bugs or ask Nothing to improve anything?

Nobody expects Nothing to have Apple-level resources. The expectation is much simpler: acknowledge genuine issues, communicate properly, and fix them within a reasonable timeframe.

And one more thing: if you disagree with the points I’m making, counter the points. Saying I have “poor reading comprehension” is not an argument.

If the issues aren’t real, prove it. If they are real, address them. Telling customers to “vote with their wallet” doesn’t solve the problem.

Don’t try to divert the topic. I can answer every point you raised. Just check the Nothing Phone (3) posts and see how many users are reporting issues. As you said, I’m not blind—if you keep seeing all these posts and still keep defending Nothing instead of acknowledging the problems, then you’re the one being blind to it. It’s not just one user; there are many.

grepGander

mupparapu_pramodkumar if you keep seeing all these posts and still keep defending Nothing instead of acknowledging the problems,

I’m literally saying:

grepGander Buying 👉👉👉👉👉👉 a phone that is known from the start to be somewhat problematic 👈👈👈👈👈👈 is really on you.

How is that, saying that a device is problematic from the day 1, for you translated as “defending Nothing”, I have no idea, lol.

mupparapu_pramodkumar Just check the Nothing Phone (3) posts and see how many users are reporting issues.

Yeah, I see that every day here, actually. Such as:

Roughly 60% of people around here have no idea about the very basics, so everything is an issue to them 🙃 And, in return, they really do have some issue with EVERYTHING.

Whatever, this is exhausting. Time to watch the Pixel 11 vids, enjoy your time my friend.

Orion_7u-op

Bro idk why some people can’t take criticism and start defending the bugs and issues we face they will just give an alternative to our problems if I just had to download third party software to fix the issues why would I buy a phone of certain company in the first place, being a smaller company shouldn’t be an excuse of the incompetence of providing good experience for a user. We are spending our hard earned money.

Sirius_EU

grepGander Time to watch the Pixel 11 vids

Make sure it’s the Pro version at the very least. 👌😅

grepGander

Sirius_EU I genuinely care mostly about the colours 🤭 And the non Pro variants are usually the nicest ones. Like the blue 10, or this pink 11 (which also turns to volcano red and orange from different angles).

Perfection 🤌

Edit: This black 11 Pro looks mighty though, all stealthy, nothing shiny… Quite a boss appearance:

Sirius_EU

grepGander Yeah, but as I already said, it’s not a good moment to change your phone.

Either you spend a lot of money to get a solid, reliable, high‑performing device, or you settle for compromises and risk ending up with something worse than what you’re leaving behind.

grepGander

Sirius_EU I know that’s true. But it’s also not a good moment to keep enduring bugs with data connectivity (and hotspot) introduced by Nothing itself in the June 2026 update 😁 I didn’t have a single problem with my (3a) until that update, now it’s a whole different story in regards to network altogether. And they’re not in any rush to fix that, apparently…

If they don’t fix it in this upcoming update I’m jumping back to Pixel (never used anything else but Nexus and Pixel phones, my (3a) is my first ever non-Google phone). The Pixel 11 is technically the same price as the Pixel 10 was in 2025. They just eliminated the 128 GB model, so the 256 GB model now is priced the same as 256 GB was in 2025. So that’s tempting, very tempting…

Edit: Earlier it took me 40-45 minutes of toggling hotspot on and off and on and off… Until I finally managed to hit 5 GHz channel 36. Pure lottery now, and not a single issue with it until the June 2026 update. Before, when it was 5 GHz selected in the hotspot settings - it was 5 GHz when it was active, from the first (and only) attempt, every time. Then mobile data turns itself off for no reason at all… Then hotpot turns itself off too because of it, and we’re starting all over again. Major time wasting. The phone is not defective (unless 2x (3a) both managed to get broken identically at the same minute on the same day).

Edit 2: Watching Made by Google ’26 event, they’re presenting some seriously impressive stuff (their camera is even more insane now for motion/fast moving objects):

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