- (Edited)
StockX is having an open auction (for phones numbered 1-100), whereas what the team describe in the video is an invite system that grants “people who deserve it the most” (i.e. early supporters/investors of Nothing) the first opportunity to buy phone (1), before it is available to the general public. The invite system is felt necessary because Nothing may not be able to manufacture enough phones to meet early demand. It also helps create an air of exclusivity, which will (hopefully) be supported with headlines of the phone selling out at launch (albeit a limited pre-launch).
Keeping my fingers crossed for an invite.