Thoughts on remastering old phones?

G_Wood · 2025-11-12T11:09:54+00:00

Schade, dass das sexy Design des Telefons (1) mit der Zeit verloren gegangen ist, da die Unterstützung nachgelassen hat und sich die Ästhetik von den Glyphenlichtern entfernt hat. Was denkst du, wäre es ein schrecklicher Schachzug, alte Designs mit vielleicht etwas aktualisierter Hardware neu zu veröffentlichen?

G_Wood

Seems a shame the sexy design of the phone (1) being lost to time with support dropping off and the aesthetic evolving away from the glyph lights.

What do you think, would it be a terrible move to re-release old designs with maybe some updated hardware?

hrry

G_Wood I like this idea. I've been spending some time using the Phone (2) recently, and although it's not old, I still think the design and hardware are fantastic. I have the same feeling about the Phone (1). If I could have a Phone (1) with updated specs, would I buy it? Yes. Would there be broader demand for it? Maybe not. That's probably why Nothing wouldn't revisit that right now but hopefully, as the brand grows, we might see this!

Amudhan_Sundararajan

G_Wood I honestly wouldn’t mind if some of the older design ideas made a comeback.. especially the notification LED we used to have back around 2015–2019. Those things were so practical. You could instantly tell what kind of notification you got just by the LED color, no need to even unlock your phone. (It's also useful to see whether we're in EDL or not when we try to flash the firmware)

I get that it’s harder to include now with how tiny bezels have become, but I still think manufacturers could find a way to fit a small LED near the proximity sensor or something.

And yeah, the Glyph lights are definitely cool, but I feel like dialing them back a bit would actually make sense. keep just the Essential notification glyph, a charging and glyph progress indicator, and one or two accent lights to keep that unique Nothing aesthetic without going overboard. That way you’d still get the nostalgic functionality of the old designs while keeping the clean, modern vibe of today’s phones.

Coldpaw

In the unforgiving tech world: Yes, it would be a bad idea. Because media would shred the product even before it hits the shelves due to using outdated desgins instead of creating something new.

Derren

Personally i would love to see the return of existing designs, who doesn't love the feeling of nostalgia.

I guess it's somewhat difficult as most consumers are always looking for the latest, greatest thing and don't want to feel outdated. For a business too they would likely be relying on some returns from the device, and are they going to achieve that with a design that's already been and gone? if the likes of Apple and Samsung are anything to go by, then perhaps. In their case though, they tend to repurpose the same, arguably bland designs.

Nicouschulas

Derren
Maybe they could redesign the np1/2 a bit to make it a refreshing phone

CMF1_hacker

This is an interesting proposition.

I was in the changing room at the gym yesterday and a young student had some Air Jordan IVs and was showing them off.

Luckily being almost 50, I was able to say in an American accent, "I had those the first time around and after a summer of bball on my driveway, I wore through the sole and I hope their better this time around, as back then I paid $120."

I think the only reason this really works is if retro product is recognisable enough and nostalgic enough.

I think the Jordans fit this category and the old 8-bit NES does, but the NP1 doesn't.

It's too new and didn't have a very large following. The way forward was evolution but it seems the GL have been reduced to a single notification dot.

Maybe with 4a, we'll see whether than evolution continues.

G_Wood

CMF1_hacker yeah that's a good point. They'd have to leave it a long time of course but don't you think then with it not being super well known it would be a perfect opportunity to reintroduce it to new people? But yeah I get what you mean.