Honestly, about the Phone (3)...

AbsoluteRainbow · 2025-07-05T21:28:08+00:00

To be fair and honest, 799$/799€/799£/₹79,999 is actually fine overall when you consider… everything. Yes, it's slightly overpriced, but a true flagship doesn't necessarily have to be powerful and feature-rich all around, it just has to be premium across the board. * Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 is actually well in-between the 8 Gen 3 and 8 Elite, using the modified version of the former's CPU and cut-down version of the latter's GPU. Its die is smaller so it's cheaper, and it's down-clocked compared to either chip means it no less efficient than 8 Gen 3, provided the optimizations. (4nm and Kryo cores makes it less efficient than the Elite's 3nm Oryon). The newer chip, like 8 Elite is, provides more headroom for software updates, explaining (3)'s above-average software support. Besides, as Carl Pei suggested, who but the most hardcore users do want more power? Even a similarly-priced Pixel vanilla or normal-size Pro models (sub-6.4-inch ones) have Google Tensor which are even weaker. * The camera are larger, with larger sensors and extra processing power. Aside from the shrinking of the telephoto sensor (compared to (3a) Pro), everything is improved (yes, even the front camera). Whether or not it's improved enough to fully justify the extra premium over all previous models are subjective to your eyes and taste, but one thing is certain: the image quality, on both photos and videos, are noticeably improved. * The only thing anti-flagship (I would've called sub-, but this is a hated change I noticed) about the display is that it's LTPS, not LTPO like previous models. This appears to be a cost-cutting measure and costing the display efficiency, especially around the variable refresh rate which now only ranged at 30-120Hz instead of 1-120 that LTPO would. The rest of the display are clearly flagship-level though. * The design is out there, unique to Nothing but all over the place technically. The camera layout is very weird, and looks ugly, but the rest of the design are fine. The metal rail, transparent back with plastic panels, even the little red recording light, are all nice. * USB 2.0 but 65W of wired charging - but you guys wanted at least USB 3.0. Guess what? 1) iPhone 16 and 16e has only USB 2.0, and 2) people are primarily using the port to… y'know, charge the phone. Also, the battery is actually 5,500mAh (larger than Samsung and iPhone and most non-Chinese flagships) and has silicon-carbon technology; it's reduced to 5,150mAh outside of India because of the extra shipping cost. * Gorilla Glass 7i instead of Victus is the only questionable cost-cutting measure; in addition to what I explained earlier, the under-display fingerprint scanner aren't focused on as much as before, and while the phone is quite heavy (218 grams), these aren't as heavy has stainless steel framed phones. * Phone (3) starts at 256GB, not 128GB like its contemporary competitors, both mid-ranges and flagships. The full-LED display that is the Glyph Matrix also adds some more cost. And besides, Nothing OS barely has any bloatware. You're getting a whole package, and while Nothing Phone (3) may seem underpowered/under-spec and overpriced - it may appear to be merely a higher-end mid-range than the true flagship it's touted and priced to be - but when you think about it, it's not as simple as it looks. There's a reason why Nothing chose such compromises at such price. They're doing their own way (they're still trying to be anti-iPhone, for starters), and (3) is meant to be the cheapest flagship with jack-of-all-trade spread of specs where it matters. Chinese yen are weak, so those trying to compare Asian price are less likely to get a true apple-to-apple comparison. The TL;DR is that Nothing Phone (3) doesn't have obvious value proposition that previous models had, as it's positioned as a true flagship but is specced in a rather watered-down way, especially when you all wanted Nothing up go all out even with said price. P.S. this is not meant to be defending the phone, but is rather a completely honest take on the phone's spec and pricing. Your mileage may vary, and it's on you.

FlyinGDroiD

AbsoluteRainbow it’s the worst phone ever made

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FlyinGDroiD

I really have my doubts about that. Not many out there with WiFi 7, Bluetooth 6. Try to have few facts to back up your criticism!

Nothing_Technik

FlyinGDroiD That may be your opinion, but it is a fact It does not have the best hardware for this price, but I find the software very I’m happy with the camera so far. It could be better, but I’m happy. The photos often look better than my wife’s iPhone. No one is forced to buy it, but the worst of all time? Never.

SaketNair

AbsoluteRainbow true👌🏻

Banjer

NOTHING_MATTERS

if you compromise than it is not a flagship at all.

Then there are no “flagship” phones, because all of them compromise. Where are the phones with Core Ultra 9 CPU’s? Phones with 50.000 mAh bettery?

CMF1_hacker

it has NOTHING OS, which is worth it’s weight in gold. Cameras are stellar in EXPERT mode. Other bits (8sg4, 7I glass, USB 2.0, LTPS).

Design is stellar. Those rear squares slightly changing in darkness is stellar.

Dedicated ES button is phenomenal.

GM is stellar.

Really nice package for those that don’t want to be boring/standard.

Anonymous931

NOTHING_MATTERS WHAT KIND OF IDIOTIC COMMENT IT IS. do you even know the meaning of flagship. a flagship by definition “MUST HAVE” to be THE MOST powerful and feature-rich all around, period NO COMPROMISE.

Hyundai’s flagship is the Grandeur (aka Azera)
Kia’s flagship is the K9 (aka K900)
BMW’s flagship is the 7 Series
Bugatti’s flagship is the Tourbillon

Four different cars, but all of them are flagships of their brands. The Phone (3) is Nothing’s flagship. Period.

NOTHING_MATTERS if you compromise than it is not a flagship at all.

Nothing ever anywhere in anything is a flagship then. Everything is a compromise of some kind, even the most expensive and the most advanced tech items in the world.

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Anonymous931

I agree entirely a flagship is the best a country, navy, company has, not decided by a bunch of people who want cheap tech but all the best specs, how otherwise do companies pay for top end chips and licenses, along with R&D, ongoing support etc, want the best stop complaining go apple a trillion dollar company. This is Nothing get behind there there flagship or head to the other bargain basement Chinese brands, free bloat ware and no software support. Enjoy the Nothing experience, you might like it!

CMF1_hacker

Anonymous931 does BMW not sell the 8, i8 series where you live? I see both all the time in the UK.

Anonymous931

CMF1_hacker They are a German brand so they do, just fine. The issue is that if something has a higher number that doesn’t mean it’s a flagship. Same applies for performance, because even the ones you mentioned (nor the 7 Series) aren’t the very top in BMW’s tech performance-wise, that’s the M Hybrid V8:

But the M Hybrid V8 is not BMW’s flagship.

Anyway, to answer your question with not mine but BMW’s very own words:

The easy way to decipher model names

These designations do not generally appear on the vehicle itself, however, as it is easy to recognize the vehicle type just by looking at it. Exceptions are SAVs (sports activity vehicles), SACs (sports activity coupes) and roadsters. These BMW concept cars bear an X or a Z in their name as well as on the vehicle itself. The BMW 745e sedan, for example, is a superior-class sedan and the flagship of the BMW brand.

https://www.bmw.com/en/automotive-life/BMW-naming-system.html

WELCOME TO THE TOP

Long regarded as BMW’s flagship full-size luxury sedan, the 2025 7 Series lives up to its legacy with a streamlined exterior, brilliant displays, and lavish interior.

https://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/7-series/sedan/overview.html

CMF1_hacker

Anonymous931 when a car picks me up to fly out of Heathrow, I can tell you the 8 series is much nicer than the 7 series. Having said that, it’s like the S25+ and the S25U. I lived in between Munich and Stuttgart so I have a nadle on the model number. My comment was tongue-in-cheek so don’t be so serious (are you German with a lack of humour?)

Anonymous931

CMF1_hacker Valid points, true about the S25 + and U; I was just being pedantic and clearing it up not because of you but because of NOTHING_MATTERS (the very first comment/reply here) and similar individuals. My current lack of humour is related to me waking up about 20 minutes ago and not getting my first coffee though (working on it right now).

Kawar

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Changed my mind

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