Doesn't the new nothing os 4 Feel boring?

GalibHossain_EuIYRZpoTs · 2025-10-01T13:18:44+00:00

For a major update, it looks and feels almost the same as before. The Ul hasn't evolved. There's still no haptic feedback for the brightness or volume sliders, the battery icon is unchanged (even Google updated their years-old battery status icon) while even Pixel OS, known for being minimal, includes these touches. On top of that, there's no lock screen customization at all, which makes the OS feel outdated compared to other brands. I know this is still in beta, but it seems most of the features are already finalized - and right now, Nothing OS 4 feels underwhelming and lacking polish.

CMF1_hacker

pnknot cmf will spin out and rule the Indian landscape, or force big names to invest more, including those with real app stores already. It’s a win for the Indian enduser.

Would you rather the NP3 stay at 85k INR forever? It’s someone old already … I had one in early JUL, so it’s three months old and most brands would discount by then?

josecordoba

It’s still very early, that’s probably it! To be fair, they did say what to expect from this beta!

Anonymous903

pnknot As an Indian even after buying my 3A I kept looking at my friends’ phones with >30% cheaper price having almost the same specs and thinking if I made the right decision. The superior software is what gives nothing the edge, else tecno, poco, etc. are still incredible

GalibHossain_EuIYRZpoTs

pollenjh Nobody said it has to be a major update. Nobody is asking for it. Just a few visual overhaul, some quality improvements, that’s all we need. Even Apple a notorious company who was against coustomization is doing something good. Nothing is known for their software. Then why can’t we get what we have signed up for?

pollenjh

GalibHossain_EuIYRZpoTs Depends on what you signed up for honestly. I bought the Ear (1) because it was cheap and looked cool. I bought the Phone (2) because I needed a new phone, wanted to stand out and support a “small” company and because it was available to buy through my carrier.

If you’re interested in their software and where it’s going, I’d recommend watching this video. Maybe not the whole thing, but they’ve expressed that they’ll probably do a major visual overhaul once they’re happy with the functionality of NOS first, which I think is smart. I’m sure iOS 26 and 18 hate was harsh, but it did look like they sacrificed polish for the sake of just changing things up. I don’t want Nothing to end up like that.

They’re constantly hiring new software developer, so I’m sure we’ll see more changes and added features in updates soon enough. I personally just love how light NOS is, and how they don’t outright copy other brands. That’s part of the reason why I wouldn’t daily drive a Samsung or most BBK phone OS’, for example. That’s just me tho

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk

JP so they are actually listening to feedbacks ? Bruhh , Im here with the NP2 for the past 2 years with the trash camera optimization,which they never cared about even after so many feedbacks from the users. These are the complaints , and until there are complaints , you cant tell people to stop complaining.

Even you are complaining about the people who are complaining,because you see it wrong , so do you , so do we

CMF1_hacker

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk use a different camera APK?

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk

CMF1_hacker The what ? Bro are you really sane ? To give an answer like this ?

CMF1_hacker

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk I buy a hardware/software combo. I’m not paying for Apple phones, but I do for their iMac and MBA/MBP lines, and I know whatever I buy will be a compromise and I run different software. I ran some GCams on my CMF1 until NOTHING released gallery last DEC via sideload and improved their camera game around April. I go in like 90% of the CMF1 and I know it has no OIS, so why I would not run GCam in the winter months? Common sense, or?

Do you expect NTL to pump out great camera apps on a really really cheap phone by Western standards, where they make their profit?

Hell, even the NP3 price slashing is cutting profit on their flagship so Dev time is going to be more limited on all phones.

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk

CMF1_hacker So you are telling nothing is not capable of providing solutions to the issues.Then stop your non-sense of telling people that NTL is good and the users who criticize are always bad .

They marketed the phone 1 and phone 2 with their glyph lights , which stuck with the same features from the day it is released , no improvements and now they almost discontinued it , now they have come up with glyph matrix which might be ditched sometime sooner or later .. are these things right ? This is the story of Nothing so far

CMF1_hacker

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk This makes no sense.

Any company has finite resource, based on profit, that they can deploy.

In essence, the NP1/NP2 users have subsidised the Playground. I’m OK with that.

Now, NTL has offered £300 off a NP3 with a simple IMEI and no trade-in (in the UK). I could walk down the road to a national used electronics shop (CeX) and get £170 for a NP2. So, the NP3 goes from £799 down to £799-£300-£170 = £329 which is the NP3a price new.

I’m not sure what else anyone in the UK could want? Some users here did exactly that.

Stereobasic

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk i don’t understand why you are here if Nothing is #trash #scam #boring for you etc. Don’t waste your time and go on something better… and… let people who are happy just be… happy. No ? You are wasting your time, waiting for something that will never comes and hoping for something that will never suit you. We have all the ingredients here for a really bad time…

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk

CMF1_hacker Seems no use of arguing with people like you

CMF1_hacker

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk My career is technical debate.

Let’s back up, here, what are you honestly trying to accomplish?

What’s you initial goal and your endpoint? What does success look like?

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk

CMF1_hacker The problem is not Nothing , the problem is people like you , who are always against critics , saying , if you want this feature buy that phone , if you that buy this , bro if you don’t want any of the features , just buy a dumbphone , why buy a smartphone and keep saying i dont want any features that people here ask , if you dont want , it’s your wish , but why ordering people to stay quiet about the flaws and other things … Remember ,Having more is always less bad than having less !

CMF1_hacker

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk OK, what’s your precise criticism(s) and what do you want to do about it. I want a solution/action plan for each issue you propose, otherwise it’s a hollow complaint. Jumping up and down and hating something proposing a solution to fix it. Those people get ignored in society.

Just list ’em and make it easy for everyone to read.

I mean, alone, the title of this thread is terrible with no context.

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk

CMF1_hacker There are already thousands of problems and valid feature requests listed on the community , not looked up by the devs , only to be ditched down by people like you saying that ‘i dont need these features , those problems are not at all big problems, blah blah blaaa’

Even listing problems are not going to help anymore as far as people like you are in the community . Period

CMF1_hacker

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk you can’t even list ’em? seriously?

lots of complaints, very little action.

I don’t even think you have a complaint.

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk

I can do that

But I’m not person who wastes time in action which yields no results

CMF1_hacker

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk I don’t think you can? There’s no evidence that you can formulate a problem and a solution?

AbiS_MjZL72iTVk

@CMF1_hacker As you asked…

Camera being inconsistent atleast for me in the NP 2 , can’t even compete with a phone half this price segment , and yeah the long unsolved shutter lag . Trash optimization, clicking for a photo and getting an oil painting (is that a unique feature of nothing’s optimization)

The AMOLED doesn’t feel like “Amoled” , lot of grey areas (eg. while watching videos) which worsens the viewing experience

The so called bi-monthly updates , which doesn’t bring any useful new features to the device , says “ bug fixes ” only god knows , what it fixes

Lots of features (gimmicks) introduced for hypes only to be ditched later , eg. glyph composer .In the reaction video of the NP2 reviews , Carl promised that they will be adding more features to the glyphs . I guess that feature is so called “ simplicity” or it might be a “nothing feature”

Most of the unfinished releases , like the Nothing gallery app .. It categorised an image of landscape in the food section .

No improvements in the haptics and its related features

These are just few of the many….

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