NOTHING PHONE (3)



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Interesting they are calling it a flagship phone with Snapdragon 8s gen 4 and 5150mah battery (according to leaked specs)

Yup, and £800 according to Carl.

If selling above RM4k with SD 8sGen4, susah..liao..as many SD8Elite are selling below RM4k

Malaysia time 1am on July the 2nd (Wednesday) for the launch

I think it will be more thn 4k

But the launch price might be below tht

Got myself the cheapest Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 phone... Less than rm1400

256GB USD/GBP/EURO 799
512GB USD/GBP/EURO 899

Triple rear 50MP camera, front 50MP
SD 8s Gen 4
Nothing OS 3.5
5 years of Major OS update, 7 Years of Security Update
1.5k 460ppi AMOLED display, 4500nits, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+
IP68 rated
Glyph Matrix
5150mAh battery with 65W wired and 15W wireless charging capabilities

This post has been edited by shinjite: Jul 2 2025, 03:39 PM

The design is really...... bad

They really fumbled with Phone 3. Overpriced with subpar spec. They think they have a cult following like Apple and Samsung? Also ironically the 3a Pro have a better camera setup than the flagship 3. Like wtf?

The r/Nothing subreddit is on meltdown lol





This post has been edited by ZeneticX: Jul 2 2025, 11:27 PM

my favourite redesign

In the end, phone 2 still the best looking but yeah phone 3 they were bold but price wise, nope... Not a chance.

Actually I prefer the design on the nothing phone 3a

Aahh yeah that one nice horizontal camera sensors
My gf gotten the 3a pro at a great price (or so I think). Not bad too the design

Eh, I personally like the design. But looking at the specs, I don't think it's good value.

A shame though I was really looking forward for a replacement for my OnePlus 7.

Either wait for price drop or just get the OP13

I would have gotten OP13 already if there's a 256 version for the international phone.

Pricing update
12 + 256 = 3299
16 + 512 = 3799

Baik guna Honor Magic V5 😂😂

It looks.... OK but the offset camera lens can really drive OCDers mad

the price kinda high for a 8sgen4 fon

Wow... pricing is on the high side. Wonder if anybody would be interested.

the price is insane, its not even 8 elite chip 3nm

It's a UK brand , u cant expect it to be sold like China spec price , if compared to iphone , for western people it consider cheap

No?

U can see alot of ppl complained about the price not matchint the spec

That is because China making some crazy phone around these year with great spec and great price , even samsung can't compete the spec and price with china phone anymore.


But if u compared to Pixel 9 Pro , the chip they use consider better alot than pixel....

This post has been edited by chongkiatz: Jul 12 2025, 04:04 PM

Price doesn't match with specs. Can topup a bit get Ultra phone and camera and everything else still better than Nothing Phone 3.

If priced down to 2.5k also hard to sell. Competition from Xiaomi, Oppo, Honor, Realme, all can tapau Nothing.

Pixel 10 coming soon

btw Nothing is Made in India. India considered their largest customer base i think and very obvious they are not happy with the pricing

This post has been edited by ZeneticX: Jul 12 2025, 05:25 PM

Usually pixel 10 how much?

Hard to say. But judging from Pixel 9 release price, won't be cheap also

Super duper high pro max

waa, really siao liao the pricing, if i got 3628, i got plenty of options with 8 Elite or Dimensity 9400+ fons to choose from really i tell you hahaha

Bro , Made in India but their company base on UK , must understand bro , just like Tesla car was manufacture in China but stil it's a western company.

So a product from western company wont be as cheap and as good spec as china base company , but if u compared Western vs Western company , the cost at $799 which is actually consider "CHEAP" at their country , u can't compared it with Xiaomi , Oppo , Vivo , because they are mainly compete with their own western country like the iphone / pixel / motorola.


iphone 16 pro 256gb - $1199 (A18pro)
pixel 9 pro 256gb - $1099 (Tensor G4)
samsung s25 ultra - $1299.99 (8Elite Galaxy)
motorola Edge 50 Ultra - $1099 (8sgen3)
One Plus 13 12gb/256gb - $899.99 (8Elite)
Nothing phone 3 - $799 (8sgen4)

Base on USA Official Retail Price


In their own country , it consider as "CHEAP" phone , in here we feel expensive because we have Xiaomi , redmi , poco , realme , iqoo , oppo , honor , vivo of choice. So have to understand the marketing , western brand never CHEAP one la just like Volvo , merc , BMW . mana ada good spec with cheap price one.


If u ask me , the real OVERPRICE flagship phone that not worth the money was the Sony Xperia 1 VII

This post has been edited by chongkiatz: Jul 13 2025, 10:57 AM

Looks like Nothing Fon is target at Ang Moh buyers who likes Carl Pei from OnePlus heydays.

But in the end will you buy Nothing Phone 3 for the price?

Not trying to say what you said was wrong, but consumers mindset is very easy only, in the end they will only see price and value. Fanboys and haters are different of course.

In western markets is not like they dont have any choice also. They still have Oneplus. And S25 series already dropped in pricing which matched Nothing Phone 3 launch pricing

This post has been edited by ZeneticX: Jul 13 2025, 03:08 PM

So u talking those release almost 6 month phone to VS just release phone? To be fair , compared apple to apple , Retail Price vs Retail Price, if u want to talk about DISCOUNTED price , there was never END Story.


U guys saying Nothing Phone was over price , yes if u compared to CHINA phone , it easily OVERPRICE in HERE , Why? Because we are lucky enough that we got alot of choice over here , but for WESTERN country , the choice was limited , they either go for Iphone , Samsung or Pixel , xiaomi Ultra wasnt cheap too at the western market , so the $799 isnt "OVER PRICE" for them , understand the words and what i;m trying to send here , at the end NOTHING was a brand from UK , do u expect they give u 8Elite Plus triple 50mp Sensor camera at $799 ? They know the MATH bro and they know the MARKET , if they put in 8Elite into their phone , it will be pricing at least $999 at the western market.


I already list the price list over there , make your own summary , which phone have 8 Elite Plus triple 50mp sensor camera at $799 on WESTERN market?

Even the cheapest Samsung S25 $779.99 was only give u 8Elite Plus 50mp+12mp+10mp , that not even close to the Nothing Phone 3 triple 50mp camera.



If u want to talk about CONSUMER MINDSET , why China Phone selling so cheap price at CHINA but after masuk malaysia market the price different was so huge? Then why u stil supporting Global unit as they marking up so high profit in here? Why dont u making loud sound to protest at the road because of the over pricing China phone in malaysia? LOL


Vivo S30 Pro mini 12+512 selling at 3799 YUAN = RM2253 but Vivo X200FE 12+512 retail RM3199 in malaysia
Iphone 16 pro max $1199 x RM4.3 = RM5155.70 but retail at RM5999 in malaysia
Nothing phone 3 $799 x RM4.3 = RM3435.70 but retail at Rm3299 yet kena say over price

Math fail?

This post has been edited by chongkiatz: Jul 13 2025, 03:28 PM

My question just very simple and I'm trying to have a nice discussion with you

But not sure why you need to sound so butthurt like you're Carl Pei lol. China phone fans also not that butthurt like you when we're just discussing about the pricing.

Many reviews already mentioned, the spec of the phone is not flagship level and doesn't warrant that pricing. End of the story.

This post has been edited by ZeneticX: Jul 13 2025, 03:40 PM

I guess they're hoping that people would consider paying more for a good OS with no bloatware and ads.

It also comes with Nothing Ear (a) though.

Hmmm....

Yes, if you're a fan of Carl Pei from the OnePlus heydays you might be tempted to buy Nothing Fon

Personally think Nothing should stick to the 3a/3aPro price segment. They do well there in terms of price:spec:styling:software balance. Trying to compete in the higher end and they will lose out in one form or another in the eyes of spec people.

I do like their software — if my router and wireshark logs from testing a friend’s 3a Pro are anything to go by, Nothing OS is a lot better than most Android makers in terms of privacy* (excluding all the phoning home done by Google services, obviously) — and their security update promises seem to be in line with most competitors, but they are definitely not ready for the upper end of the market yet.

Currently searching for a replacement ‘dirty’ daily device (anything with Meta and Google apps installed is considered dirty in my book), and since a Pixel with GrapheneOS has too many unknowns in terms of banking or insurance app compatibility (also because Pixel hardware reliability is a bit crap in my experience), I’m looking for the next best thing. If I go with Nothing, it will probably be a 3a or 3a Pro. Won’t even bother with this so called ‘flagship’ model.

*although that Nothing Chats security fiasco still leaves me a bit suspicious of them

This post has been edited by dev/numb: Jul 20 2025, 08:54 PM

Haha how did Carl Pei loses 2 his previous venture the One Plus is mind boggling

Even one plus 3 as a cheap flagship was already shaking the nest of iPhone and Samsung



The battery test it loses hard to every one including Samsung😄😆

Carl Pei must be managing Nothing like a hobby since already rich from his oneplus hey days.

Look what the nice delivery man bring


Trying it's macro shot

any burn in and overheating so far? quite tempted but at current price kinda ehh

Didn't even know have burn in issue. Spend few hours transferring data and luckily no burn in. Also no overheating so far, but I didn't play any game so it might be different for others.

Nice, good to hear

There are some post but hopefully isolated

I tried the 3a few months back... Just bought the 3a Pro... Much better value than the 3🤮

I was contemplating to get 3A Pro specifically because of it's 6x optical zoom but the CPU is slightly slower than my current 3 years old phone and it also cannot record 4k60fps. Only 3 major OS upgrade also a downer. Phone 3 double the CPU performance so hopefully can use for 5 years.

Better ger the poco f7 if your budget not much

But if u have 3k to spend... U can get
Xiaomi 15
Honor Magic 7 Pro
Samsung Galaxy S25

Never liked Xiaomi and Honor OS. Samsung look just too generic.

Then buy the ugly and overpriced nothing phone 3 lo 🤣

That's surprising hahaha. How much did you get it for?

Why surprise? Hehe

Always eat crab, sometimes want to change eat lobster.

Haha... Buy lo... I won't la... Hard to sell out later.. Definitely can't use as daily driver

I’m considering the regular 3a. Looks better, imho (especially the blue or white). Cameras aren’t important to me. Only use em for document scanning and QR codes most of the time. OS updates aren’t a concern for me since Nothing still promises 6yrs of security updates. Heck, with Google trying to shove Gemini down our throats, I would actually prefer to stay on Android 15 and just receive the security updates. Not that I see myself keeping a phone that long anyway. Only downside is lack of e-sim support on the 3a. Lack of Nothing service centres is also a concern, but the phone is cheap so not much of a loss if need to buang a year down the line.

For me their hardware is okay. It’s the software I hate. So much bloatware. China brands in particular are a joke. A friend once came over with his kid who had a Poco and asked to join my wifi, and later my router firewall logs showed all sorts of sketchy links the Poco was trying to phone home to. Only way to clean up a China phone is to root and flash, but then you will struggle with banking and finance apps. At least with NothingOS, it’s pretty much stock Android with some skinning. I can easily debloat and harden using Shizuku and Canta without having to unlock bootloader.

This post has been edited by dev/numb: Aug 4 2025, 04:30 PM

Highly agree on this point , sometime people too concert about software support , let me tell u , u wont be happy on the latest software on your old phone especially your phone SoC arent into flagship level , it will slow down your phone and drain your battery quickly , promise of security update will be more important than the major update , the best OS for your phone was actually the one out of box , because that the only OS fully optimize for your phone , and most of the time major update on old phone wont get great optimization and causing alot of problem.

In my opinion , 2 year Major OS stil usable , max 3 , even my fren who using iphone 14 pro max regret of updating to iOS18 because the stupid photo album + battery drain , imagine once iOS26 came out with liquid glass , do u think it will ok on iphone 14promax?

Trust me , no any OS will be better than straight out of box.

This post has been edited by chongkiatz: Aug 4 2025, 05:27 PM

If i'm buying (3) or 3a Pro from shopee, can i rest assure eSim is included? Saw some article said nothing phone on some region dint included eSim

Fyi, there is a dedicated Nothing 3a Series thread here;
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5507682

As for Shopee, check the product description to confirm it’s a Malaysia set. If the seller is reliable, you can open a chat with them and ask them to check for you. Afaik for the (3) all region models have e-sim support. 3a Pro not sure. I think some regions sell a cheaper 8/128GB model that doesn’t have e-sim. Malaysia only gets the 12/256GB model, so if it’s listed as Malaysia set confirm have. For regular 3a only Japan market gets e-sim.

Nope.. I was a huge fan of oneplus... Before the whole oxygen OS becomes color os😩

Thanks for the clarification

Tbh can't even check who is the authorized reseller for nothing phone in shopee. I have asked the official nothing store they don't know either

And also the warrant part

This post has been edited by coconutxyz: Aug 4 2025, 07:18 PM

Almost any phone can do document scanning and QR codes. If you don't need OS upgrade 3a seem enough for your usage, I agree more important is security updates especially since banking and e-wallet usage.

Bloated OS are also a no-no for me. If your wifi router support guest network, you should use it for guest, that way their device will not be able to connect to any of your home devices, just for precautious. Now more manufacturer block the ability to unlock bootloader, such as Samsung with One UI 8, without it the phone can't be rooted. If can root, there is some apps that can be use to hide banking apps from detecting the phone is rooted, last time I use it when still tinkering with root but it's really troublesome and when there's some changes that will break it's ability to hide then have to find another way to hide again. Now I lazy to waste time doing such tinkering, better to get almost stock Android. Talking about bloat apps, I didn't even check if there's any bloatware apps that come with the phone, I just restore from my old phone and use. Now that I check it really doesn't have any bloatware, no FB or Grab/Uber or Telegram. Most bloatware is from Google own apps such as Google TV, Photos and Gmail.

I've been using this for a few days already.

So far there are 2 issues I'm facing.

-i hardly play games, trying out this typical city building game, the sound would randomly get turned off. Not in mid game but like the next time I start the game.

-plugging in USB cable and my PC couldn't detect it, unable to perform file transfer with cable at the moment.

I didn't play game so don't know if have such issue but during the first few days I use the phone I'm having problem with syncing, some apps like Whatsapp doesn't notify have new message. My phone also doesn't have many of the glyph toys that reviewers shows. Turned out when I just got the phone and doing the installing apps and transferring data, it notify an update which I dismissed because doesn't want it to interfere with transferring data. After I update the phone, no more of all these problems.

I plugged to my PC and it have no issue detecting my phone. Your PC might not have the Android driver or when plugged in, you need to go to the phone notification, click to open the plugged in setting and select data transfer.

I'm set display refresh rate to Dynamic. On some apps it change the refresh rate to 90hz and some apps to 60hz. If feel choppiness then try change to High

This post has been edited by xxboxx: Aug 6 2025, 04:30 PM

So far no syncing issue and notification issue for me yet.

The glyphs you just need to update to the latest nothing OS hehe.

Hmm but my older phones can be detected no issue though.

Yeah I selected file transfer on the phone already too.

Maybe try with different cable or different port.

Can you guys running latest Nothing OS share your experience with the Private Space? So far I’ve read a lot of conflicting info, mainly because all those posting on reddit or nothing forums are not knowledgeable.

What I want to know is if Nothing’s Private Space is the same as Android’s Privacy Space?

Normally for regular Android 15 (eg: stock Pixel) when you setup Privacy Space it will ask you for an alternative google account or offer to create a new one for you. Once created you will see a separate Play Store and some other Google apps inside that Privacy Space. You cannot move them out of that space.

Is Nothing’s Private Space the same or different? Because if there’s no separate account required and you can move/clone apps then it is more like Samseng Knox and totally different.

This post has been edited by dev/numb: Aug 6 2025, 06:46 PM

I created the private space but didn't really use everything. I added some apps into it, the apps now will not show on the normal drawer. In the private space also can add files and photos that won't show outside the private space. Also have private camera where the taken photos will be saved into private photos.

Apps added into private space will still be same app with same logged in account as before, just now it is hidden from outside. In the private space can choose which app to open photos, either Nothing's own Gallery app or Google's photos app, with Google's Photos app it is not logged in as outside app, so you can log in with different account in there. Except for Google's Photos app, I don't see ways for other app to be cloned, it can only move from outside or in private space. Only Google Photos app have 2 instances, 1 normal outside app and another already in private space for opening photos. Google Photos at outside cannot move into private space. Play Store app cannot move into private space.

These are the info of private space that Nothing put when go to the setting
Also additional notes in the private space

Thanks for sharing your experience. Means it’s closer to Samsung Knox. Bummer

Android’s own Privacy Space is much more powerful since you have to create a fully separate Google account to use it and cannot move/clone apps in and out of it. If Nothing implemented Google’s version, I could, in theory, fully degoogle my main profile (remove Google Play Services also) using Shizuku + Canta*, and just silo all the “dirty” apps (like WhatsApp) into the private space and set it to remain unlocked (to receive notifications) until phone is restarted, all without needing to root.

*also plan to remove that Essential Space/Recorder function and remap the key, since I have no interest in training their AI for free. Currently studying ppq.ai and nano-gpt APIs so maybe I can remap that button to launch a script for their service to proxy my queries.

Either way, I only plan to buy after seeing what Nothing OS 4.0 offers. If they move to Android’s original privacy space, would be nice.

Nothing's Essential Space is very useful, but somehow I always forgot to use it. It is useful to record something that you going to get more information/research about it later on. Example I take a picture of a book I'm interested to know more about it and maybe read in future

It gives the name, author and summary of the book.

Also can take a screenshot/photo and add audio/text for reminder when want to do the job. It will then create a task and give notification when reach the time.

Can Nothing Fon use Shopee in dark mode? Inside developer options, does it have Force Dark Mode inside?

Got the option of Override Force-Dark in the developer option
After enable Shopee look like this

Thanks man. This is very useful for me cos I used Shopee alot.

I don’t like that it sends a request to a server somewhere. If local, different story.
When Nothing OS 4 drops, can you update here if they let us remap that Essential button.
I know we can do it no, but it requires the keymap app to be running in the background at all times, which I don’t like.

I think now most brands AI stuff runs on their own server, phone hardware just not powerful enough to do the AI stuff.

Same with my Oppo Realme AI features it will send to servers in China for processing before send back to me. Sometimes many times server busy have to keep trying

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/368725/nothing-...ording-feature/

Nothing Phone (3), Phone (3a) Series Gains Call Recording Feature

Nothing has rolled out a new update for its Essential Space app that introduces an audio call recording feature to its latest smartphones. It is available now in eight countries, with Malaysia included in the list.

The company confirmed that users can now record voice calls directly from the interface by long-pressing the Essential Key or tapping the “Start recording” option that appears in the call notification. Once the call ends, the recording will automatically be saved within Essential Space for later playback.

For now, the call recording capability is limited to the Nothing Phone (3), Phone (3a), and Phone (3a) Pro models. According to Nothing, the rollout is being done automatically without requiring users to install a manual update, so those who’ve recently updated the aforementioned models will have access to it now.

I noticed got the notification banner with button to start recording when I was making a call today. Thought I didn't notice before this, now I know.

I think this will announce to the other pretty

new user checking in... any one actually use the glyph matrix on day to day?

I uses it every night after close all room light as the glyph light not so bright so it won't disrupt my family members.

Only few days from got the phone I play with glyph matrix, after that never bother with it anymore. Essential button is more useful for me, I use it to record down data for later digestion. With the AI it can help to expand more on the data. Example I'll take a photo in Essential of a book cover that I might be interested to read. When I open later in Essential Space, it have added more info about the book such as description and it's author, I don't need to manually Google the information. It also can create task in the app itself or add into Calendar if it detect there's mention of something need to be done.

only today had chance to use the essential button. good idea, probably will use it more.

the volume button mapping is abit annoying to me. from lowest step to from mute to 1 step up jumps too mch. then on louder end, not loud enough without the bassy echoey sound.

Like OOS, NOS is easy to use. somehow games seems to load faster than my s22u.

So after about a week over all the phone feels very fast and decent only

few complaints

1 camera (app) cannot permanently disable autoHDR.
2 after reboot when connecting to car head unit via bluetooth need to up volume and press OK
3 apps under private space does not register in usage data?
4 essential space seems to throw everything to ai, no option to disable or let users choose which to exclude or select. so far couldn't get essential recorder to work yet, will drive into it this week
5 call recording... AI again.. I just want to record voice call, no need send to AI to transcribe, how to disable it?

I do miss Modes & Routines and OneHandOperation+ from OneUi8

1 never change not sure on this. but for video recording when I change 4k to 1080p it remember it
2 didn't use this so not sure
3 make sense since it supposed to be invisible outside of private space
4 if you put phone facing down and hold essential key, it will start recording. This way of recording won't have AI recognition and transcribe unless you run the AI analysis.
5 same as above, it only record but didn't run the AI analysis

yea the autohdr is 'permenant' for now, hopefully next update can disable it. current workaround is to create a new preset with autohdr disabled.

from what I experienced with call recording. it was trying to transcribe. which is hmm... cos I was actually testing out the call recording to bank CS. I dont want AI to transcribe my personal details, but Im sure my personal details are floating in the many databases online.

on sound front, I listen to spotify on car radio and iem's in office so its big part of the experience for me. I mst say the sound processing is a bit flat for me. still need to get to tweaking. prev phone had many features baked in so no need to hunt for third party.

another strange thing I noticed is that the AOD clock. the beautiful stock one seems to get replaced by stock android one... not sure how to trigger it yet. needs more observations.

This post has been edited by gerald7: Nov 5 2025, 08:29 AM

wah bro

so fast jump ship ah albeit temporarily



love carl pei the ex one plus boss the father of flagship killer

hope nothing 4 will further upgrade from there for 2026

dude happily take all the shit reviews like a boss not like certain local start ups on tiktok LIVE

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Nov 8 2025, 07:31 AM