After months of various speculations and rumours leading to this Event, Carl Pei’s consumer tech company Nothing has finally confirmed its plan to launch Nothing Phone (1), its first and highly anticipated Android smartphone that aims to take on the big boys including Apple’s walled garden of an ecosystem.
Although the company still didn’t reveal any pictures of the Nothing Phone (1) during the live stream, the event was enough to build anticipation and give us a sneak peek of its upcoming smartphone that is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2022 and will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Mobile Platform.
Besides that, staying true to Nothing’s founding mission i.e. deliver technology that blends into Nothing, Nothing’s first phone will ship with Nothing OS built on Android 12 that aims to offer an open and seamless ecosystem that connects and integrates well with Nothing’s other products as well as other world-leading brands.
Nothing OS will offer its uses three years of Major OS updates and four years of security updates. Meanwhile, it will be available to preview as a custom launcher that will be downloadable on select smartphone models starting from April.
“Nothing OS captures the best features of pure Android, distilling the operating system to just the essentials, where every byte has a purpose. It is designed to deliver a fast, smooth and personal experience. A coherent interface, the hardware seamlessly integrates with the software through bespoke fonts, colours, graphical elements and sounds.”
Nothing’s Official Statement
