Nothing Phone (1) Review: The flagship killer has evolved

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It hasn't been smooth sailing for the Nothing Phone (1) since its launch. The myriad of quality control issues and software bugs may have left a bad taste in the minds of those expecting a radically different smartphone. But behind the regular issues associated with a first generation product, there lies a phone that is indeed radical in the way it approaches the concept of a smartphone. The Nothing Phone (1) is one of those very few phones that makes you fall in love with technology and everything that is great about it.

I know it sounds as if I am romanticizing a fancy midrange Android phone but the Nothing Phone (1) does so many things right that it makes me wait desperately for Nothing to fix its own internal manufacturing issues. After all, it is not everyday that a Rs. 33,000 smartphone gets to keep you going back to your Rs. 1.5 lakh iPhone 13 Pro Max. The Phone (1) takes on iPhone SE 3rd Gen, the Pixel 6a, and the myriad of “gaming phones” from Chinese brands, and after experiencing them all, I am not afraid to call this a flagship killer.

It is not everyday that you get to see a company spending a lot of money and efforts on just getting the design different. Vivo and Oppo have been entertaining us with gradient colours and colour-changing rears. Nothing simply removes that element with this semi-transparent rear. Yes, it incites the geek inside me, even though I know that's not how phone internals look like. The Phone (1) under its transparent glass rear shows interestingly shaped wireless charging coil, exposed screws, and that fancy LED notification light arrangement – the Glyph interface.

Before we dive into glyph, know that the Nothing Phone (1) looks great in white and stunningly stealthy in black. The flat