Nothing Phone (1) long-term review: 6 months later

This is Zach's experience with the Nothing Phone (1) after 6 months!
What are your thoughts?

Games I was playing:

[ShellymanStudios]

If the Nothing Phone (2) comes out this year, I think it's going to be a stellar phone ngl. Like all the foundation is there, it's just needed some polishing.

[captainkuijt]

I'm thinking of picking one up for the form factor alone. I hate the thin rounded edges most smartphones have. Apple is the only exception, but I don't like the restrictions in iOS.

[YakobtoshiNakamoto]

Downgrading from my Pixel 7 Pro to this. My 7 pro constantly crashes and the reviews for the Nothing 1 are pretty solid.

[afocagorda]

I have been on the android 13 beta, and the experience is awesome. Open apps appears to get very fast. Battery life is good. Very few bugs, that don't affect the experience. So far is a very good software experience. If they continue to focus on user experience they will get more and more users.

[vikramsid]

Ordered this device after using the pixel 2xl and 4xl. Side loaded the Google camera apk which makes up for the mediocre inbuilt camera and it's just great. Glad I went for it, the new models of pixel phones are still not completely 5g compatible and it just catches on to the network quickly. Flagship phones are getting too expensive, it's just not worth buying into them all the time.

[dcmaniac]

Been using this phone for more than 3mths as a daily driver, love this phone and nothing team

[extra]

Can’t wait to see what the Phone 2 will be like since Carl pei has said it’ll be a premium device and will have a proper US release

[lesnew]

I'm in the UK and picked one up about 2 weeks ago. I love it. Build quality, look, lights, everything is great except the face recognition. I'm afraid that sucks. Hoping an update will fix it. Other than that, great phone for the price. 👌

[blkin]

I feel that this company really has something special going for it!

[mcwink]

It's probably the longest phone I have kept. Normally I'm switching between premium Android phones but just love everything about the nothing phone. The form factor is excellent. Love the glyph . Software is great especially since android 13. Really fast now and camera good for my uses. Will be buying nothing phone 2

[SKimpy]

Got rid of my Pixel 6P, for Nothing when it came out. Love the phone. Just needs some more update tweaks and better camera, but so does every other phone.

[RonRon]

I am definitely enrolling in the beta membership I was already thinking of importing one so this is perfect for me

[xMelx]

Imagine have the light glyph on the border of the screen or in the middle of the lateral metal frame. Maybe that would be more practical instead of putting the screen facing down.

[MatrixMami]

I got this because it was affordable. I'm also in the US and using TMobile. No complaints, if anything the only thing that is underwhelming is the front face camera. My battery lasts all day. I will say that playing rhythm games has been a little lack luster, I haven't found a way to calibrate the touch screen sensitivity which is a little annoying. Also the photos are a bit frustrating as well as the nothing phone only uses Google apps which are not my favorite especially when it comes to pictures and backing up pics. Despite these small gripes, I do love this phone but it could be better. I understand it was not meant for US use but I picked up over the Pixel 7 and I want to see what else they have the to offer.

[sputnikirvin]

I feel like it would be extra cool if they'll replace the front screen bezel with just LED glyph style for their next gen phone

[colinkiama]

Thanks for listing the games you were playing. They looked pretty fun!

[amosmontessori]

I just got mine today July 2023, brand new out of the box black color edition, as a regular phone and the way I use it, for 260 us I'm more than pleased with it

[Shadow_of_origin]

Literally got mine today there's definitely some features the ui could use but it's minor

[billyjmcbee]

Got the NothingPhone(1) less than a week ago. Came from the OnePlus (Nord2 5G PacMan Edition, OnePlus Nord 1st Gen, also a variety of iPhone devices before optioning for the NothingPhone - love the minimalistic aspect of it, some stuff which i hoped i'd find aren't there but i guess i can live without them such as more customizable options for the Glyphs, or better Screenshot Options, etc... What i am slightly worried about is the Ringtones; every time i select a ring tone the phone duplicates the chosen mp3 - from my 10 old time favorite ringtones which have been with me for the past ten years now, i've ended up with a duplication of 20, and i have no idea if i am doing something wrong or if it is a glitch. Apart from that, the phone ringtone is loud whilst other notifications sound pretty low and can barely hear these. I wish that the volume buttons could be able to only adjust the media volumes like in most android phones nowadays. Anyhow, i do bear in mind that the Nothing phone doesn't quite bring much profit to the company and i really appreciate this!

[balail]

I've heard about problems with sound quality over headphones, both wired and wireless. Any comment on that would be very much appreciated as I'm a heavy music consumer, and that can make or break a phone for me.