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Review on Smartphone Nothing Phone (1) 8/256 GB, Dual nano SIM, white by Michal Wjcik ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The right product for me, the price suited me.

This phone's direct competitor is the safely boring Samsung Galaxy S21FE. With the same price tag, the Korean has a better screen (LTPO), an SD 888 processor, an IP68 rating for tightness and cameras. Nothing Phone (1) can be chosen for its non-standard look and personal loyalty to Karl Pei. The hype and pathos clearly did not play into the hands of the company. Instead of rethinking the use of the phone, creating their own ecosystem and a new approach, people got a regular phone with flashing lights on the back. Nothing clashed with reality here: - You can't revolutionize user experience by building a phone on an operating system that dictates to the user the experience you're fighting against. - You can't create something original and still stay within the budget of the middle segment. One need only look at the first renderings of Nothing Phone (1), as well as Nothing Ears (1), to understand that what rolled off the assembly line is a huge compromise between desire and reality. - You can't create your own ecosystem. To do this, you need a scale that implies the involvement of many parties and standards. Nothing is very similar to Andy Rubin's Essential. The same mission, the same ideas and principles. Where is Essential now? (Answer: Bankrupt, assets bought out by Nothing).

Pros
  • - Bright 120Hz OLED display. - Almost pure Android without the dominance of applications and customizations from the manufacturer - Wireless charging with reverse charge capability - Unusual appearance of the rear panel (it looks more advantageous in white version) - Good NFC module. No need to put the phone close to a certain place for payment, just bring it up. - A good pragmatic combination of hardware (provided that you are not a mobile gamer) - Glossy film on the phone from the factory.
Cons
  • - The quality of photos and videos. Here, rather, questions to the software, and not to the hardware. They try to solve problems with ates (I have version 1.1.6), but the ideal is still far away. - The screen is not LTPO. It does not know how to dynamically change the refresh rate and is shorted to 120Hz or 60Hz - Wooden vibration motor. After the iPhone, you want to turn it off and never turn it on again. - No eSim support. Uncritical, but in modern phones I would like to see. - No water protection, only dust and splash protection (IP53) I would like to see at least IP67. - Face recognition is just for show. Works only on the camera. In good conditions, it performs its function, but when the lighting is not ideal, the process turns into flour. I noticed that when MirPay was turned on, it was recognized by the face, it starts to hang and does not work, even if the phone is unlocked. The problem went away as soon as I turned off face recognition. - The absence of any significant innovations that you expect to see after such a big hype. I would have been more pleased with the color LED indicator on the front.