Nothing Phone (1) is Finally Available within the U.S.

Six months after Nothing initially debuted the Phone (1), it’s now obtainable for U.S. customers. The Nothing Phone (1) prices $300 and might be bought straight via the producer’s web site. But caveat emptor, shopping for this system means actively getting into a beta program.

Nothing is promoting the black model of the Phone (1) smartphone with brilliant white LED glyphs right here, versus its preliminary launch, which was white with white LEDs. This beta model of the cellphone runs Nothing OS 1.5 and Android 13 out of the field. It ships with 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and runs on a mid-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ processor.

All this time, the Phone (1) has solely been obtainable in Europe and Asia, although it did have the requisite 5G bands to work on T-Mobile for U.S. customers prepared to import the system. Nothing cautions that the cellphone gained’t work with all U.S. carriers. T-Mobile remains to be supported, however Verizon and AT&T subscribers ought to in all probability think about one thing else, because the cellphone’s solely appropriate with their 4G towers, that are much less ample since each networks began constructing their respective 5G protection.

The $300 value level may appear engaging for a smartphone that’s cool to have a look at. But except you’re actually in it for the get together trick of the bottom glyphs, heed the warning on Nothing’s website:

Please observe, the Phone (1)’s distributed are for testing functions. Whilst these are closing fashions, gadgets could not work with all US carriers. Since it is a Beta model of the software program, customers could expertise some limitations.

There are higher methods to spend your cash. The Google Pixel 6a, as an illustration, will get Android updates straight from its maker and makes use of the identical digital camera algorithms that energy the Pixel flagships. If you learn again to our Nothing Phone (1) evaluate, the twin 50-MP digital camera system is simply semi-capable in comparison with what else you may get for that value level.

As I discussed earlier, the Nothing Phone (1) launch within the U.S. is merely a beta, and you’re buying for the privilege of testing out the model’s price on this market. Plenty of Android diehards with cash to burn will doubtless discover themselves with this cellphone in hand. But there’s a cause the Nothing Phone ended up on our checklist of the most disappointing devices in 2022.