We already know that Nothing’s debut smartphone, the Phone 1, will come outfitted with a sequence of sunshine strips on its again. But now, due to an in-depth video from Marques Brownlee, we have now a a lot better thought of what they’ll really be helpful for. Brownlee’s video highlights a few completely different use instances, together with having the LEDs work as a charging indicator, highlighting unread notifications, or flashing in time with ringtones.

The strips, which Nothing is branding as its “glyph interface,” include a bit over 900 particular person LEDs embedded into the rear of the cellphone. Nothing CEO Carl Pei beforehand hinted in an interview with The Verge that they may function a contemporary tackle the basic smartphone notification LED, however now we have now a a lot better thought of how this can really work in observe.

Here’s an inventory of all of the options Brownlee’s video highlights:

• All strips gentle as much as present notifications.
• The central circle (squircle?) lights as much as point out wi-fi or reverse wi-fi charging.
• The backside gentle strip can act as a charging progress bar.
• All strips can gentle as much as function a fill gentle for the digital camera.
• All strips can flash in time with the cellphone’s 10 built-in ringtones.

Aside from the glyphs themselves, there’s additionally a purple LED that flashes when the cellphone is filming.

As a part of its advertising and marketing blitz, Nothing hasn’t been shy about exhibiting off the Phone 1 forward of its official launch on July twelfth. It confirmed off the design of the rear of the cellphone final week and has already launched a beta preview of its Android-based launcher, Nothing OS. Internally, we all know that the cellphone is working a Snapdragon processor, although different specs are but to be introduced. Expect that to vary as we get nearer to the July twelfth launch.