I like these! - Nothing Phone (1)
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
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Nothing has finally released their long-awaited (and hyped up) Phone (1). Is it all flash, or did Carl Pei launch the next big thing?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 The obvious joke
0:13 Unboxing
0:47 Comparing black and white
1:19 Thoughts on the Glyphs
1:55 Exterior impressions
2:36 Speaker impressions
2:57 It fits an iPhone 13 max case!
3:58 NothingOS complaints
6:21 Phone specs and impressions
7:57 Who is Nothing?
8:21 The most important feature to Linus
9:07 Phone haptics
9:43 Camera impressions
11:08 Glitches, quirks, and problems experienced
12:18 Yes, Linus dropped the phone
12:35 NothingOS thoughts continued
13:17 Battery life impressions
14:04 Trying AirPod integration
14:37 Overall thoughts
15:03 Sponsor - dbrand
16:15 Outro - Věda a technologie
Did... Did we have an entire phone impressions video where Linus didn't mention if it had a 3.5mm headphone jack in it or not? I guess he's finally accepting defeat ;-;
We've moved on to lack of an included charging brick
Honestly headphone jack is a make or break deal for me. If your phone doesn't have one, it's instantly off of my consideration list. I do not like wireless headphones and the headaches that come with them, the big one being the limited life span and cost to keep replacing them every handful of years. I would rather have a solid pair of wired headphones, that are reasonably priced and will last longer than a couple of years.
ppl gave up yes. Dont care for wireless either. I won some airpods pro in a contest but the charging, stupid case and complexity, when i only use it in say a train...Also if i was gonna use em while im running I haft to carry my phone anyway. And i use only my Garmin watch, phone carrying hard pass.
I just automatically assumed the phone had a headphone jack because it wasn't mentioned.
I really wanted this phone.
You guys are weird if you dont have the dongle just permanently attached to your “on-the-go” headphones by now. Not being able to charge while listening to the device is such a non issue that everyone has blown way out of proportion.
It’s actually a genius move selling hardly any of these but making sure every single tech reviewer is covering the phone heavily. It’s less of a product launch and more an extended marketing campaign that should pay off when their next product has a much wider release
Reminds me of the OnePlus One launch tbh. Limited numbers, great phone for the price, and loads of attention and coverage. Then make the phones easier to get as the company grows and the reputation is already there.
Where did you see they aren’t making many of these phones? I know they’re not selling them in North America, but that’s likely more because of the complications with US carriers than it is about creating a hype train
Yep and actually does look like a decent phone with nice software and a very good price (with apparently more shit to come), Right up my street as an android user for sure! With a little hint of iPhone lol I'm cool with that, As long as I don't get a hint of IOS xD God that sucks.
@@TMW_ShadowStarr The unboxing experience is even the same, the OnePlus One also came in a cardboard sleeve with a pull tab
What? You realize its literally not fully released. That comes later this month. This is not the release, this is literally how samsung and apple do it
Those "functions" or the lack of them are from Android 12 itself 😅 but yeah, nothing has some cool design to the public, and a stock Android experience in hands
@@cgplays9 ué, não tava sabendo que era proibido kkkkk
Upgradeable to Android 13
"You can enable OEM unlocking" HELL YEAH! This. This is what I was hoping. Every single phone now seems to make it impossible to unlock it. Which sucks, because I keep my phone until it breaks most of the time, which means I stop getting software updates before I switch. I used to solve that problem with LineageOS, but with newer smartphones that's impossible now.
This is why I'm pretty much sticking to my aging Xiaomi A1. The A3 was just bad though with the display downgrade.
Ever since Google had the Pixel "A" phones they stopped pushing OEMs to make open phones :(
@@ayuchanayuko xiomi Redmi for me this shit is a beauty for $200 honestly the best phone I have ever had
oem unlocking / unlocking the bootloader means you won't be able to run your bank apps if you install a custom rom
My criteria when I was searching for a phone a month ago were: unlockable bootloader, 3.5 mm jack and oled screen.
@@yaago my bank and cash apps work just fine though (even the stupid mcdonalds app). Running magisk with Zygisk/Shamiko/Universal SafetyNet Fix.
Hey Linus, double clicking the lock button brings up the wallet app. Its not exactly useful since the app comes up automatically when the phone gets close to a NFC payment device, but it does something.
I use it all the time in different countries as it’s faster to make payments, as not every device has a strong NFC signature to open the wallet preemptively. This way I double tap, authenticate (looking at the screen for unlocking payments) and tap the device anywhere needed to make payments, saving some seconds. I wish, however, I didn't had to do it.
Soooo like an iPhone
I knew the double tap opened Apple Pay but I've never experienced it automatically open when near and NFC payment device. Interesting but seems like it would be a bit useless since you still have to hold it toward your face to unlock apple pay though.
Not it doesn’t do it automatically everywhere, it’s not really that secure because someone can easily just hold up a portable card reader next to your phone while you’re using it.
Even where it is automatic, you still use it for loyalty cards that don’t use NFC
Actually, you might have a ton of stuff in your wallet that is not NFC based.
Also, not only is the double click taken, but there are two other methods to open the camera on an iPhone that never-used-an-iphone-Linus glanced over: back tap, and swiping in the direction of the icon he was holding instead of, well, holding it.
With how easy it is to actually criticize something about iPhones or other Apple devices, it's amazing how often LMG manages to point out something that is just wrong instead.
Gotta love that surprise ending when part of the set tries to take Linus out!
I suspect dBrand was involved 🤣
@@kwisatzsawyer they did edit it out of the main video, it's like a post credit blooper
Spoiler, looking forward to it, though
And that's why they're supposed to keep these clips short. Any longer and the set starts to break down!
One thing the back lights of the phone can sort of bring back is the different colored leds that phones used to have by the ear speaker. I used to religiously use my multi colored led to tell what kind of notification i had.
About quickly switching between bluetooth audio devices: you can do it on oneplus phones (and probably other androids too) it's just a bit hidden. When you turn up/down audio and the bar appears, you press the icon above the bar and then you can choose an output device.
On my android you can fimf this function in the drag down notification menu
THIS, it even looked like the nothing phone has that as well, the button is there at least (above the slider)
I started wondering about that too, because I actually use that function A LOT. It's super useful.
OnePlus USED to alow this function. But as a fool I upgraded to Android 13 and my OnePlus8T LOST the ability to do this. I was (am) so mad. Also my non OEM 65W warp charchers no longer work. after the Update. Only OEM chargers do.
On my OnePlus 7T, it is Very easy to switch between connected devices. Hit the volume button and then hit the top symbol which is "Media Output". Then just scroll through all your media devices and select what you want. Nearly perfect and exactly what Linus described.
Read this on my 7t I've had for 2 years and just learned this now, thank you lol
Haha also on the 7T here, is it only us who have this ability? :p
I have it too on my OnePlus 9rt
Also a oppo + sister brands function
It's not only a 7t thing, it also works on my Nord :)
I remember the old days of Android when you could customize the RGB LEDs on the back of your phone for different apps so you always knew what the notification corresponded to.
Yeah, have that on my samsung galaxy note 3. Blue or green for different messages. And red when charging. I thought there was a phone model(dunno which brand) from last year(or maybe 2020)that had an LED notif light.
@@johnlucas6683 Probably Sony
My Fairphone 3 has an RGB LED left to the ear piece. But it's already older than 3 years.
"old days" tell that to my Sony :D
@@dragan3010 you know I meant when most phones had RGB LEDs that were programmable.
Hey Linus, For Apple, in accessibility you can set “double tap” back of the device to open camera or any other shortcut or app.
Also by default double tapping the power button opens Apple Pay, so it does do something
Also, you don’t need to look at the device. You just have to wake the lock screen. Personally, i think the swipe in from the right is faster and more reliable than long pressing the icon.
@@ezn i'm still using an Xs and 3D Touch is the quickest way, you just press hard
@@ser_igel i miss 3d touch :;(
Keep in mind this was posted during the “Quantity over quality” era of LMG, so mistakes or misinformation in videos around this time is pretty high and pretty common
The only thing it seems to be missing which I love on OP is a dedicated ring/vibrate/silence slider. Use that so often.
This looks like a solid contender for replacing my OP6t though.
THIS! I have a OP 7T and I use it all the time
YES! I use this nearly everyday.
I use it a lot to just quickly slide the notification slider in my pocket when I'm in a meeting.
Super effortless, and don't need to awkwardly take my phone out during the meeting.
Seeing the battery percentage and estimated left time in the settings is actually a stock android 12 and 13 feature. Overall they haven't changed much
they literally added lights and everyone is going crazy about it
There are custom roms that add more to android than this phone.
@@ramengod5768 But lights make thing to faster. It's faster than downloading more RAM.
Man you could've wrote "they changed nothing"
and 10
The whole notification swipe thing exists in untouched Android as well, it just happens to be a problem because the fingerprint reader is in-screen. They should've changed it though. Screenshot scrolling is also a vanilla Android thing as well.
Yeah, a lot of the os stuff he mentioned (double tap lock for camera as well) is stock android behavior, same as my pixel.
Yup. Seems he doesn't like stock Android 12. Though to be honest, I'm a long time Android user and I have gripes about Android 12. Like the notification quick options are too big and the new audio adjustment interface. Worst offender for me is it now takes extra taps to turn off wi-fi because the menu is now internet combining mobile and Wi-Fi
@@viatorvoice It was the same for me, but thankfully you can (for now?) revert that bs google decision. Google "Bring back the Wi-Fi and Mobile data Quick Settings tiles in Android 12 using these ADB commands"
@@lupalos12345 or alternatively I got some app that gives you a separate Wi-Fi toggle and use that. It's free and ad free
@@viatorvoice I noticed Linus is clearly out of touch with android 12. He's completely fallen for Samsung's stay in our ecosystem tricks, where even if it's not my preferred means, I can adapt. Then again he always slags about Sony Xperia and the back versus app nav buttons and doesn't seem to realize that's stock Android and Google is trying to force is to gestures. You can use side sense to give you that back (previous) nearly anywhere on the screen you desire.
This is really cool for people who don’t hear well. My grandma has hearing problems and sometimes doesn’t hear the phone ringing. But these lighting effects would surely get her attention!
I'm currently still using an LG G5, and it uses "double click 'volume down' to quick-open the camera" which is quite similar to what you brought up regarding double-clicking the lock button to open the camera on the Nothing Phone.
I might be due for an upgrade at this point, and this phone is on my radar now.
I didn't realise it was that well priced, thats instantly made me more interested. Hopefully its an worthy successor to OnePlus
I just really want it because i loved the Essential phone. I love the square shaped design but hate apple products so I'm probably going to try swapping from my one plus to this once you can buy it
@@leaphymoon9881 Same here. Went from OnePlus One to Essential PH1, now using a OnePlus 8Pro.
For the Nothing, the design looks good, the hardware sturdy, the software clean, and the price competitive.
I hope the community will step and bring LineageOS for this device for it to be useful for many years to come.
@@alfkocli I just need to wait for it be available in the us
@@alfkocli Paranoid Android is coming to nothing phone so Lineage must be coming too
@@leaphymoon9881 doesn't look like it's coming
I feel like a lot of the things he attributed to the phone are actually just standard android 12 things. Eg; scrolling screenshots, gesture navigation, battery remaining time in settings
Except the battery left thing, I've had those features on my OnePlus 7 since 2020
I have pixel, and android 12 allows me to switch between bt and speaker right from sound menu, also it allows me to edit (crop and doodle) and send screenshots directly.
Double tap for camera launch is also available plus better photos.
It's better to go for pixel if you want android
@@mohammedalam1361 also it costs less here, 500 vs 465
Agree. Most of the features mentioned are the pixel experience.
@@mohammedalam1361 pixel aint stock android it has MANY extra features
I actually like the conversational and exploratory tone of this video. too many of the new review videos from chanels and creators I actually really like are becoming too commercial and polished. it seems fake and dramatic when others do that. 10/10 for me. it came off personal and real
The Bluetooth headphone options from the sound settings would definitely be an awesome feature.
Present in my oneplus Nord n100
One plus has it. Damn
@@fusa9686 apparently so does mine, I just realized that. Thanks for mentioning it!
@@hiddenloaf2302 Pretty sure its an android 12+ thing. Mine is ArrowOS, so mostly stock android 12 and also has it.
samsung also has this, though it is not in the volume menu but instead underneath the bleutooth toggle in the notification screen.
To comment on the screenshot sharing conudrum, you have to tap on the *picture* of the screenshot to enter the quick editing mode in stock android Linus. That allows for quick markup, cropping, and sharing all from one screen! Hope this helps, (if it gets seen)
Seen 👍
Doesn't work like that on the Phone (1) unfortunately. No matter if I tap the picture or the edit button, I always get prompted to choose an app to edit the image...
@@jullit31 is there app called Markup? That's built-in basic image editor for cropping/making notes, you can share out of it immediately
@@niter43 No, only Google Photos and some apps I installed...
@@jullit31 true, you can pick a default app, and then it'll go directly to app and then it will depend on that apps features
That looks like a stock android experience. My pixel 6 does literally every one of the things you pointed out. Though the back button isn't there, all you have to do is swipe from right to left or left to right to go back.
yeah, i was gonna say, looks like android on my pixel 4a
Yep, a lot of people are saying it's a tweaked PIxel experience and that isn't a bad thing at all
the same for my galaxy s10, gotta say that the price is the best thing with Nothing compare to the giant Samsung
Nothing is not built by Google at least. But it uses mostly stock android so it's still controlled by Google anyways. So I guess yeah, no difference there.
But I think price is a big difference. Nothing Phone seems a lot more affordable.
@@RandomnessCreates Honestly the Pixel needs some tweaking, it's actually buggier than One UI or Oxygen OS in my experience.
You can enable double/tripple tapping the back to open the camera app under Accessibility > Touch > Back tap for easier access.
I would like to see those cons you just put in this vlog in a new debunk of the new Phone 1. All those software bugs just went away after the 1.5 stable update and you need to appreciate they came up with the improvements in a 6 months period. Well, 6 months sounds like a lot of time but this is the 4th update of Nothing OS and the mere 6 months is a short period actually to collect all feedback from users and make a 100% fix for the New Year Bash. Great Job done Nothing team, I must add.
I have to say I love dbrands marketting, their snarky humour really makes me laugh, though I am afraid they're slowly going insane. Dbrand ad reads are becoming some of my favorite parts of linus videos
it's also the very casual relationship they have with Linus and LMG people.
Bought a grip case for my current phone because of years of this shit.
This one, paired with the playstation sidings, and the puzzle they they sent to them, its all honestly hilarious
Slowly going insane? They're robots. They were programed to be insane 😁
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There is a mistake you made Linus, 9:05 , double press open Apple Pay, maybe you did not configure it, it is used often. And you can just open camera by swipe.
was looking for this lol
Yep, and just swiping left brings up the camera-easy to do without looking. I don understand his frustration though, the choice would be nice.
a double click of the power button slows down the sleep as it has to double check that your not trying to access the double click functionality.
Apple Pay is a lot useful than camera.
@@Thecomicish does that rlly matter? On my samsung the phone goes to sleep like 0.5s after pressing the button anyway 😂
i’ve been wanting one of these but this video has definitely convinced me of it!!
I agree that double tap for camera is genius. I changed my s22 ultra to double tap for flashlight and hold for camera with routines. I did it to my families phones too and they LOVE IT! can you change that for iPhone with shortcuts or something? also the comment about the audio output changing made me mad because Samsung use to have something like that but it seems to be missing with the new update!
*Omg those photos at **0:06**... LMAO.* Btw, Please hire Colton.
Just a small side note, you can swipe left on iOS lockscreen to also open the camera, but yes, double press of a power button is probably still faster.
you can still add the double tap gesture in touch settings to tap the back of the phone twice and open the camera
On iPhone I don't mind though, because double power button opens apple pay, which I actually use sometimes. I wouldn't mind a setting though to change the behavior so that it doesn't HAVE to do it that way. Idk how you would use apple pay without that though... I guess you'd have to open the app?
@@HearMeLearn the configurable double and triple tap setting is when you tap the phone from the back, not on the power/home button.
You literally just tap the screen to wake and swipe on iOS lol it’s not that hard nor time consuming
@@JakubVacek42 no apple pay is double click the power button
Ill definitely look out for further progress on this brand. Nice review
The flashing light patterns for notification can be really useful for people with hearing impairment, I reckon
It is. I wish other phones would be made with that feature. Just to have the choice.
There is no need for special hardware for this feature for example Xiaomi devices already have something like this without special hardware u can set the edges of the screen to light up whenever u get a message (u can customise color ofc)
This honestly feels like the spiritual successor to OnePlus, which makes sense given who’s running Nothing (the company).
Hopefully doesnt turn to crap like OnePlus
Don't read my name.....
@@pistolfied imagine still wanting a jack
@@FlopFan69 Imagine not having options. Couldn't be me.
Well it basically is OnePlus. And I would guess it will take the same direction. Get big Fanbase, take money and leave
I know OnePlus has fallen to the wayside lately but my OnePlus 7t has the option to quickswitch between Bluetooth devices like Linus wants at 12:35
My 6t has it too. It's a good feature to have
Samsung got quick output switch too with the new oneUI .. best feature they did in long time.
My OnePlus 9 Pro has this too - it's not a standard Android feature? 😳
@@koocha I think its Android12 feature, but some brands tend to disable good stuff or delay them to bring them worse :D .
Yep my 7T Pro has it too.
12:35 my Motorola does that in a way, if you press the 3 dots then you can tap the media volume and get a list of currently connected devices and paired ones you can connect to, but this only seems to work if you have audio playing.
A lot of the animation complaints are also in the pixel, so it sounds like a stock android issue rather than a nothing OS issue. This is very VERY close to stock android and that pleases me. Hope this comes to NA soon. Thanks for reviewing!
OnePlus has it set up so that when you change the volume, right above the volume level there's a quick menu to change your output device which is pretty cool, so they do technically do that
Samsung does also have it. I don't know if it's stock, but with sound assistant you can
Hey Linus just a FYI! The drawing gesture to launch apps/functions was present during Carl Pei's time at One Plus. I had it on my One Plus 2. You could draw a "O" to launch the camera app, a "V" to turn on the flashlight and even media controls with drawing a "||" with two fingers pausing or playing the track and "< " or ">" for next track.
Honestly, I really loved these drawing gestures as they work with your phone screen off and you can do it without looking. The flashlight shortcut is especially useful if you are using it in a tight space and only have one hand available and the music shortcut meant I could just reach into my pocket and change tracks and stuff without pulling my whole phone out. But like you said more options are always nice! (On the topic of buttons launching the camera app can someone other than Sony please make a dedicated camera button???? Honestly rather have that then a dedicated smart assistant key like so many phones)
My Nord 2 does the same, and the 2 also had the option to open the camera with a doubletap of the power button.
I do agree, I quite liked the gesture on my OnePlus 3T. However, since swapping to Pixel Experience, holding the power button with the phone off to turn on the flashlight is a much easier to use experience. I always used to end up turning my flaslight on accidentally in my pocket, but I don't know if that was a common issue or not.
When i had a Samsung s20 (worst phone ive ever used) i had an app that reconfigured the bixby button to whatever you wanted, at the time i used it to open spotify so i could change songs without looking at the screen while driving
And it's been around much longer than even that. You could get cheap Amazon $100 phones that had that feature years ago
yeah my gt Neo 3 has the same
Also moto’s chop chop to turn on the flashlight is life changing.
I got the nothing phone yesterday and i love it. I would recomend it for sure👍
Few issues that are mentioned here like animation weirdness, screenshot annoyances, are partly due to the AOSP Android 12 which they based their OS upon. AOSP 12(and above) has been problematic with regards to Launcher animations (anything 'Quickstep' related specifically) since Day1 (No wonder pixel was buggy).
I won't say 'at the moment', Nothing OS is like 'current oxygen os (pre oos12)' because Oxygen OS (pre-12) was kinda heavily (but extremely tastefully, practically, clean-ly) modified with so many features that are ACTUALLY useful, whereas right now, nothing feels more like Lineage OS/Pixel Experience.
I'm looking forward to see it evolve to the Oxygen OS everyone visioned to be like since years.
The Nothing launcher doesn't support QuickStep so the gestures are android's joke of a compatibility mode
Personally, I really miss the notifications LED's that were on the s3. It was a great way to tell what a notification was by the color, without having to turn on the screen, and was so much better than the always on display for battery life. And unlike this system, it worked with a case on the phone
I think there's a transparent case included
AOD notify does that nowadays around the hole punch camera
I guess people just forget that Sony still makes high end phones with notification LEDs, Micro SD card slot AND headphone jack.
If only they can use the extra real state on the screen, or idk. Glue an extra screen just for notifs and shortcuts-- Oh wait...
@@xcbrr50 LG....
Im sure someone else already said it but you can swipe from the left side instead of the long press for camera on iphone. If the phone screen isnt woke up and is dark two swipes or a tap and then swipe opens camera.
Samsung already does that quick switch between bluetooth devices if you swipe down the notification bar n tap media output. And it keeps your frequently connected devices in the quick menu for quick connecting or switching
12:40 in Android 12 that's actually made really easy natively already. When audio is playing, the audio panel in QuickSettings/Notifications includes a playback device switcher in its upper right corner
Doesn't work for CZcams tho
@@BakaOctopus it does... doesnt youtube show up with media controls for you?
@@pu239 Gotta remember that CZcams app functionality is different for each carrier, brand, phone model, time of day, what planets are in alignment so not all functionality is guaranteed
@Carl Gunderson Some Android Custom Roms Include Exactly that functionality, just like linus described it
EMUI from HUAWEI has had this for ages hehehe
You can change Bluetooth device from the media output option when you click on the volume botton ...it is in OnePlus as well 14:00
For me this is one of those phones where I think it’s incredibly neat and cool, although I’m more than happy to wait for another iteration just to get all the software fully flexed out
12:45 That is one swipe down and click away on 1UI 4.1, provided you have those on and connected otherwise you have to first press to connect (but that’s also available right there)
0:06 had me rolling. Nicely played editor, nicely played.
I had to scroll so far to find a comment about this, which I don't understand cause it's brilliant. The editor deserves some love :p
8:50 I had a similar reaction at how to launch the camera app from the lock screen when I recently upgraded to an iPhone 13
Then I discovered you can swipe left to open the camera app on an iPhone (without looking at the FaceID sensor), which works well enough
swipe left been working for many years now no need to look at it , he not using apple , so he doesn't know :)
Getting the Nothing Phone for my birthdays brother and it's coming tomorrow!! I'm pretty excited to see it for myself :D
I really enjoyed the user experience of the OnePlus 5 back then and this device looks like it provides a clean experience.
There's a back double and triple tap option on the iPhone. Triple tap is very reliable.
You can configure them however you want.
I use to turn run a "Turn on "Don't Disturb"" Shortcut. Helped when I'm in a sudden meeting with my professors.
I had a morotola G back on 2015, and their camera shortcut was by far the best I've ever used. You had to tip your phone forward and back and it would open your camera app. They also had a flashlight shortcut where you just made a chopping motion
i have a moto g100 and both of those shortcuts are a no-brainer, they are so good
I miss thechopping motion flashlight gesture from my old Motorola.
Both of which are still features in the newest motos
On my phone (LG V30) I just downloaded an app to get the chop for flashlight
I miss that, I used to have a Z2 Play and that was useful af
16:27 Proof the crew is finally trying to end linus' tyranny any chance they can. 😂
It looked like it hurt a bit too.
Screenshot and share works just fine, share button is on top right when you edit the image
The audio output switch you were talking about at around 13:00 does exist on some phones. My OnePlus Nord N10 running Oxygen OS 11 has it so I'm surprised it isn't in Nothing's OS.
Being a Briton, I was so thrown back at 7:43 when the prices were in pound sterling. I got so used to hearing dollars that I didn't expect it!
@Carl Gunderson yes, I noticed. I have to say, that's quite surprising, especially since the amount of potential consumers in North America is absolutely massive.
Edit: do you have any speculation as to why it hasn't launched for the United States and Canada?
*Br't's'
@@JamesLikesCoffee well, Pei started up Nothing in the UK, so it wouldn't be the same reason as why certain Chinese company phones aren't in US & Canada. As a small start up, in the UK, it probably just cost less to start with the UK, EU market. US Canadian carriers have made it that much harder and more expensive to penetrate the NA market. The big players can afford the carrier deals and accept carrier bloat. Cutting that bloat is part of the cost savings and experience on a phone like the Nothing.
Just look at the mess Sony has gone through pulling out of the NA market and slow return and they're still not back in Canada and many SA. If the majority of North Americans would buy unlocked phones out right or on their credit card and also maybe better regulated the carriers, then it would be different. Instead the majority in their attempt to be cheap, have encouraged the situation where we all pay more. So many are under water, they can't afford to buy even the most budget phone outright to change this situation. It's not just phones. American class bias is such people refuse to give up their middle class lifestyle long enough to improve their finances, because heaven forbid anyone think they're poor. Basically the majority of Americans live beyond their means and are classist liars. It was a 💡moment for me why so many morons on the net seem to think the I spent more $, so I'm superior to you argument on the net exists. When if you really looked into their finances, they're morons, when they're not just outright fantasists, liars and trolls.
back to phones, Americans pays more for their service and pays more in monthly payments on carrier deals & they do think that's cheaper than buying the phone, because they're either too poor or they can't do math.
@@bipbop3121 wow, gotta say that was a lot more of an in-depth answer than I expected, but a happy surprise nonetheless. I suppose socioeconomic status is a key factor, but I didn't actually realise that 'Nothing' was set up here in the United Kingdom. Thanks for the insight!
@@JamesLikesCoffee British phone innit
Funny, a lot of the complaints Linus had are actually stock Android "issues".
Same with the good features. This phone is pretty close to stock Android like the Pixel 6 (Pro).
Hotspot should have its own Quick Access button below for easy enabling and disabling. (I guess those two big things at the top are NothingOS stuff?)
Image editing looks slightly different but overall behaves the same on Android 12. (closing after editing)
Double Press lock button for Camera is a Android (12) thing in stock.
The touch navigation is also stock, same with the removal of the option for 2 button style or changing the 3 button order. (iirc removed in Android 10-11 already.)
On the BT suggestion, this looks to be a stock volume setting, so with Android 12 there is actually a option where you can select where an app plays its audio, if you have multiple BT devices connected.
Battery time remaining is also a stock Android 12 feature.
Came here to say this. Alot of it is just stock, and in typical Google fashion they are all valid issues which Google has changed things for change sake and in turn made it worse. Linus is used to using OneUI on Samsung which is now arguably better than stock, a weird turn of events.
Which is why I love(d) OxygenOS so much. The only changes they made enhanced stock Android experience, and there are only a handful of customizations that were lacking and those were all fixed with a root (which I always do anyway) and GravityBox.
Ya but the screen shot sharing issue isn't a thing on my pixel you can share after editing, and the Bluetooth switching option is there if you scroll down to from the top and click the top right of now playing where it shows you were the sound is coming from. I will be honest with you I'm not sure if those are pixel things because I have not used a truly AOSP rom in a while since I've been on a pixel.
@@ChazTyldsley outside of the wallpaper this looked identical to my pixel 6. Notifications, system settings, screen shots -- all of it is stock android. I wish they would have improved on this because stock android isn't amazing. But hey, maybe this phone's fingerprint reader will actually work and maybe its wifi will consistently work without dying and not telling you, because my pixel 6 is complete garbage.
@@ChazTyldsley Yep, everything Linus mentioned is feature of Samsung OneUI.
Samsung has essentially fixed Android issues on their phone for year now. Even Samsung is the one forcing Google to improved supporting tablet and foldable devices. One UI isn't perfect but at least they care more than Google with their stock Android UI.
(kinda) compatibility with iPhone cases is actually great. A little time with a drill and file lets you use specific cases like quad-lock.
On the iPhone If holding down the camera button is inconvenient all you have to do is swipe right. You don’t even need to press the power button. You can use the raise to wake feature and swipe right or tap the screen to turn it on and swipe right
I love the energy of the video, and even the DBrand sponsorship was entertaining.
Hey Linus again, everything you said about the interface is from AOSP, they are available on Google devices, the battery remaining time, OEM unlocking etc.. This is stock Android. You used to Samsung One UI that's why you're impressed.
I was so confused since I'm a Pixel user, thanks for pointing that out. Weird that Samsung doesn't have some of these features...
@@rjpearson it's not weird ;) I was unlucky enough to try some of their phones in the past 5 years, and their software is just... Well, it's worse to have it than to be on stock Android - that should be enough said! A pity that LG closed their mobile division, V30 was a great phone!
Was going to say my LG from 2018 does these things...
@@bajter yeah, not a huge fan of Samsung from prior phones I had but it still is surprising that basic Android features in stock Android are removed for One UI...
@@rjpearson Samsung also has most of the features except OEM unlocking
12:50 Already a thing on every Google Pixel device since I think Android 11. But instead of doing it over the volume buttons, you have to drag down the notification shade and select the device within the player menu.
Same thing with the screenshot editing and sharing. That's also a standard feature since android 10 or 11 I think and would be really easy for Nothing to implement.
On the iPhone you don't have to look at the device to get to the camera. Just pick it up and swipe the screen to the left and whabam the camera is there
Quick correction for opening the camera app from the lock screen on the iPhone - you can just slide the screen to the left. And you don’t have to look at it.
And the double tap on the lock-button is bound to apple pay, little correction ;D
Imagine getting all angry about something while being so wrong about the thing you got angry about. :D
@@sounddriver9894 You can remap the back tap tho.
Correction, he didn't swipe to the left, he just literally pressed the camera icon on the lockscreen. Which was not wrong.. just an alternative from swiping.. lol
Been a while since I've dailied an iPhone. Guess I'm rusty! - LS
OxygenOS's handling of Bluetooth audio devices was possibly one of my favorite features. Even auto-switching behavior and easy access to changing devices without having media playing just made the entire experience very seamless.
To be fair, you only have to swipe right on the iPhone's lock screen to activate the camera.
That's on literally every Phone
and on all android phones I've ever used
The vibration motors in the Galaxy S9/S9+ also give awesome feedback when you type or receive a call. Regardless, the first thing you should do, imo, when you start using a new phone is to disable the vibration functionality. Your battery will thank you, especially if you are a heavy texter.
Woah Linus appearing on ShortCircuit more often! I like it.
Only for the universe to try to take him out at the end. 😀
DBrand actually made me laugh with the something case. Well done DBrand 😆
8:55 for iphone you can just wake the screen and swipe to the left from the right edge, no unlock needed, no long press needed. So power button and then swipe and ur off or raise up and swipe.
My moto Z4 allows switching connected Bluetooth devices from the volume slider. Camera can be opened anytime by shaking the phone, flashlight by twisting.
For the Bluetooth switching in volume, I use an app called volume styles that has Bluetooth device switching built into the volume bar
Great first look/review! And it seems like the majority of Linus' annoyances with the OS are essentially the same as it seems to be almost exact with the stock Android 12. Very suttle differences they made.
He completely glossed over the "unique" feature of the phone though, because he didn't see himself using it? I have no idea from this review if there is more to those lights than the "who is calling" feature. The review is 15 minutes of talking about stuff that is similar across alot of android devices, especially ones with near-stock OSs.
Hey Linus, I have an "edge panel - smart selection" in my A22 that allows me to take a screenshot basically like a regular PC screenshot: you select region, press done, then can quickly edit, remove text, etc. and then share.
Might be useful for you :D
I also like the white Nothing better. I chose my A22 white. Partially did want something with more character, but I also got deceived by the lighting in the store and thought the white one was like a "Pearlescent" type of thing. It's not, lol. But still looking nice. Even though now I put a black case on it.
Anyway, the Nothing white version looks like a phone a Stormtrooper would have. The black one is nice, but it would've been cool if it had some lighter grey to match and mix and you could see more details.
Regardless, both look fine, albeit the Apple-y design around.
If I were Nothing, I would also up the price 50-100 more to include dual decent quality speakers, and then just try to maintain the price (with a bit of design change maybe) and sell the same phone and keep updating internal hardware through the years for newer and keep improving and updating the software, most of all. Like if someone bought a Nothing today, they could have it for 4 years and it would be more or less ok.
I also find it funny that you say "I'm right handed and use the back button a lot", which I do too, yet I suffered through all the years of Samsung making the orientation the other way because it's just not logical to me lol. Like, you read and write from left to right, then go back on the left. Samsung be like no bitch, go back on the right. Now with the A22 I'm happy I could swap them over. On the other hand, I hated the gestures with the bar. The fact that the "spectrum" of animation/gesture is not wide enough that you have to be more precise, just slows you down imo. At that point just use buttons like before.
PS: fucking dbrand lmao
I've worked for a major carrier for 8 years, and it's been a very long time since i've seen something that made me think "Oh, that's kinda neat".
Edit: Really just the clear glass backplate. Looks kinda fun
Regarding 12:37, ZenUI allows it from their volume controls to switch audio devices. Not only that, you can also switch the equaliser. Most of the settings found missing in nothing OS are already present in ZenUI, hope you review it when Zenfone 9 launches.
12:50 Samsung does somewhat allow you to add a quick audio output switcher using their sound assistant app, but it only works for quick switching between your phone and the most recently connected audio device....
Was gonna say this same thing
@@tomasmartinez8620 same lmao
Not just somewhat, it does exactly that. You can even connect multiple bluetooth devices and broadcast to all of them at once and customize the volume for each one individually.
@@scrp1o now that is something I didnt know and will most definitely try. Thats awesome
So does stock Android.
Pixel 6 has it and pixel 4a 5g had it when android 12 came out.
With Nova Launcher you can make a shortcut to just double tap the screen to open the camera, even instructing a triple tap to instead open the camera app to video
Just ordered this phone..can't wait
12:30 the OnePlus 3T has the ability to switch Bluetooth devices, when you tap volume button you can select the icon at the top which allows you to select what output device you'd like for your audio
Yes, every oneplus device even has this! I have a Nord and can confirm that is soooo nice
Every time I watch videos about phones it just makes me pine so hard for the ability to meticulously design one myself, perfectly tailored to my tastes.
People have already mentioned the double power button on the iPhone bring up the wallet - but you can actually set double tapping the back of the phone (or triple tapping if you want) to open the camera, go to home, open the app switching interface or a few other things
For anyone interested it is under accessiblity -> touch -> backtap
The end of that ad spot was hilarious
Honestly I miss the little led blinkers. I never had to check my phone for notifications and I hate always on displays. I'm now on my phone so much more often checking for notifications
Xiaomi actually has a pretty neat implementation for changing bluetooth devices, thouch the corner of the bluetooth button and it gives you a list of mated devices.
Oneplus has it in the volume quick menu, it's great, didn't realize it's not common. Hopefully samsung has it, as I will be switching soon.
@Degenskonto My OnePlus has become buggy, it's just not worth it for 1000€ anymore, so will try Samsung, first time since Galaxy S4
@@ninjal7588 Samsung does have that feature. but it's not very well visible
if you click the Bluetooth text, it would open your paired device list within quick settings
@@FrostyFoxGamingIGM for Samsung just tap the media output button and change output device from there
@@ninjal7588 which version of OxygenOS do you have? My OP 6 died and now I need a new phone…
The LG G8X (and I presume other phones from LG in that era) all have the Bluetooth audio switching option Linus is asking for. It's been done, and he's right - it is glorious
Well good thing you pointed these things out, cause they sure as hell are watching and putting work items in some backlog as we speak :D
But I'm definitely sold already.
Well Linus, at least on Android 12 you switch between audio devices with a little button on the media controls. It works pretty well, you don't have to go into the Bluetooth settings and if you're listening to music the controls will already be front and center on your lock screen
For me, haptics on Android phones above $300 have been mostly good for the last 3 years
I don't remember if I had to enable this or it was default, but on my s22u you can pretty easily change Bluetooth devices in the notification bar by clicking "Media output'. I actually prefer this as I don't have to change my volume to access the menu.
xiaomi actually has a function that lets you switch beetween conected bluetoth speakers and phone as an audio output. it is visible only when you use their music player and there is a notification with the name of the song playing. then you just click on the weird circle on the right and it lets you switch
Loved how this phone looks, my phones usually on silent and sitting on my desk so if the lights worked for varying notifications I'd probably get a lot of use out of it. Not available in NA though :( Lots of advertisement through videos by NA creators, but you can't even utilize 5G networks with this unfortunately. Really a let down.
Genuine Question. Has 5g improved your phone usage personally? I'm still on the OP7 Pro without 5g and all the videos on it are really mediocre at best.
Meh. I honestly haven't seen one person actually using 5G, so this actually would seem like a plus to me. Plenty of people I've seen actually get better speeds on LTE or 3G for streaming, probably with better battery life
Linus just discovering stock android quirks
And not using a device aroun the same price from someone else
12:47 MIUI has a similar option on already playing media in the notification banner. It's a little jank from my past usage of it, but it works when it works
Apple uses dubble click for the wallet. It’s pretty nice tbh. Wouldn’t trade that for the camera app.
Can confirm, but also disagree (take more photos than buy things)
also you can assign the camera to tapping the back of your phone
@@ben5235 money problems i guess :p
Nah but you still have the slide lockscreen to the left and it ll being up the camera
Double click for camera has been in android for very long time
@@lucakrokrowinkel9576 no one's impressed bro
12:50 my Oneplus 8t actually has that media output switch function on the top of the volume "slider". Would be great for the nothing phone too
yeah my 7 pro did it as well
Was just about to say the same, it's one of the features of the 8T I really like. Having said that, I'm getting more and more bugs every update rather than it getting better XD
This phone also have that , he didnt noticed
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@@karanbirsingh2408 on some androids (maybe stock?) that top button in the volume pop-in cycles through the ring, vibrate and silent modes, and this phone probably does that too because it doesn't have a dedicated hardware switch. He had the phone in vibrate mode based on the icon. The output device button on One Plus phones is a different icon with sound waves coming out the top of the phone (when using the phone speakers) and at least on my 7 Pro it even says "media output" under the button too, probably to help draw attention to it being different than the stock button it replaced.
I've been really dreading upgrading phones from my OnePlus 8 Pro ever since I bought it because there was no real alternatives to what OnePlus used to be. I'm glad to see that there's finally a potential comeback in this market space for some real bang for the buck.
The gracious speech about the double clicking lock button was superb, I too feel the same way
You can tap to wake, and swipe left to get to the camera app on iPhone. Slower than a double tap but quicker than the ping press you done