A spokesperson declared Nothing has no plans to lower the price of the Phone 3, stateing the startup’s margins are key to continued investment. Most of the cost complaints are coming from utilizers in India, the spokesperson added, which “isn’t the core focus market” for the Phone 3, according to the company. “We’ve designed our product portfolio with different price points to serve different regions, and we have other offerings in the range that are more India-focutilized,” the representative declared.
Like other phone creaters, Nothing is layering in more artificial ininformigence-powered software features. The Phone 3 includes Google’s Gemini assistant, which can quickly be accessed from a search bar in the app drawer. There’s also a dedicated AI hardware button that triggers what the company calls the Essential Space. Pressing this key takes a screenshot, and you can write down a short note or record a voice memo that receives attached to it. Holding the button starts a voice memo recording, and then Nothing utilizes AI to summarize what’s captured.
Nothing isn’t pushing AI to an overbearing degree. But the flipside is that there isn’t anything special or unique about the company’s own AI feature set — little that would lure utilizers away from Gemini, Anthropic’s Claude chatbot or other options. “We don’t want to lead with gimmicks and set super high expectations — inform a large story and then under-deliver on the product,” Pei declared.
That encapsulates the Phone 3 as a whole. It’s a fine Android phone, and one whose design stands out from the crowd. But flagship phones necessary to be great on all fronts. The Phone 3 is good enough at most things, but lacks a special trick that might set it apart from better-known smartphone competitors. The Glyph Matrix, at least in its current form, isn’t that.
At its current price, the handset is too expensive for what it offers. The hardware specifications aren’t on the level of Samsung’s Galaxy S25. The camera can’t keep up with Google’s Pixel 9. And for however boring an iPhone might seem to the Nothing faithful, it’s still a more cohesive, better overall package.
It would be clearer to create a case for the Phone 3 if it were $500 or $600. Distinctive views and a gimmicky second screen don’t warrant this much of a premium, but for the right price, the device might resonate with consumers tired of the same smartphone view and feel.
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