Nothing has released its latest skinned Android 13 OS for the Phone 1, handing down updated monochrome aesthetics and other software features from the newer Nothing Phone 2.
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I wish nothing phone supported USB c video out. It’s sad that it seems like only Samsung does.
And Motorola
And Sony
Sony is definitely on my consideration list in the future
also works on my oneplus 7 prp, too bad they stopped making good phones, still don’t know what I’ll switch to when this one eventually dies.
Looks like some neat features have been added; wife’s using a Nothing Phone 1, will ask her to check for updates!
Looks great! pity the OS is not de-googled
Say what you want about privacy but having Google apps is more convenient for the average user. Meanwhile, users who want to degoogle can do so since it’s Android.
I have not looked into the OS used in depth. de-googlifyig the supplied OS is no meanial task. I understand of course they want to cater for a broad public. The phone looks great and no reproach to it or it’s OS. would have been on my wishlist if a de-googled rom would be available.
That’s a plus for many of us.
Moar downvotes! it’s obviously a horrible thing to not want google on a phone! moar downvotes I tell you!
if im using a fairphone, what would be the advantage of using a nothing phone instead?
Nothing
Only advantage I can think of is the faster soc and more ram on the more expensive models.
Fairphone 5 uses the Qualcomm QCM6490 (equivalent spec to a snapdragon 778g, which is in the nothing phone 1) and has 8gb of ram. Nothing Phone 2 has snapdragon 8+ gen 1 and 12gb of ram on the $699 model, 8gb of ram on the base model that costs $599. Fairphone 5 also has a micro SD card slot coupled with the 256gb of storage, while the nothing phone 2 doesn’t have any microsd card slot and starts with 128gb of storage on the base model.
The fairphone 5 is more expensive, but you’re paying for the ability to actually repair it and 8 years of support.
I already have a nothing phone 2 and I’m outside the return period, but if I didn’t and had the choice between the two today, ngl I’d pay the extra for the more sustainable fairphone 5. Yes it costs more, but it’d pay off in the long-run with repairability and long-term support.
i see, thank you for the detailed info
