It gets plenty bright in daylight with a maximum brightness of 1,200 nits. The Nothing Phone 1 has a crisp and fast OLED panel with a resolution of 2400 x 1080. If a unique, flashy phone is what you need in your life, then the Nothing Phone 1 is an excellent choice. It's a fun feature to demo and play with, even though it doesn't really serve any purpose for me beyond that, and it already helped Nothing set itself apart from the midrange competition from a design perspective. However, I have to admit that it's working. It merely serves as a marketing vehicle setting the Phone 1 apart from the competition. That leaves only one conclusion: The Glyph interface isn't for those who own the phone but for those who don't have it yet. In summary, Nothing created an overly complicated solution for a problem that has been sufficiently solved already. In any case, those who want to stay connected at all times will probably leave their phone face-up anyway and see what notifications are coming in on the always-on display, or turn on Do Not Disturb mode. And I reckon I'm not the only one to think of my phone usage in this way. Once I do this, this whole engineering feat will be wholly in vain for me. In the long term, this means I will probably turn off the Glyph interface, which is easily done in settings or via a quick settings toggle. Given that this means you'll still get visual cues on new notifications, this isn't an escape from notification overload. In the Glyph settings, there is even a section that allows you to turn on "Flip to Glyph," which, much like the Pixel's "Flip to Shh," turns on silent mode but leaves the Glyph light show on for notification. However, the Phone 1 alerts me about incoming notifications face down and face up.
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The Pixel series solves this elegantly, with phones optionally automatically turning on the Do Not Disturb mode when placed face-down. Usually, I turn my phone face-down to avoid seeing any notifications that could distract me from the moment. With the Glyph interface activated, it feels like there is no escaping from notifications anymore. This is supposed to avoid distracting notifications from coming in, but the lights should still help you identify when an important call from, say, your mother or partner comes in.Īs much as I enjoyed playing with the light show in the early stages of testing, I'm finding it increasingly distracting. The idea is that rather than having your phone face up on the table while you're out and about with friends or while you're focusing on work, you're putting it face down. Nothing promotes the Glyph interface as an advantage to help you focus more on the world around you than on your phone. Only a longer-term test will show if this is cause for concern regarding aesthetics, though. My guess is that this is where the SoC is placed, and it might have gotten a little hotter during some of my tests. This doesn't affect the experience, but it's still weird to see it in a spot that doesn't have any contact with the outside world. I've also spotted a barely visible discoloration in the top plate next to the camera that I'm not sure was there when I first received the unit.
This feeling only gets stronger when you consider that Nothing proudly proclaims its environmental responsibility, saying that it sourced 100% recycled aluminum and made 50% of its plastics bio-based, built from recycled materials-a good step, but nothing compared to what products like the Fairphone 4 do. It feels a bit ironic that you can see the screws holding everything in place without an easy, non-destructive way to touch them yourself. The glass back is held in place with adhesive like any other glass sandwich smartphone.
The transparent back doesn't make the Phone 1 any more repairable than most other modern smartphones.
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