If Nothing's brackets-loving naming scheme had you convinced that the next smartphone the company would come out with would be the Nothing Phone (2), well... Maybe not. A new rumor today claims that before a successor, the Nothing Phone (1) will get a "lite" version sibling.
This would basically be exactly the same device as the Nothing Phone (1), only with a plain glass back (so no fancy LED Glyph Interface) and no wireless charging. Despite still supporting 33W charging, the "lite" model would ship with a 42W charger in the box, according to the same source.
For what it's worth, Nothing has denied the existence of such a product. And yet, the rumors persist, saying that the "lite" Nothing will be cheaper than the Phone (1) - which makes sense considering the two removed features. There are reportedly "some indications" that the new phone will start at INR 24,999 ($316 or €308) in India for a variant with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. For reference, the current Nothing Phone (1) starts at INR 32,999 ($417 or €407), but it comes with 8GB of RAM.
A few other sources have even mentioned that this handset would sport a bigger 5,000 mAh battery, the thicker cell presumably filling up the space taken up by the LEDs and the wireless charging coil in the original Nothing Phone (1).
As none of this information is confirmed in any way yet, do take it with a pinch of salt. What do you think, though? Is it a good idea for Nothing to drop the fancy LEDs on the back and the exclusive wireless charging feature and focus on thus making a more affordable device.
Nothing is rolling out OS for Nothing OS. It's a small update but gives the phone some helpful upgrades.
According to GSM Arena, the custom schedule will now be enabled by default for the always-on display functionality. This indicates that the function will shut off on its own at night. Although the user can still explicitly set this to always be on, it is no longer the default setting.
The fingerprint icon may now also be set to appear while the display is off and you budge the phone just a little. On our test device, however, this option does absolutely nothing for some reason. After the update, the fingerprint sensor itself does feel a little speedier.
The update also makes claims about better charging efficiency and third-party charger compatibility. The phone worked flawlessly with every charger we tried, so we were unable to confirm the faster-charging speed, and we are unsure exactly what the improved compatibility with 3rd party chargers means.
The update asserts to have fixed the Bluetooth codec problem. As this was not a problem for us, we are unable to tell whether anything has changed.
The update also says it has improved stability and delivered general bug fixes and UI detail optimization, as reported by GSM Arena.
Unfortunately, a few of the phone's other problems have not been fixed. The concerns with the audio quality that we mentioned in our evaluation are still evident. Extremely unreliable and showing no signs of improvement is the face unlock. However, the phone is generally pretty stable, and it is encouraging to see that it receives frequent upgrades
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