Adam Kos After months of teasing and gradually releasing specs, Nothing has finally officially announced its first phone with the (1) designation. So we already know the latest information, and also the official price tag. But can this arguably the most anticipated phone of the year hold its own against the iPhone 13?
The Nothing Phone (1) earned the label of the most anticipated because its manufacturer promised a revolution in the field of mobile phones. It's up to you how you look at the lighting effects, but it's true that the device simply looks like an iPhone, only it has more trimmed equipment, adds a few interesting features and is significantly cheaper. But it could be a sales hit, even if not globally. It will not be available in the market for iPhones I own, i.e. in the USA.
Design
The physical dimensions are of course based on the size of the display itself. The iPhone 13 has a 6,1" Super Retina XDR OLED display with a maximum brightness of 1200 nits and a resolution of 1170 x 2532 pixels (the density is therefore 460 ppi). The Nothing Phone (1) has a 6,55" OLED display that also manages 1200 nits, its resolution is 1080 x 2400 pixels (402 ppi density) and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. The iPhone 13 measures 146,7 x 71,5 x 7,7mm and weighs 174g, while Nothing's phone measures 159,2 x 75,8 x 8,3mm and weighs 193,5g.
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Cameras
Of course, the iPhone 13 display has a cut-out for the front 12MPx sf/2,2 camera assembly. Nothing put only a punch in his phone, in which a 16MPx sf/2,5 camera is present. For biometric authentication of the user, there is an optical fingerprint reader in the display, while the iPhone naturally relies on Face ID.
iPhone 13 Camera Specifications:
Wide-angle: 12 MPx, f/1,6, 26 mm, 1,7 µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS with sensor shift
Ultra-wide: 12 MPx, f/2,4, 120˚
Nothing Phone camera specifications (1):
Wide: 50MP, f/1,9, 24mm, 1,0µm, PDAF, OIS
Ultra-wide: 50MP, f/2,2, 114˚
Performance
The A15 Bionic is the current leader, and Nothing hasn't even used a top Android phone in its phone. So it is more of a mid-range phone. So there is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ chip, which is manufactured with 6nm technology and consists of eight cores (1 x 2,5 GHz Cortex-A78, 3 x 2,4 GHz Cortex-A78 and 4 x 1,8 GHz Cortex-A55) . GPU is Adreno 642L. The operating system used is Android 12 with the Nothing OS superstructure, where the manufacturer promises three years of software updates and 4 years of security patches. Apple is thus still unattainable in this regard.
Noting Launcher for Android
Batteries and others
The iPhone 13 has a 3240mAh battery with fast charging capability (unofficial reports say 23W). There is USB Power Delivery 2.0, 15W MagSafe charging and 7,5W Qi charging. Nothing Phone has a 4500mAh battery with fast 33W charging, when it charges to 100% battery capacity in 70 minutes (as stated by the manufacturer). Wireless charging is 15W, 5W reverse charging, Power Delivery 3.0 and Quick Charge 4.0 are also present.
Wi-Fi in both cases is Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, Nothing has Bluetooth 5.2, iPhone only 5.0. The novelty is of course equipped with a USB-C connector, its resistance specification is IP53, while the iPhone has IP68 resistance.
Price
The price tag will surely decide success or failure. If we look at the iPhone 13, it starts at CZK 22 for the 990GB version. You pay CZK 128 for 256 GB, and CZK 25 for 990 GB. In any case, 512 GB of RAM is present. In contrast, the Nothing Phone (32) is clearly cheaper. The 129GB version with 4GB RAM will cost you EUR 1 (approx. CZK 128), 8 + 469 GB for EUR 11 (approx. CZK 500) and 256 + 8 GB for EUR 499 (CZK 12). Taxes and fees must be added to the prices. The pre-sale is already underway, and the sales start on July 300.
