Summary of Summary of the Review
The Nothing Phone 3, priced at ₹80,000. Opinions on the phone’s features, highlighting both its strengths and weaknesses.
Key Points from the Review
- Design and Display: The phone has a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with a 1.5K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. While the display is good, it should be noted that it uses an LTPS panel instead of the LTPO panel found in other flagship phones at this price. The camera design to be unimpressive.
- Software: The Nothing OS is clean, free of ads, and without bloatware. The phone runs on Nothing OS 3.5, based on Android 15, and is promised to receive 5 years of OS updates and 7 years of security patches.
- Battery and Charging: The phone is equipped with a 5500mAh battery and supports 65W fast charging, but the charger is not included. The battery’s performance, not up to the mark it drains quickly with heavy use.
- Camera: The phone features a triple 50MP rear camera setup and a 50MP selfie camera. The camera has several issues, including color shifts in zoomed portraits, oversaturated colors, and a grayish tint in both rear and selfie photos. Slow-motion videos are jittery and night mode has issues with overexposure and ghosting.
- Performance: Powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, the phone’s performance is criticized, particularly its thermal management. The test results where the phone’s temperature reached 56.7°C, causing an overheating warning. The phone also heats up significantly during normal use, such as video recording and gaming.
Conclusion
The Nothing Phone 3 is “overpriced” and “not worth the price” of ₹80,000. It would only be a good purchase if the price drops to around ₹40,000 and the company fixes the issues with the camera, battery, and performance through software updates.