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Nothing Phone 3: This is NOT a Flagship Phone (Review) | All Things Mobile

Nothing’s latest phone is out, and it’s pushing its unique design further with the new Glyph Matrix. But in a crowded market dominated by the Pixel 9 and iPhone 16, does the Nothing Phone 3 offer enough beyond its transparent appeal? We dive deep to help you decide if this is the Android phone for…

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Nothing’s latest phone is out, and it’s pushing its unique design further with the new Glyph Matrix. But in a crowded market dominated by the Pixel 9 and iPhone 16, does the Nothing Phone 3 offer enough beyond its transparent appeal? We dive deep to help you decide if this is the Android phone for you.

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0:00 Intro
0:34 Glyph Matrix Features
1:10 Nothing Phones Back Lights & Design
1:55 Nothing Phone 3’s Cameras
3:00 Camera and Photo Performance
4:24 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Processor and Performance
4:58 Battery Life and Testing
5:33 AI Tools and Software: Google Gemini and Essential Space Tool
6:24 Should You Buy the Nothing Phone 3?
7:24 Outro

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  1. @julianowyujie

    July 24, 2025 at 8:04 am

    Imagine ordering this phone and opening the package to realise theres nothing

  2. @turbyoulance

    July 24, 2025 at 8:05 am

    Banned in Australia

    • @Rowllex

      July 24, 2025 at 8:12 am

      Why?

  3. @Joshua-Studies

    July 24, 2025 at 8:54 am

    I ended up buying the phone despite the common negatives people have pointed out. I’m just at a point where I was tired or Samsung devices here in the US and the Pixel Tensor chips have always given me problems in the past. So it ended up being this or the OnePlus 13. I ended up choosing the Nothing Phone (3) over the OP13 for it’s design, sleek UI tweaks and the Nothing apps. Not saying the OP13 is a bad phone it just didn’t stand out to me.

    • @MrNuclearDuck

      July 24, 2025 at 9:46 am

      How are you finding it?

    • @Joshua-Studies

      July 24, 2025 at 10:04 am

      ​@@MrNuclearDuckI have been liking it so far. Only had it a few days now so I haven’t got to test everything. But it had a good weight, great hand feel, and it’s been super smooth in my day to day. I haven’t played with the glyphs much but using the essential notification feature it will pop up certain icons on the back matrix when my wife contacts vs. Work emails which has been nice so I know when to pick my phone up.

    • @MrNuclearDuck

      July 24, 2025 at 10:11 am

      Thanks for your prompt and helpful response. I have had similar disappointments to you with Pixels (hardware unreliability, including overheating) although minimalist skins are my favourite, which rules out Samsung, OnePlus etc. This may be my next phone when the price drops. Does the camera have motion blur when capturing moving objects/people? This is Samsung’s Achilles’s heel in my experience.

    • @Joshua-Studies

      July 24, 2025 at 10:49 am

      ​@@MrNuclearDuckI haven’t done enough action shots yet to catch the motion blur. It captures my dog just fine but she is lazy. There is a channel Becca Farsace which did something like 1000 photos with the nothing phone 3 and she gives a pretty deep look into their photo system it may be worth checking out.

  4. @Betancourtdm

    July 24, 2025 at 10:09 am

    I believe HDR ghosting wad fixed on the UW in the update released a few days ago.

  5. @ptrwg

    July 24, 2025 at 10:20 am

    This is like the cybertruck of smartphones. Just straight up ugly.

  6. @BeepisQuasambo

    July 24, 2025 at 10:25 am

    Nice video! Between the editing and presenter, this review has much more personality than most recent CNET reviews. More from this guy!

  7. @AnishKumar-zo2wr

    July 24, 2025 at 10:54 am

    Bad phone and horrendous pricing

    • @glennwoods7257

      July 24, 2025 at 12:51 pm

      Not really.

  8. @jaughnekow

    July 24, 2025 at 11:30 am

    The only problem is the price.

  9. @brahney1439

    July 24, 2025 at 11:40 am

    The pixel 9 has a less powerful chipset and a worst battery life and lacks a telephoto but it’s a flagship 😂😂😂.

  10. @Nemi9

    July 24, 2025 at 12:44 pm

    The design language is very human to me and I appreciate looking something aesthetic pleasing day in day out

    Price wise it’s going myr 2.8k here on instead of the usd800 (myr 3.2k) and it’s not even end of July

    • @NetvoTV

      July 24, 2025 at 3:17 pm

      Malaysia you mean? Isn’t it 3299 ad 3799?

  11. @vaishnavprasad7789

    July 24, 2025 at 12:45 pm

    2:35 as you should for we all are the subjects of the one true King, Stannis Baratheon

  12. @perfetti_codes

    July 24, 2025 at 12:47 pm

    Seems like a whole lot of unnecessary somethings featured on this phone named Nothing 🤔 Great review!💯

  13. @glennwoods7257

    July 24, 2025 at 12:50 pm

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. I have one in black, and I like it – it looks better in person. The recent update has enhanced camera processing and introduced several additional features. The comparison is against the iPhone 16 Pro, which is much more expensive for the model with equivalent storage to the Phone (3). To compare Nothing to Apple can only be a complement to Nothing, regardless! They are a small British company, and in my most recent experience, they have been very responsive and happy to take suggestions. They inquire about the problem or suggestion, reply in person, and check you’re happy (Apple, anyone?). Mine came with the wireless buds, and I am deeply impressed with the sound quality, too. I’ve just bought the Watch 3. Anyway, the battery lasts longer than my previous Samsung ever did (S23 Ultra) and the photos are great (especially after the FW update). Early days for me, but I like it a lot.

  14. @cureiosity

    July 24, 2025 at 1:15 pm

    Key takeaway for me: “If photography is important to you, look elsewhere.” — Thank you!

  15. @CNET

    July 24, 2025 at 1:27 pm

    Read more at CNET: I Tried the Nothing Phone 3 and It Definitely Didn’t Live Up to the Hype

  16. @MrDiva

    July 24, 2025 at 2:11 pm

    “If photography is important to you, look elsewhere.” … GOOGLE PIXEL 10 PRO XL IT IS..

  17. @domlarry

    July 24, 2025 at 2:50 pm

    For that price many better options
    Imo it won’t do well

  18. @Ray__E

    July 24, 2025 at 3:16 pm

    Nothing is running out of gimmick ideas while increasing the price on their “budget” phone

  19. @MsSpookykid

    July 24, 2025 at 4:11 pm

    I love the Design. The Design is pure art in every way. But the Matrix is boring.

  20. @MithunOnTheNet

    July 24, 2025 at 4:27 pm

    What a disaster the Phone 3 has been! Expect the Phone 4 to be launched early next year.

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    July 24, 2025 at 7:23 pm

    You know what is SO weird. I just watched @128KB’s video today on the GameSir Nova 2 controller and in that video Andy talked about noisy seagulls too lmfao. You guys from the UK must really deal with them a lot 💀😂. He did the exact same pause and everything.

  22. @andreseliertiagonzalez9808

    July 24, 2025 at 8:37 pm

    hello? very good mobile? but does not compete with the competition. thanks for keeping us informed.

  23. @Lemot_internet

    July 24, 2025 at 9:16 pm

    Thats true

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  30. @helterskelzer3883

    July 24, 2025 at 11:07 pm

    Felt like a £400 phone. The haptics and typing feel off

  31. @bharat5194

    July 24, 2025 at 11:28 pm

    2:44 agreed

  32. @Fyahking619

    July 25, 2025 at 12:18 am

    If you want a great camera, get a real camera and not a phone. Lol

  33. @BhattiJatt

    July 25, 2025 at 2:24 am

    I get irritated seing your face..👊🏼🤜🏼🤛🏼

  34. @Dechuvery

    July 25, 2025 at 3:01 am

    I’m reviewing this review: there are way better reviews out there.

  35. @squirtle4519

    July 25, 2025 at 3:04 am

    Phone 3 is already super thick, and it has a button on the back. Once you put a case on it, you’ll end up with an even thicker phone with holes on the back. Yikes.

  36. @andreasschulzebaing6443

    July 25, 2025 at 5:34 am

    Iphone 16 has a 60Hz screen – and you call that a flagship? The Pixel 9 might have very good main and ultrawide cameras – but no zoom? Plus, the Tensor G4 is good, but performance wise is beaten by the Snapdragon 8s Gen4. So, the Phone 3 is not bad – but it competes with other upper-midrange or basic flagship phones such as Galaxy S25, Poco F7 Pro/Ultra or Honor 400 Pro.

    • @andreasschulzebaing6443

      July 26, 2025 at 9:27 pm

      Then there is of course Pei’s old employer OnePlus with its 13 flagship, currently on offer for £749 in the 256GB version, fairly clean OS and very fast. So the main selling point for the Phone 3 is, if you like the quirky design and OS skin.

  37. @pandevera2244

    July 25, 2025 at 6:22 am

    you cannot test “longevity” on a newly released phone…
    check magic 5 pros (2023) and see if they hold better battery health than lithium-ion…
    but, 2 years is still short to test battery longevity…

    you might be confused with “battery life”…

  38. @Ningboren

    July 25, 2025 at 6:55 am

    The performance is way better than the Google Pixel.

  39. @mildvex

    July 25, 2025 at 7:34 am

    0:07 It literally is. Nothing’s first flagship, their own flagship, they do not have a single better phone in their roster! I hate to put it this way but pulling examples with cars is something understandable to everyone I guess so… Just like the Kia K9 (aka K900) is Kia’s flagship car while Bugatti’s flagship is the Tourbillon. You see the difference? I honestly find it difficult to bother to watch the whole review when it immediately starts with a reviewer struggling with basic meaning of words, just because everyone calls everything “flagship” today, bla…

    • @mb_074

      July 26, 2025 at 1:10 am

      If u buy nothing phone 3 at the price of Galaxy and iPhone ..then u are a dumba$$. Or may be nothing fanboy. .
      One plus 13 is even better and cheaper than nothing 3🤡

  40. @momurda56

    July 25, 2025 at 8:15 am

    This is a pixel phone made by nothing

  41. @_MintArcade

    July 25, 2025 at 8:36 am

    Nothing of a flagship hehe. Yea it has nothing that stands out amongst it’s competition in this category other than that misaligned mister potatoes face on the back 😂

  42. @user.xrxs.3p8nubro

    July 25, 2025 at 12:15 pm

    Nothing is a company that thinks a mid range phone can become flagship by selling it at flagship price. Their CEO actually believes this lol.

  43. @aasmakhan2615

    July 25, 2025 at 2:29 pm

    bro you don’t know how to take photos.

  44. @chieflingco

    July 26, 2025 at 8:52 pm

    Was thinking of holding out my OnePlus 11 longer for NP3 but honestly glad I got the OnePlus 13. Battery is insanely good. Wake up for work at 8 am at 100% then going to bed 10pm at 60%.

  45. @tecemdia9759

    July 26, 2025 at 10:48 pm

    🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

  46. @masteryule

    July 26, 2025 at 11:35 pm

    S25 and OnePlus 13 battery life are not in the same realm. Not sure why you’d compare this phone with those 2. Just pick one so the viewers can get a better idea of what you mean.

  47. @TheCannonMovement

    July 27, 2025 at 7:12 pm

    The nothing CEO is awesome and hilarious. 😂😂

  48. @namcojr

    July 28, 2025 at 4:06 am

    Stop complaining about the cameras being “off-center”. Why does everything have to be “perfect”? The only REAL problem with this phone is its price, -$100 and all would be fine, SoC included which is more than enough for everyone. Why are people always striving for the latest most powerful SoC when they don’t even use HALF of its power most of the time? I hear a lot of complaining about the Z Flip 7 not having the SD8 Elite, but when actually using the phone, nobody would even notice there’s an Exynos 2500 in there.

  49. @Duran-not-Duran

    July 28, 2025 at 11:25 pm

    battery life, they are short
    and many of the features is geek stuff not the average user.

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