I’ve used the Nothing Phone 3, and I probably said ‘That’s fun!’ a dozen times

When the very first Nothing phone landed — the Nothing Phone 1 in 2022 — it was a breath of fresh air in an increasingly stale smartphone market. Not only did the Nothing Phone 1 look different from every other phone available at the time, but it offered some pretty stellar specs at a relatively low price. Sure, its cameras were pretty weak and Nothing OS was still finding its footing, but it was a solid opening move for a brand new company.

Since then, we’ve had many other Nothing Phones — five, actually, meaning Nothing has released six phones in about three years. Today, we have the newest entry: the Nothing Phone 3. This is the company’s first premium phone since 2023 and the company’s first “true flagship” — a phrase CEO Carl Pei has said about a million times over the past few weeks.