Nothing confirms working on a smartphone, a device called Nothing Phone (1).

If you were wondering if OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei was preparing to jump into the smartphone market with his new venture Nothing, know that today we have the official answer. During the event “The Truth” organized by the company on March 23, Carl Pei confirmed that his teams were currently working on the design of their first smartphone, a device that will be called Nothing Phone (1).

Nothing confirms working on a smartphone

This is indeed a strange and unique naming convention, but in line with its previous – and first – product, namely a pair of true wireless headphones called Nothing Ears (1). At the moment we don’t know anything about this smartphone except that the project does indeed exist. If we are to believe the official announcement, the formalization of this first mobile for the brand is currently scheduled for the summer of 2022. In other words, if all goes well, we would have to wait a few more months before discovering this news. benchmark in the smartphone market.

A device called Nothing Phone (1)

In addition, the latter should work under Nothing OS, a version derived from Android, and the company has already announced that the phone will be entitled to three years of operating system updates as well as four years of updates. security, which places the brand more or less at the same level as the competition, which usually offers between two and three years of updates.

In any case, it will be interesting to see if Carl Pei will try to follow in OnePlus’ footsteps by first offering an affordable device or if this brand will directly target the premium market. Anyway, we will have to wait until the summer of 2022, at best, to find out. Still a little patience.

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