The internet has been ablaze this week with the long awaited reveal of the Nothing Phone ( 1 ) , but this journalist believes the French telephone ’s secret artillery is something that ’s been missing from smartphones for a long clock time .
Tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee recently upload the first right hands - on video for theNothing Phone ( 1 ) . While the performance of the phone itself ( as well as the cameras , exclusive overlays , etc . ) are still under embargo , the video was able to show off the unique LED organization that makes up a vast part of the phone ’s rear - face design .
The design itself is certainly eye - catching , and while my colleague Peter Phelpsisn’t a immense fan of the lookthat Nothing has gone for , I see myself transported back to a time when all I wanted was a translucent Game Boy Pocket . There ’s just something about a see - through back that I utterly love , and to compound that with the almost space age - panache pane within the phone just feel like a success in my book .
Still , as much as I enjoy the new purpose , it is n’t here that the earphone ’s playfulness can be found – that deservingness is entirely within the phone ’s lighting system . On the back there are several LED strips that can execute unlike social function depend on the task at hand .
For example , the ‘ Glyph Interface ’ ( as it ’s labelled by Nothing ) can put on a small promiscuous show that work in tandem with several ringtones . Of course , most people have prompt off from ringtones since the days Nokia ’s ear - pierce doggerel verse , but it ’s still a neat feature to have if you want to use it .
The Glyphs can also illuminate to let you know when a notification has popped up , so you do n’t have to always control your sound to see what ’s unexampled . For me however , the cool feature is the LED progression stripe that seem near the bottom of the phone whenever it ’s charge .
The comparison might voice rather recess , but the progression bar remind me so much of the optic health indicators in games like Dead Space and Ghostbusters – plus it ’s just a more visually arresting than a simple on - silver screen part .
The whole matter just feels a lot more refreshing than anything that a band of modern smartphones have been capable to dish out in the last distich of years . YouTuber Mr Mobile has an entire series under the streamer of ‘ When headphone Were Fun ’ and it ’s an easy bit of nostalgia to connect with .
Those days when a phone ’s intention was just as much of a selling point are long gone , with most smartphones these days only being recognisable by the monumental photographic camera bump on the back . By reaching directly into a gone era and pull out out some much needed inspiration , the Nothing Phone ( 1 ) has easily become one the most exciting phones of 2022 .
