Nothing Phone 1 Decides, This Startup Hopes to Create Something Truly Different It has been several years since a new company joined the smartphone race, but with the launch of Nothing Ear 1, the brand promises something revolutionary.

Founder Carl Pei was instrumental in launching the successful OnePlus cell phone brand. However, OnePlus has now strayed far from its original mission of offering the best specs at the lowest price, and perhaps the Nothing Phone 1 is trying to take its vacant spot in the market.

Our Nothing Event Live blog has all the details on what kind of company Pei is trying to build. But here is what we know so far about Nothing Phone 1.

Nothing Phone 1 will be available in "Summer 2022." The existence and name of this phone was officially announced through a Wired interview with founder Carl Pei and confirmed during the Nothing event.

No news yet on pricing. However, given that Carl Pei helped launch OnePlus as an inexpensive yet premium brand, perhaps below bigger rivals like Samsung's Galaxy S22, the upcoming OnePlus 10 Pro, or the already inexpensive Google Pixel 6 We can probably expect a price.

Carl Pei said during the Nothing event that they have a good track record of selling directly to consumers.

The appearance of the Nothing Phone 1 remains a mystery, but an illustration provided to Wired at the Nothing event may suggest the look of the back of the phone, with a stadium-shaped camera block in the upper left corner.

Founder Carl Pei said the design is "something we've never seen before."

Leaker Evan Blass tweeted an image of Carl Pei holding an unknown cell phone-sized device. However, it is difficult to confirm the details.

The back of the device may be transparent. Both the tweet from the company and the see-through design of the Nothing Ear 1 suggest that the Phone 1 will take us back to the feature phone days, when transparent gadgets were still in vogue This concept by Yanko Design shows what this could look like

The Phone 1 is a very simple and elegant device.

We know a bit more about the look of the Phone's interface. The screenshots we have seen so far show an always-on display, rounded app icons, some custom widgets, and the company's established black and white design language.

Nothing states that the Nothing OS combines the strengths of Android with an "iconic design language." Apparently, about 40% of the pre-installed stuff provides an experience similar to stock Android.

By unifying graphics across different screens, Nothing 1 phones feel seamless to use, says Nothing. For example, the dot matrix clock on the always-on display is in the same position when the device is unlocked.

Nothing also creates its own visual language with custom fonts, colors, and graphic elements. For example, the weather widget uses the same dot matrix font as the company's logo and clever animation.

Nothing's app has a retro, playful feel, much like a voice recorder app. It has an analog tape wheel that can be manipulated to rewind and fast-forward.

To give you a taste of Nothing Phone 1, Nothing has released a launcher that you can try on other phones. After seeing a preview of the launcher, we were quite disappointed with what we saw, spurring the perception that Nothing's phone is more hype than substance.

As for updates, we can expect three years of OS updates and four years of security updates.

Specifications for the Nothing Phone 1 are still unknown, but Nothing is partnering with Qualcomm. This suggests that it will be powered by a Snapdragon chip, probably the flagship grade Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

The Nothing Phone 1 also promises "fast and smooth performance" by providing optimal processing power and RAM for the apps users are using. Also, the apps you use most often will launch faster, and the Phone 1 should learn from your usage.

Given what looks like an always-on display in the screenshot above, an OLED display would be needed to make this happen. Hopefully, it would also mean a higher refresh rate in line with the 120Hz standard common on more expensive Android phones.

The Android smartphone landscape has shrunk over the past few years, with LG, HTC, and others no longer in the mix. Samsung's dominance has definitely become a bore for those looking for something truly exciting and different. We expect the Nothing 1 to get a lot of attention, but this emerging brand has a lot to prove in a competitive market.