We’re just days away from the Nothing Phone 3 launch, the next flagship phone from the up-start tech firm doing things a little differently when it comes to product design. It’s focusing on making devices that standout in a world where they’re seemingly more similar than ever.
Nothing CEO, Carl Pei, has said the Phone 3 is the company’s “first true flagship smartphone”, promising users “premium materials, major performance upgrades, and software that really levels things up.”
It’ll sit above the mid-range Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro in Nothing’s smartphone line-up, as the ultimate showcase of the company’s vision.
So Nothing is making bold claims about the handset, and as with the July 1 launch now in sight, here’s everything we know so far about the Nothing Phone 3.
Nothing Phone 3 latest news
- June 26: Images showing the full back of the Phone 3 leak
- June 26: Nothing confirms a 50MP periscope camera and shows us camera samples
- June 25: Nothing posts a third teaser image, and asks “what does this button do?”
- June 24: A report suggests it will have a 5,150mAh battery and 65W fast charging
- June 19: The Nothing Phone 3 will debut the firm’s new Glyph Matrix light show
- June 18: Phone 3 will come with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, and have five years of security updates and seven years of security updates
Nothing Phone 3 release date and price
The Nothing Phone 3 launch date has been confirmed for July 1, 2025, which is just days away now. The launch is set to kick off at 6pm BST (10am PDT, 1pm EDT). It means we’re mere weeks away from seeing what Nothing has in store for us with its first ‘proper’ flagship phone.
Pei had previously confirmed the Phone 3 would arrive during Q3 2025, and with the confirmation of the July 1 first, it’ll be turning up at the very start of the quarter.
It looks like it won’t be alone on launch day either, with Nothing also teasing that its over-ear Headphone 1 set of cans will arrive alongside the phone.
We’ve also been given a hint as to the Nothing Phone 3 price, with Pei revealing the upcoming handset will cost around £800, which would place it in the same ballpark as the base model iPhone 16 and Samsung Galaxy S25.
According to leaker Roland Quandt, the Nothing Phone 3 could cost $799 in the US (apparently with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage), with a larger storage variant priced at $899 (16GB/512GB).
It is an increase over the Nothing Phone 2, which arrived at $599 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, but the 12GB/256GB configuration cost $799 – which would match the rumored price for the same RAM and storage on the Phone 3.
As for when you’ll actually be able to get your hands on the phone, we’re still waiting to find out the Nothing Phone 3 release date. We expect all will be revealed on July 1.
Nothing Phone 3 availability
With Carl Pei confirming a price in British pounds, we can expect the Nothing Phone 3 to be available in the UK, and we’d wager Europe will also get the handset as well.
And more recently, Pei has confirmed proper US availability for Phone 3, as the handset will have 4G and 5G support for AT&T and T-Mobile, plus there won’t be the need to sign up for the firm’s beta program to buy it. You’ll also be able to pick it up from Amazon, as well as via Nothing’s website, making it easier to get hold of.
Nothing Phone 3 design
Design is a major cornerstone of Nothing’s ethos, with its previous devices featuring its unique ‘Glyph’ interface and novel lights on the rear of the phones – however for the Phone 3 this could be dropped if its cryptic “we killed the glyph interface” post on X is to be believed.
Instead, some reports point towards a possible dot-matrix display on the rear of the phone which might be able to display icons and images. It would certainly explain the various dot-matrix style imagery Nothing has been using on its social channels in recent months.
And just days before launch, Android Headlines posted images which it claims show the full design of the Nothing Phone 3. You can see these images in the video below.
Unsurprisingly, Nothing is teasing ultra-precise engineering for the Phone 3, and has shown us a trio of images of what we think are design elements from the phone – albeit from a very close-up perspective.
We got the first image on May 27, with the teaser appearing with the phrase “it’s all in the details.” This was followed up by a second post on June 6 which clearly linked a new image to the Phone 3 along with the comment “ultra-precise engineering”.
The third image was shared on June 25, with Nothing asking “what does this button do?” It looks like the button could be on the rear of the handset, but it’s very difficult to tell. Could it be linked to the glyph interface?
A day later we got another look at the back of the Phone 3 when an image of one of the camera lenses went live, with the message “Phone (3) with 50 MP periscope lens. Built for creators.”
If you’re able to puzzle these together into the phone, let us know!
There’s a chance the first and/or third images could be from the upcoming Nothing Headphones 1, like this teaser – so we’ll continue to take them with a pinch of salt for now.
Pei is promising the use of premium materials for the Phone 3, going some way to justifying the increase in cost of the handset over its predecessor.
The teaser images show that we’re likely to see the Phone 3 arrive in a white color, and rumors suggest black will also be an option.
Nothing Phone 3 Glyph Matrix
A new feature Nothing is introducing on the Phone is its Glyph Matrix. After declaring that it had killed the Glyph Interface on May 29, Nothing then revealed the Glyph Matrix on June 19.
Where the Glyph Interface saw several lights spread across the read of previous Nothing Phones, it appears the Glyph Matrix concentrates a cluster of LEDs in the top corner of the phone, with the capability of displaying various patterns and icons.
How exactly it will work, and what it will be able to display, remains to be seen – but it’s a novel inclusion which will help set the Nothing Phone 3 apart from the crowd.
Nothing Phone 3 power and software
It’s been confirmed that the Nothing Phone 3 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset. While this is a high-powered offering, it’s not the firm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite which some assumed Nothing would use after calling the Phone 3 its “first true flagship” and revealing a flagship-level price.
Rumors suggest the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip will be accompanied by either 12GB or 16GB of RAM, with the choice of 128GB or 256GB of storage.
Nothing claims the Phone 3 will come with “software that really levels things up” with another heavy Android OS overlay as Nothing applies its design language to what’s displayed on screen, as well as the physical device in your hand.
That means you’ll get Nothing OS 3.0, with AI built-in. Nothing claims this allows the system to learn from you, and work with you – like a team mate apparently. Pei says you’ll get “the best of Android in a package which feels completely different.”
Pei started hinting about AI features for the Phone 3 back in June 2024, where we spent five minutes discussing how Nothing was approaching AI. We’ve seen the iteration of its AI vision in the Phone 3a and 3a Pro, but we expect Nothing to takes things further with the Phone 3.
There’s good news in terms of software support as well, with Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis revealing the the Phone 3 will receive five years of major Android OS updates, and seven years of security updates, making the phone nicely future proofed.
Nothing Phone 3 battery and charging
While Nothing hasn’t made any hints towards the Phone 3 battery, recent FCC and SGS listings (spotted by The Tech Outlook) appear to confirm the size of the power pack inside the handset.
The FCC filing points towards the Nothing Phone 3 coming with a 5,150mAh battery and 65W wired fast charging. Unsurprisingly, the filing also mentions USB-C, so expect that charging port to be present on the base of phone.
Nothing Phone 3 camera
It’s been confirmed the Nothing Phone 3 will have a 50MP periscope camera on its rear. Periscope cameras allow phone manufacturers to provide users with optical zoom functionalities, without the need for a bulky camera lens.
The Phone 3’s mid-range sibling, the Nothing Phone 3a Pro, offers a 3x optical zoom (getting you closer to your subject without a loss in quality) so we’d expect a similar zoom level with this setup.
Nothing also posted four sample images, likely taken with the 50MP periscope lens, showing off it’s macro abilities.
Nothing co-founder, Akis Evangelidis, then shared more detail about the camera setup on the Phone 3, revealing the bump on the rear of the phone will be 74% smaller than the one on the Phone 3a Pro.
He also confirmed support for 10cm macro photography, which explains the sample images Nothing shared and the additional images Evangelidis has shared in his post (below).
