Nothing mobile

Even though Nothing is a smaller player in the phone market, it has some big-name tech investors backing the company, including former Apple and Next executive Tony Fadell. Nothing CEO Carl Pei built OnePlus from the ground up into Oppo's performance brand, and founded Nothing after he left. OnePlus started as subversive phone company, offering handsets with premium performance. Its phones sacrificed some camera specs and durability features, like water resistance, in favor of faster chipsets and dazzling displays. The first Nothing Phone also launched with limited global availability, only arriving in the US in an extremely limited capacity well after its debut in Europe, the UK an elsewhere. Even though Nothing offered the phone to the US in a beta program, local carriers were hesitant to sing its praises without proper local testing. This year, we know the Nothing Phone 2 will launch more widely, and Pei has hinted that the US market will be a top priority for the company. Nothing Phone 1 in black and white (Image credit: Future) The first Nothing Phone 1 arrived on July 12, 2022, and it looks like the Nothing Phone 2 will launch almost exactly a year later, with the company confirming a launch date of July 11, 2023. It's unknown yet whether the phone will be available to buy on the same day. Fans will be able to keep tabs on developments in the run-up to the launch via See more The original Nothing Phone 1 was available for £399 / €469 / AU$749 when it launched, with n...