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GSMArena Team,
15 July 2025.
Design, build quality, handling
If there is one way to describe the design of the Nothing Phone (3), it would probably be ‘different.’ Nothing has always strived to be unique, but we have to say that the Phone (3) arguably takes it to a new level.
The back of the Phone (3) is a very odd combination of symmetry and asymmetry. From a distance, it almost looks like Nothing intended to separate the back into three equal columns, which would have been neat if it wasn’t for the obvious misalignment in the top left camera module. The whole look is an acquired taste, put quite mildly. One that this particular reviewer frankly never quite acquired, but I did sort of warm up to it at least a bit after a while.
Let’s talk functional bits first. There are the cameras and LED flash, of course, but gone are the LED glyph strips (also known as the Glyph interface). Now you get what Nothing calls a Glyph Matrix. The signature Nothing Phone glyph interface is now condensed to a monochrome display comprising 489 LEDs.
It does more than just notifications as you can assign custom images, animations and app-specific messages. There are even a few games, such as Spin the Bottle, Rock Paper Scissors, and Magic 8 Ball. Nothing should be releasing its developer SDK any day now, so we’ll hopefully see even more clever ideas here.
The back is admittedly kind of busy, so this is fairly easy to miss, but if you move your gaze lower vertically, you will see two circles around halfway down the body, underneath the Glyph Matrix. One of these is actually a capacitive touch “button”. It controls what is displayed on the Glyph Matrix and allows you to interact with the content that is on it. Pressing the area produces haptic feedback, which is a nice touch.
The rest of the back design is mostly just that – design. The flashing red light recording indicator from the Phone (2) is alive and well. It’s a bit much and chaotic in my opinion, but that’s definitely a subjective point.
What is less subjective is the fact that the back of the Nothing Phone (3) attracts grease like there is tomorrow. Jokes aside, forget about ever keeping this phone clean without a case.
Nothing likes to keep things simple when it comes to colors. The Phone (3) can be had in either White or Black. At least the colors aren’t as “out there” as the design is.
The back is made of Gorilla Glass Victus. It’s moderately slippery, but mostly thanks to its square-ish shape, the phone offers a snug and confident grip.
While on the subject of materials, the Nothing Phone (3) is premium through and through. The front side is also hardened glass – Gorilla Glass 7i. These two sheets of glass sandwich an aluminum frame between them. There is practically no flex to the chassis, nor is there any hollowness to the back. The Phone (3) feels very sturdy and well-built.
Nothing upped the game when it comes to ingress protection. Unlike the Phone (2), which only features IP54 protection, the Phone (3) brings things up to IP68. The phone should be able to survive up to 30 minutes in up to 1.5 meters of fresh water. Always a welcome sight.
Nothing Phone (3)
We would hesitate to call the button layout of the Phone (3) exactly standard. The Phone (3) is one of those phones that have the power button on the right-hand side, but the volume buttons on the opposite left side. That’s easily enough to get used to, but we do kind of wish the volume buttons were a bit higher up on the frame. We suppose this location makes sense for horizontal use and activities like gaming, so there’s that.
The Phone (3) also has what Nothing calls the “Essential key”, right underneath the power button. It is a quick shortcut to some of the phone’s built-in AI smarts. More on that in the software section.
The top side of the Phone (3) is not entirely empty, and that’s great news since we find a secondary speaker grill here. The idea is that sound gets fired not only forward towards the screen where the earpiece is, but also upwards, which makes the output a lot more balanced with the dedicated bottom-firing speaker. There’s not much else on the bottom of the phone – the Type-C port and a dual Nano-SIM tray. No expandable storage here, sadly.
Nothing slimmed down the display bezels on the Phone (3), compared to the Phone (2). Nothing monumental, but still a nice, incremental upgrade. There are no visible sensors on the front of the phone. Everything is nicely hidden away underneath the display.
The Phone (3) uses an optical under-display fingerprint reader. It’s both fast and reliable. We have no complaints with it, perhaps other than the fact it sits a bit low vertically.
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GSMArena Team,
15 July 2025.
Design, build quality, handling
If there is one way to describe the design of the Nothing Phone (3), it would probably be ‘different.’ Nothing has always strived to be unique, but we have to say that the Phone (3) arguably takes it to a new level.
The back of the Phone (3) is a very odd combination of symmetry and asymmetry. From a distance, it almost looks like Nothing intended to separate the back into three equal columns, which would have been neat if it wasn’t for the obvious misalignment in the top left camera module. The whole look is an acquired taste, put quite mildly. One that this particular reviewer frankly never quite acquired, but I did sort of warm up to it at least a bit after a while.
Let’s talk functional bits first. There are the cameras and LED flash, of course, but gone are the LED glyph strips (also known as the Glyph interface). Now you get what Nothing calls a Glyph Matrix. The signature Nothing Phone glyph interface is now condensed to a monochrome display comprising 489 LEDs.
It does more than just notifications as you can assign custom images, animations and app-specific messages. There are even a few games, such as Spin the Bottle, Rock Paper Scissors, and Magic 8 Ball. Nothing should be releasing its developer SDK any day now, so we’ll hopefully see even more clever ideas here.
The back is admittedly kind of busy, so this is fairly easy to miss, but if you move your gaze lower vertically, you will see two circles around halfway down the body, underneath the Glyph Matrix. One of these is actually a capacitive touch “button”. It controls what is displayed on the Glyph Matrix and allows you to interact with the content that is on it. Pressing the area produces haptic feedback, which is a nice touch.
The rest of the back design is mostly just that – design. The flashing red light recording indicator from the Phone (2) is alive and well. It’s a bit much and chaotic in my opinion, but that’s definitely a subjective point.
What is less subjective is the fact that the back of the Nothing Phone (3) attracts grease like there is tomorrow. Jokes aside, forget about ever keeping this phone clean without a case.
Nothing likes to keep things simple when it comes to colors. The Phone (3) can be had in either White or Black. At least the colors aren’t as “out there” as the design is.
The back is made of Gorilla Glass Victus. It’s moderately slippery, but mostly thanks to its square-ish shape, the phone offers a snug and confident grip.
While on the subject of materials, the Nothing Phone (3) is premium through and through. The front side is also hardened glass – Gorilla Glass 7i. These two sheets of glass sandwich an aluminum frame between them. There is practically no flex to the chassis, nor is there any hollowness to the back. The Phone (3) feels very sturdy and well-built.
Nothing upped the game when it comes to ingress protection. Unlike the Phone (2), which only features IP54 protection, the Phone (3) brings things up to IP68. The phone should be able to survive up to 30 minutes in up to 1.5 meters of fresh water. Always a welcome sight.
Nothing Phone (3)
We would hesitate to call the button layout of the Phone (3) exactly standard. The Phone (3) is one of those phones that have the power button on the right-hand side, but the volume buttons on the opposite left side. That’s easily enough to get used to, but we do kind of wish the volume buttons were a bit higher up on the frame. We suppose this location makes sense for horizontal use and activities like gaming, so there’s that.
The Phone (3) also has what Nothing calls the “Essential key”, right underneath the power button. It is a quick shortcut to some of the phone’s built-in AI smarts. More on that in the software section.
The top side of the Phone (3) is not entirely empty, and that’s great news since we find a secondary speaker grill here. The idea is that sound gets fired not only forward towards the screen where the earpiece is, but also upwards, which makes the output a lot more balanced with the dedicated bottom-firing speaker. There’s not much else on the bottom of the phone – the Type-C port and a dual Nano-SIM tray. No expandable storage here, sadly.
Nothing slimmed down the display bezels on the Phone (3), compared to the Phone (2). Nothing monumental, but still a nice, incremental upgrade. There are no visible sensors on the front of the phone. Everything is nicely hidden away underneath the display.
The Phone (3) uses an optical under-display fingerprint reader. It’s both fast and reliable. We have no complaints with it, perhaps other than the fact it sits a bit low vertically.