nothing: Nothing Phone (1) is launching on July 12: All that we know about the smartphone

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s Nothing has announced the launch date for its first smartphone – the Nothing Phone (1). The company will be unveiling its first smartphone on July 12, which is almost a month away. The launch event, called “Nothing(event): Return to Instinct”, is scheduled at 16:00 BST on July 12 (8:30 PM IST). It will be a virtual event live-streamed on YouTube and Nothing’s official website.
What to expect from Nothing Phone (1)?
Nothing has given a peek into what it has in store for buyers of its first smartphone back in March. The company revealed the upcoming phone will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset that would power the Nothing Phone (1). At that event, Nothing gave us a first look at the software – the Nothing OS – which will be based on Android and is said to be very close to the stock Android. However, it does have dot-matrix elements throughout the UI. Further, the Nothing Phone (1) will have “elements of transparency,” which means that it would have a design similar to Nothing’s first product, the Ear (1). There are also rumours of the smartphone coming with illuminating light strips at the back.
Last month, the company revealed more details about the smartphone in a tweet. Nothing says that the Phone (1) will have a recycled aluminium frame, wireless charging and no chin. The company also confirmed that the upcoming smartphone will have a transparent back, and further reiterated that it will be powered by a Snapdragon chipset, probably the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset.
The smartphone is the second product from the company, which comes a year after it launched a pair of wireless earbuds – the Nothing Ear (1). The Pei led Nothing acquired the Essential, after which rumours of the company working on a smartphone started emerging on the internet. And now, the brand is finally launching its first smartphone in a month’s time.