I have a bit of a soft spot for Nothing phones. I know that sounds like the sort of thing a tech writer says before telling you why a phone is secretly brilliant. However, there’s something about Nothing that still feels different in a market where most smartphones have become variations of the same idea – minimalist glass slabs with little personality.
Every year we get a slightly faster processor, a slightly better camera, a slightly brighter screen, and yes, all of that matters. Still, sometimes you pick up a phone, and it just feels like someone actually had a thought beyond ‘make another rectangle’, and, for me, that's usually a new Nothing Phone. That's always the appeal of a new smartphone from this brand, as I discovered when I interviewed the Nothing design team; each one is unique, riffing on the same retro-industrial design in new ways.
