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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Nothing Phone 3 review: a quirky, slick Android alternative

The Nothing Phone 3 review showing the back of the handset with its novel design, offset cameras and LED matrix display.
London-based Nothing’s top phone offers a more interesting and quirky Android for those who want something different. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

The Phone 3 is London-based Nothing’s latest attempt to get people to ditch Samsung or Apple phones for something a bit different, a little quirky and more fun.

As the firm’s first high-end Android in several years, it has most of what you’d expect a flagship phone to have. But where it tries to set itself apart is with slick, dot-matrix-inspired software and a design on the back that includes a small, unique LED screen.

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