
Two weeks ahead of the Nothing Phone 3’s launch on July 1, Nothing announced that its “first true flagship” would be using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, not the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which is by all accounts the fastest Android chipset in 2025.
Negative headlines abounded (“the Nothing Phone 3 chipset has been confirmed and I’m concerned,” wrote Trusted Reviews), but in hindsight, Nothing was smart to clear the decks for a slew of much more positive Phone 3 coverage on launch day.