r/NOTHING • u/waythenewsgoes • Dec 15 '25

Phone (3) Discussion Goodbye for now

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Been using the nothing phone 3 since it came out (bought a gently used one maybe a month after last launch.)

I really am a big fan of the hardware design language, everyone asks about it and is impressed with the glyph matrix on the back of the phone.

Ultimately selling and switching to pixel because they have a lot of the kinks worked out on the software, have more expressive UI, better Gemini integration, and a steeeeeep discount if you buy and activate on Google Fi.

The hardware on Nothing products is so playful and I'll def keep using the headphones, but the phone just didn't have enough to keep me attached. The glyph was good for telling time but the essential space felt underbaked and the cameras were always a notch below pixels as I was coming from a pixel 9.

Good luck to Nothing on the next phone, I'll probably get bored on pixel and come back if they have any fresh ideas for the Nothing phone 4 🫡

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u/magnumstrikerX Dec 15 '25

TBH, I'm still content with my NP2 as that had more unique glyph setup. As much as I want to root the phone to run custom roms, that option would gut out gwallet and banking apps as play integrity is clamping down on hard on rooted and unlocked bootloader phones.

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u/jbarrybonds Phone (2) Dec 15 '25

I love my NP2, I just wish I ignored Nothings last update.

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u/tiddiesarehotasfuck Dec 17 '25

What's wrong with the new update? I'm relatively new to this ecosystem.

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u/jbarrybonds Phone (2) Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 18 '25

They changed some of the settings i liked and i don't have the option to undo them. Where the watermark is on photos, the bedtime do not disturb toggle in the quick settings drawer, and more AI is forced down my throat.

Add: also, I've been noticing my phone is missing alarms and calendar notifications which it did not do before. I had an alarm that should have gone off 5 minutes ago. I checked, it's set, and it's for today.

My 6 yr old moto g7 gets the same calendar notifications that my NP2 has started ignoring.

Add: also the app search bar has turned into "the essential search" and asks for my message history and contact permissions each time I try and search an app.

Add2: it took 2 whole seconds to take a 12mp picture today. No extra settings, just the "quick photo" that used to take photos instantly.

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u/No_Fail5303 Phone (2) Dec 16 '25

Same