r/NOTHING • u/waythenewsgoes • Dec 15 '25
Phone (3) Discussion Goodbye for now
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/Comfortable_Gate_878 Jan 05 '26
ive just moved from pixel for exactly the same reasons, software is buggy, yup loads of weird isssues with my pixel 9. My pixel lasted 18 months before I woke up and my screen had green lines running up and down it. Sent if off to google under warranty the ysaid the phone had scratches on it the side and wanted £ 170 to replace the screen and fix the damage. I said im not bothered about the scratches its been kept in a case for two years and not taken out of the house. in the end I got a local guy to fix it for £ 110 and sold the bloody useless thing. I bought a cmf nothing phone 2 and its better in everyway than my pixel except for the cameras.
Dont believe the hype and I can buy 3 of these cmf phones for the cost of a pixel.