At launch, call nothing (1) was marketed as one of the brightest displays on a smartphone in its price range. The handset achieved 1200 nits peak brightness with HDR content. However, it appears that this was not true as the company had quietly updated the specifications section of the smartphone.
Computerbase recently reported that Nothing at all The phone (1) couldn’t achieve more than 500 nits of brightness, which was much less than Nothing was claimed at launch. The GSMArena report claims that the device’s specifications page has not been updated silently and now mentions 500 nits or regular max brightness and 700 nits when viewing HDR content.
The Web Archive has already cached an older version of the Nothing Phone (1) specification page that explicitly mentions 1200 nits of maximum brightness when viewing HDR content. Thankfully, other specifications of the display such as 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+ support, 240Hz touch sampling, etc. are accurate and there has been no change in that department.
Nothing Phone (1): Specifications
Nothing beats the phone (1) featuring a transparent back with a unique design made up of over 400 components. On the back, it has something called the Glyph interface, which, according to Nothing, is a new way of communicating to help reduce screen time. The phone (1) has a 6.55” OLED display and HDR10+. It offers an adaptive 102Hz refresh rate.
The phone (1) is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ chipset, which has been custom-made for nothing. It is a 5G chipset and supports wireless and reverse charging.
It runs on Nothing OS based on Android 12 operating system.
The phone (1) features a dual camera setup with two 50 MP sensors, with the main camera being powered by the flagship Sony IMX766. It offers 10-bit color video with wide /1.8 aperture, dual image stabilization and other features. Users also get other features like Night Mode and Scene Detection.
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