Nothing Phone 3: Leaks, Expected Release Date, Specs, Features, And Design

In this highly competition smartphone manufacturing industry, where such big giants as Apple, Google, Samsung, etc., Nothing has made its name within 4 years, with its new innovative transparent design.

The Nothing Phone 3 comes to the next year 2025, with the same transparent back with GYPH 3.0 features and minimalist Nothing OS 3.0, a new Snapdragon Gen 3 processor, a 58 MP camera in both rear and front, packed with 5000 mAh battery, new AI assistance integrated with OS, workers on Device.

At the side of the Nothing Phones Fans, are waiting for the next big tech phone to arrive, while the Phone 3 is still in the early stage or in the development & planning stage.

Here, you know everything about the Nothing Phone (3), including upcoming specs, Design, performance, rumors, and possible released dates.

Nothing Phone (3): Latest Leaks and Rumors

The buzz souring in the tech world that the Nothing Phone (3) building, is still in its early stage of development, while the rummers and leaks revealed that it might come with a minimalist, design, expected to follow the same transparent design and Glyphs Light signature, with more premium feels.

Credible Sources and Their Claims

As per the Beebom reports the Phone 3 is well into its developments, it completed with its flagship models.

The big tech news website, ReadWrite emphasizes that the Phone (3) is expected to power with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, which helps to boost its performance as well as the Gaming performance. 

Techopedia highlights that Phone (3) improvements in display technology, possibly moving to a QHD+ panel, a higher refresh rate maybe be 240Hz, and better color accuracy for a richer media experience.

The Android Police, claims that Phone 3 improving its designs with more premium materials while retaining the Nothing main signature look ( transparent back panel design with Glyphs lights).

What Industry Insiders Are Saying

Tech insiders and Nothing Phones Users are very excited about the upcoming news Nothing Phones, while some tech nerds say the Nothing Phone 3 is a potential Gaming changer phone, in a premium space (Look at here Nothing Phone 3 Update: Anticipated Design and specs).

Also, Carl Pei, the Man behind the Nothing company has hinted at some new and cool refined simple designs on Nothing OS 3.0 which comes with Phone (3).

Nothing Phone (3) Expected Release Date

Estimated Release Date: July 2025 

Every smartphone manufacturer launched their news brand phones on a pattern basis, also Nothing Does the same thing, let’s analyze that one.

Nothing’s Release Pattern Analysis

If we look at all previous launches of Nothing phones timeline then Nothing Phone 1 was launched on 8th July 2022, Phone 2 on 11th July 2023, and Phone 2a Plus on 31st July 2024, whereas Phone 2a launched on 12th March 2024.

Carl Confirmed that that will come in 2025. (Here are more updates Nothing Phone (3) Not Coming Until 2025).

Nothing Phone 3 Potential Launch Window & Global Availability Predictions

All three 3 Phones (1,2,2a plus) were launched within a gap of 1 year, which indicates the Nothing Phone 3 will be launched in July 2025 globally.

Also the CEO, Carl already announced that the Phone 3 will be coming in the year 2025, in a YouTube video, he said that it comes with some exciting features of  OS integrated  AI features, and shared a short Demo of the AI.

Also, Carl has shared some previews of the video on their official X accounts.

Nothing Phone (3): Anticipated Design and specs

As per the CEO statements, after the launches of Phone (2), on their Nothing Offical YouTube channels, Nothing has to try to build has it own identity

So, we trying to keep the same back design transparent and a little bit of change on Glyphs with new features. 

Also, the Phone (3) is expected to continue the same unique transparent design while refilling the design with more premium materials.

The insider shared that, the upcoming Phone 3 will improve the build quality as possible to try to keep fully recycled materials.

Processor and Performance

As per the leaking spaces reports the Nothing Phone (3) will be powered with a flash ship level chipset which may be Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipsets.

This is a next-generation processor that promises faster, better multitasking, and energy efficiency than the 8 Gen 3 and it will compete with the top tier smartphone like Samsung. 

In the recent update, the Motorola Razr+ has the same chipsets, which are a 4nm octa-core chipset, 3GHz Prime core, four 2.8GHz performance cores, and three 2GHz efficiency cores. Also, It supports up to 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM, UFS 4.0 storage, and Wi-Fi 7.

Display Technology

No, doubt Nothing has delivered the best quality display technology with an affordable price range on the Phone (1) and (2) with 120Hz.

As rumored, referenced that the Nothing Phone (3), has featured a QHD+ AMOLED display with a higher refresh rate, which may go with 120 Hz, but higher change upgrades to 240 Hz and higher color accuracy.

These upgrades ensure that they enhance the gaming, video playback, and everyday scrolling experience, delivering smoother visuals and sharper details while focusing on the minimalistic UI and UX.

Camera System Upgrades

Nothing has significant updates on their camera departments. While related the phone 1 the camera faced a lot of issues, after 1-month upgrades they fixed a lot of bugs, also they still improving with the software.

As Leakes speculates the Nothing Phone (3) has a triple camera setup up on the back with two 58MP a macro lens and a front 50 MP selfie camera. 

Moreover, they have focused on sports photography, software-based computational photography, dynamic range, low-light photography, and enhanced video shooting. They trying to give a flagship camera status phone.

Battery and Charging Capabilities

The Nothing Phone (3) rummer that it will be packed with a larger 5000mAh with supported 60 W wire fast-changing and 15 W wireless, which will offer a more usage time as compared to  Nothing Phone (2).

Also, rumored that they have developed an advanced battery technology for fast-changing, that will increase the battery capacity. 

While Nothing Phone (2) was a 4,700 mAh and supports a 45W fast changing.

Storage and RAM Options

In terms of storage, this time Nothing may offer 3 models 8GB + 128GB, 12GB + 256GB, and 16GB + 512 GB, and with UFS 3.0 file transfer.

Nothing Phone (3): Exciting New Key Features

Nothing has panned some of the new features with its upcoming Nothing Phone (3), as they already hint that they have introduced a new UI in the quick setting panel, and new lock screen, and a new AI assistant with new interfacing.

Also,  they have updates on its hardware as the Glyph 3.0 interface and innovative connection options.

Let’s discuss one by one:

Glyph Interface 3.0: What’s New?

The Nothing Phone signature is a transparent glass back panel and the Glyph interface. They already have Glyph 1.0 with Nothing Phone (1) and 2.0 with Nothing Phone (2), and it’s time to upgrade to 3.0.

Early rumor indicates that Glyph 3.0 is getting massive upgrades, and advanced customization for each specific app, notifications, and interaction.

While the Glyph Interface 3.0 design may get a new look (based on the change in each version), it may add gesture control features. 

Software Enhancements: Nothing OS Evolution

Nothing is one of the most innovative companies in the Android markets which offers a simple and minimalistic user interface with Nothing OS, in terms of speed, fluidity, and customization.

Talking about the Nothing Phone (3) innovating features, they bring with them Nothing OS 3.0, which the CEO already hints at in X post (check out the Nothing OS 3.0 review).

They already redesigned the new lock screen and new UI panel for the Quick setting, the new design is very cool.

Also, they trying to build an ecosystem with AI.

AI Integration Possibilities

AI is taking significant change to our life from 2022 after the Chat GPT launched. 

Nothing already offers some enhanced AI features with Noting OS 2.6, such as AI news assistance (review), screenshot ChatGPT integration, and ChatGPT voice and chat widgets. 

After the Phone 2(a) launched the CEO showed a demo of the new innovative AI features (a new way of AI assistant) of Nothing OS 3.0, on their YouTube channel, he confirmed that comes with Nothing Phone (3) in the coming 2025.

Innovative Connectivity Options

As per the rumors, the Nothing Phone (3) comes with an improved version of 5G connection, WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and all the sensors except the IR blaster.

The rumor says that Nothing trying to build a device-to-device file transfer echo system communication and smoother connection with other Nothing devices,

Design Evolution

Nothing is one of the best innovation designing companies from its first product Ear (1) in 2021. 

They have established their names in the categories of design evaluation. With the First Nothing Phone (1), they have proven it.

After the Phone (1) they had minor evaluation changes in their design, as their Tech YouTuber says like MKBHD on Phone (2) reviews.

Let us see what revolutionary design we get  in the Phone (3):

Aesthetic Changes from Nothing Phone 2

As compared with the Phone (2)with Phone (3) based on the rummer, Phone (3) has introduced subtle yet impactful aesthetic changes in design. 

The leaks indicate that Phone (3) has a similar Bazzel size with slightly refined narrowing while focusing on ergonomics and usability.

Now the Phone has upgraded to the new Glyphy 3.0 interface, and more light customization features, as we discussed above on Glyph Interface 3.0: What’s New.

It comes with the same transparent design with a new preview of backsides and tries to keep the rectangle shape as like on Phone (1).

Materials and Build Quality

Nothing believed in eco-conspicuous design philosophy. 

The rumor says that they trying to keep using high-quality reusable materials, that sustain durability, are stronger, and feel like a premium metallic body. 

Color Options and Special Editions

Nothing has tried to keep a simple color black and white as on the previous model. But after the Phone 2(a) launched they introduced a special edition for India a blue color.

At this time the Nothing Phoene (3) offers 3 variant colors Black, white, and Blue.

Comparison with Previous Models

Nothing Phone (3) has kept the same signature with enhanced upgrades as compared to earlier Phone (1), (2) and (2a).

Comparison with Nothing Phone 1 and Phone 2

On the Phone (1), they have introduced new world innovation with a distinct transparent design and Glyphy interface, and they established a new strong brand identity in the highly crowd smartphone markets.

And the Phone (2) makes the foundation more strong by enhancing with hardware and software. It has a more powerful chipset, more improved photo capture, a stable OS, and fewer bugs.

Also, the Nothing Phone (3) has followed the same trends to build its identity on the user, with refined design, advanced technology, and powerful hardware.

How the Nothing Phone 3 Improves Upon Its Predecessors

Well, Nothing Phone (3) is powered by a Snapdragon 8s 3 Gen 4nm technology-based processor with more powerful than all the previous modes. Also has improved the camera system, high-quality materials, enhanced OS, new refined design, and focused gaming usability.

How Nothing Phone 3 Compares to Competitors

The Nothing Phone (3) will compete with 2 competitors: 

Flagship Rivals: Apple, Samsung, Google

In the flagship categories, the Phone (3) has competed with the iPhone 16, Samsung Galaxy S25, and Google Pixel 9 series with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and advanced camera system.

While others offer a metallic and plastic body with the same simple one-color back panel, Nothing Phone (3) offers a transparent design back panels with its innovative Glyphy interface and enhanced no bloatware Nothing OS 3.0, with QHD+ AMOLED display 240 Hz refresh rates, feels smoother scrolling experience.

Mid-Range Challengers: OnePlus, Xiaomi, Realme

In the mid-range segment, Nothing has already built its own strong brand identity against OnePlus, Xiaomi, Realme, etc.

Here Nothing Phone (3) will replace other brands with its innovative design, performance, material quality, and OS. Users can take advantage of unique design, high permanence, and more features in the same price range.

Price Speculation and Market Positioning

Based on the rumored chipset, and RAM capacity Nothing may fix the price roughly starting from $550 or $600. If compared with Phone 2 then it will increase $100 to $200.

Expert Opinions and Early Impressions

On the early rumors of expert reviews and impressions, Nothing Phone (3) suggests promising a massive upgrade on both hardware and software.

As per the analysis, it competes with both flash ship and mind range categories phones while having a powerful chipset, better camera technology, innovative design many more customization options, and AI integration with Nothing OS 3.0.

Conclusion: Is Nothing Phone 3 Worth the Wait?

Yes, waiting for the Nothing Phone (3) is worth it, it gets massive upgrades in performance, camera, quality, and design. 

If you want to buy a fully paced specs phone then wait for another 1 year for the Phone (3).

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