Nothing Phone (3) With Glyph Matrix, Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, & Five Years Of OS Updates Launched In India: Check Specs/Price Here

The London-based tech startup Nothing has released its most ambitious smartphone to date: the Phone (3). A spiritual successor to the Phone (2) (review) released in 2023, the Phone (3) represents a radical change in the company’s journey in the smartphone market.

It packs in a powerful processor, the Glyph Matrix display on the back panel, and offers up to 512GB of UFS 4.0 storage, taking on the established flagship models in the market that cost around Rs. 70,000 or higher.

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Nothing Phone (3) Price & Availability

Pre-bookings for the Phone (3) begin today. As a special launch offer, those who pre-book their unit will get the Nothing Ear (worth Rs. 14,999) with the handset. Buyers who purchase on the first day of sale will also get a one-year extended warranty.

The Nothing Phone (3) will be available in two variants.

• The baseline variant with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage is priced at Rs. 79,999. However, as part of the introductory offer, interested buyers can purchase the variant at Rs. 62,999 (inclusive of bank and exchange offers).
• The Top-specced Phone (3) with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is priced at Rs. 89,999. Interested buyers can get the variant at Rs. 72,999 (inclusive of bank and exchange offers).

The Phone (3) will go on sale via Flipkart, Flipkart Minutes, Vijay Sales, Croma, and other leading retail stores from July 15, 2025.

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Nothing Phone (3) Design

The Phone (3) looks nothing like the previous Nothing handsets. While the handset still features a see-through back panel, it bids farewell to the iconic Glyph Interface in favor of a monochrome Glyph Matrix, a circular LED display (with 489 LEDs) situated at the top right corner of the rear panel.

The Glyph Matrix serves the same purpose of informing the users about incoming call IDs and app-specific alerts as the Glyph Interface, but it also enables unique experiences like Glyph Toys, allowing users to capture perfect selfies, play spin the bottle or Rock Paper Scissors, view time, use the matric LED display as a battery indicaator, so on and so forth.

Other Glyph Matrix features include camera countdown, Glyph Torch, and volume indicator. In addition to this, there is a dedicated Glyph Button that lets you interact with the LED display. Users can tap to cycle through the tools and widgets and hold to play with Glyph Toys.

The Phone (3) also features an Essential Key, a button on the right frame that lets users access Essential Space. Pressing the key once captures the screen, a long press records a voice note, while double-pressing instantly opens the Essential Space. There’s a new feature called Flip to Record as well.

While the phone features a punch-hole screen at the front protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass 7i, it features Gorilla Glass Victus at the back. Regarding water resistance, the phone features an IP68 rating.

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Nothing Phone (3) Specifications And Features

Display

First up, the Phone (3) features a 10-bit 6.67-inch AMOLED screen that supports a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate (1,000Hz touch sampling rate) and has a resolution of 2,800 x 1,260 pixels (460 ppi).

The screen can shine as bright as 800 nits (typical brightness) and 1,600 nits when used outdoors. It can also achieve a local peak brightness of 4,500 nits. Last but not least, the display supports the HDR10+ format for viewing high-dynamic range content.

Processor

Under its uniquely-designed hood, the Phone (3) is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (4nm) chipset, which features a 3.2GHz Cortex-X4 prime core and seven performance cores (up to 3.0GHz Cortex-A720). Besides, the chipset also features the Adreno 825 GPU and the Hexagon NPU as part of its AI Engine.

Moreover, the Phone (3) provides a 36% improvement in CPU performance, a whopping 88% improvement in GPU performance, and 60% faster AI processing. Regarding memory and storage, the device offers up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 512GB of UFS 4.0 storage.

Operating System

Out of the box, the Phone (3) runs on Nothing OS 3.5, which features Dot Engine to power bespoke animations, icons, and fonts. Furthermore, the company has committed to providing five years of major operating system updates and seven years of security updates for the device. Nothing OS 4.0 will be available on the device in the third quarter of this year.

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Optics

Regarding optics, the Phone (3) features a triple-camera setup, headlined by the 50MP (f/1.68, 1/1.3-inch) primary sensor, which supports optical image stabilization and provides 2x in-sensor zoom. Then there’s a 50MP (f/2.68, 1/2.75-inch, OIS) sensor paired with a 3x optical zoom lens (also provides 6x in-sensor zoom and up to 60x digital zoom).

The Phone (3) also sports a 50MP (f/2.2, 1/2.76-inch, EIS) ultrawide sensor with electronic image stabilization. On the front, users get a 50MP (f/2.2, 1/2.76-inch) selfie shooter. Some key camera-related features include 4K Ultra XDR recording at up to 60 fps, Slo-mo recording at up to 240 fps, Action Mode, Macro Mode, Night Mode, and Motion Capture.

Battery & Connectivity

Nothing’s latest handset draws its power from a 5,500 mAh battery (India-specific feature) that supports 65W wired charging (1-100% in around 54 minutes). Furthermore, the handset supports 15W wireless, 7.5W reverse wired, and 5W reverse wireless charging.

Connectivity options on the Nothing Phone (3) include 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth v6.0, dual-band GPS, GLONASS, and NFC.

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