Nothing says the phone 3 is his “first real flagship phone”, and he has put his money where his mouth is. The phone is being launched in full US, and at 9 799, its price is exactly the same, such as Pixel 9, Galaxy S25, or iPhone 16.
This makes the phone review 3 freshly easier, because there are only two real questions that are important: is it good like these three? And is it just as good as we are expecting from the new pixel and iPhone model that is exactly around the corner?
The answer is coming down how much you like its unique form. The bad news for anything is that the design of the phone 3 is far more discriminatory than there, even among the biggest fans of anything.
99 799
Nice
- Unique design
- Large battery and fast charging
- Plenty of storage
Bad
- Weak chip set for price
- Flags rivals have better cameras
- No more golf lights
The phone 3 is not the first to dig the interface, a summary of LED dots and strips that made the phone 1 launch in 2022 became a design trademark. Something smaller and joke in place: a circular dot matrix display dubbed the golf matrix.
The golf matrix plays in the bottle, but do you not dare to do it?
Nothing says that the Gulf toy limit will be expanded with apps made from the new community.
Nothing in anything includes some of its own design notifications, as I used for WhatsApp.
Gulf matrix can show images and icons, so instead of trying to remember which lights you show for phone calls from your mother, you can fix an emoji to represent it (you can also use the picture, but when offered on the dot matrix, these are like old lights). You can use any kind of selected designs from any image or produce yourself from an image, but if you want to use a specific emoji or app icon, you will need to hold the image file itself to change it. All this needs to be manually activated, contact the contact, the app through the app, so it is quite actions to set up.
Gulf Matrix can also do sensible work such as time or rest of the battery, alienated things like running a solar watch or a back camera, and rotate straight things like play rock, paper, scissors or bottle. Practical or not, these are collective gallows toys, and you can rotate through them using a hidden hippoc button hidden in the back of the phone. You can always configure watches or battery indicators as a form of display, which is a matter of boring use but for me the best part.
The ultimate result is a system that is more practical than ever – although it does not fully work to remove the allegations that this is a trick – but after many years of Asas Rog phones, which have other screens.
It also leaves the rest of the phone strangely naked. There are already a lot of written about the phone’s inappropriate camera placement, but this is a barren white space that bothers me more. The design of anything is not about details and dhukki that draws the eye and points to the hardware below. But here, the top of the phone is a narrow cluster of cameras and other details, and at the bottom, well, nothing. I like the company’s second hardware format, but the phone 3 is its first design dod – which is very busy and empty everywhere.
Nothing is good for OS, but gray, which can make it difficult to use.
This app is the “smart” sequence of the drawer, which has automatic categories.
You can use the place you need to take screenshots of event invitations …
… Which has been summarized and can be compatible with the Google Calendar.
Software does nothing separate design language. Android 15 -based OS 3.5 is nothing, minimal and not monochrome, with many specifications – according to details such as the setting menu of instant settings. The gray scale looks great, though when you are trying to find the app icon in the rush, this is a bit non -helpful, but if you prefer you can always turn into the standard colorful icons of Android. Even in a new AI -powered global search bar, apps, contacts, settings and more help to pull.
The second larger AI features are found in an essential place to return, which is dynamic through a dedicated hardware key to save screenshots and voice notes, which AI is reminded of you about events or tasks. Will analyze, which will have a new option to include events in the Google Calendar. It can also have an audio recording summary, though you are limited to 300 minutes a month, which has no option to buy more, and you only get one summary, not a complete transcript.
The lower half of the phone 3 is naked by the top.
But rather than just seeing this part, there is more to be the flagship. Some fans were not offended by the “flagship” Snap Dragon 8s General 4 chip set of phone 3, which is also found in 9 399 Poko F7. And of course, this is a chip for the lower end of the flagship space, which is less powerful than Snapdragon 8 Elite that you will find in the Galaxy S25. But ever since the company turned into the interior tensor chips, Google’s Pixel Line has provided less pure power, and the 8s General 4 has been competitive. It’s not withdrawn or hesitant in my two weeks with the phone, the photo processing is quite fast, and it handles the gaming comfortably.
Some specs are strong: 12GB of RAM for the base model and 256GB storage is very good, provides a double space of competitors. The battery of 5,150mAh is larger than alternatives and keeps the day comfortably, while 65W wired charging is the fastest. The bright 120 herits OLED display is not separate from the outskirts of 6.67 inches.
Nothing cameras before it were eligible, but it does not cut the flagship. Nothing has upgraded Phone 3’s hardware with a triple rear camera that uses a 50-megapixel sensor throughout the board-including a selfie camera-offers all its competitors on the resolution. It says it has also created software opportunities, and prefer more shadows and natural highlights.
1/19The main camera of the phone 3 produces attractive results in good light.
The main camera works well in the evening in good light. In some shots, excessive HDR effects are flat sheds, vice versa and remove the details, although processing more than the post -process of anything prevents more than anything. The consequences are eliminated after it is in the dark, though, and the camera features and crushes calls in the process.
Tele photo is the best feature for this camera, partly because the iPhone 16 and Pixel 9 are not one. Color tuning is different from the central lens, because of being flattering and cooling, but it takes photos with an attractive, natural Bokia effect, especially in macroid mode.
Overall, the camera is left behind the competition, but this telephoto may be an attractive reason to consider – although there is rumor of jumping into three cameras with Pixel 10, but this can be eliminated.
Love it or hate it, no other phone looks like it.
Back to Big Question: Should you buy this other flagship? The phone comes with 3 more storage, a large battery, and sharp charging. It is likely that the pixel and the iPhone model on these fronts will be defeated. But neither the chip sets nor the cameras remain intact, and there is a danger that these gaps increase in the next few months.
Nevertheless, none of these flagships look like this. Depending on your taste, this can be a point in their favor. I don’t like the design of the phone 3. But it is specific, and golf matrix Can make If you take time to make it customized, be powerful. If it appeals, then nothing is phone 3 is a unique flag. Just make sure you are happy to apply the form over function.
Photos of Dominic Preston / The Verge
