Nothing different with the third generation of the phone. First, nothing came in the phone 3A (and 3a pro), which added stylish hardware to competitive price. Now, the company has not launched the phone 3, which it is calling its first “real flagship”. At 99 799, this is not yet an expensive phone, with a large screen, four 50 megapixel cameras and a large design of the company’s signature golf interface, developed in a more compact gulf matrix.
Nothing of the hardware is something that really separates from players set up their phones, and the 2025 model is more wide and more complicated than ever. However, at this price, it faces a fierce competition with admission level flagships like the Galaxy S25 and the iPhone 16. Beyond the innovations and occasional tricks, is not enough basic principles to nail enough to compete?
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Nothing can be the first “real flagship” of the phone 3 company, but many sugars are not similar to this flagship manner. The big screen, the battery and the new Gulf Matrix makes it an important step from the phone 2, but the camera performance is unusual and you will expect a more powerful processor at this price.
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- Big, bright display
- Unique hardware and software design
- Large silicon carbon battery
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- The camera’s performance is unusual
- Middleing processor
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Hardware and design
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Once again, nothing has been made a phone that orders to pay attention like anyone else. Wherever I go, people are interested when they see me using Phone 3, and the Gulf Matrix seems to be confused and happy.
Nothing, unlike the camera unit on the phone 3A Pro, three cameras of the phone 3 are placed in the rear and remove a part of a millimeter. Outdoor returns, patches and hardware modules are organized in three vertical queues. This time, it is more clear that it flourishes the design of the phone instead of a real glimpse in the components of the phone. For example, under the flash, a curious glass of glass does not seem to be a semi -circle (beyond aesthetic).
Somewhere, a red square with ultra -wide camera now works as a recording light. This is another charming touch that can be disabled in settings if you find it annoying. The off -center telephoto camera lens can also like fans of balance, but this is a choice that I do not specifically mind. The phone 3 phones are 2 to 18 percent thin and, without colliding with 3A Pro’s camera, it takes and feels one step above its predecessors.
The main attractive Gulf Matrix is: a circular dot matrix display made of 489 LEDs that show simple notifications, time and battery levels. Although some loyal fans may lose the bold light shows of previous models, this repetition is much more useful. Instead of a barrage of shining lights, the matrix can tell you who is calling through unique patterns and, with future updates, customs art assigned to your contacts.
Nothing continues to tilt her retro tech design, and I will admit that I am a fish for her. Dot Matrix text and numbers are nothing align with Android skin, which makes the entire device feel compatible. The Capacito Hoptic Gulf button below the matrix allows you to rotate through notifications and tools. Interactions are simple: a short press or a long press to change ways to start tools like Stop Watch.
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Fortunately, you can use the menu of phone 3 settings to assign Gulf matrix tools and “toys”. Most of them are playful and irresponsible, such as rotating bottle and magic 8 hair, and making the matrix widgets nothing is taping in its community. Hopefully, with the inclusion of more users, the functionality will expand. Some tools are less useful, although like a level that uses the phone’s Excelrometer for Pixel Red Out. It just looks a bit wrong. How much accuracy can you get from less than 500 pixels? Others are smart enough, such as a pixel camera red out to produce selfies.
With the necessary notifications, you can assign specific app notifications or contacts to a unique sample or pixel. However, it is difficult to create something that does not look like fading. The same settings menu allow you to adjust the glow of the matrix and how long the notifications remain.
The front of the phone 3 is a sub display, which has a resolution of 6.67 inch screen and 2,800 x 1,260. If you prefer a big screen, this is probably the biggest benefit than the iPhone 16 and the Galaxy S25. It’s not yet a bright phone of anything, which reaches 4,500 nets for HDR content – nothing brighter than the phone 3A. It supports the HDR 10+ and 120Hz refresh rate, which is protected by all guerrilla glass 7.
Camera
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The basic principles are not covered with phone 3 cameras. The triple camera system includes 50 megapixel F/1.7 Main Sensor with Optical Image Stabilization, a 50 MP Ultrawide and 3x Optical Zoom New 50 MP Tele Photo Camera.
As we have noted anything in the phone 3A review, telephoto cameras are rare on the more affordable smartphones. On the phone 3, there is a parasop zoom, which keeps the camera unit sharp and barely spreads with this device. Watching 3X zoom with a high resolution 50 megapixel sensor is also impressive, which allows you to harvest in the images while maintaining sincerely. Even the camera app does not include a 6x zoom button that crops the image further. The app has also been used as a pixel bining for the default and more accurate color and better low light images, resulting in them stored as 12 megapixel images.
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The photos shot at the phone 3.
Overall, the camera system can be slightly contradictory. During the holidays in Amsterdam, Phone 3 occupied the crisp images of wildlife and architecture. Its action mode was particularly impressive, which easily added to the shots, while keeping the motion, keeping the subject faster. However, at other times, shots and street art of the dynamic city should have been silent and fruitful. For example, the psychidic cat artwork that was amazingly dynamic, seemed flat in the photo. The metadata revealed that the phone had cranked the ISO, a setting that I had not had to adjust to any smartphone over the years. When some color variations are expected between the three lenses, the images are often seen as they were taken on different phones, which were especially clear in the blue skyscraper scenes.
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Telephone camera is a standout feature on Phone 3. I like the ability to play with zoom, and 3x optical zoom (as well as extra crop) makes it a more useful camera than iPhone 16 or Pixel 9, which is at the top of 2x zoom. It is also an excellent macro camera, which prevents the phone from shadowing the subject using zoom.
Software
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Nothing once again produces his phone with his specific Android skin. All aesthetics are monochrome, serif fonts and dot matrix touchs. For the first time, when setting the phone, I immediately chose this skin, though finding some app icons can be more difficult without their original colors.
The necessary place, with its dedicated hardware button, remains nothing. Since nothing after launching on the phone 3A, it can now add events to your Google calendar, reminds you of tasks and summarizes audio recording. However, my biggest problem is hitting the power button, or vice versa instead of accidentally. The keys need a different size or at least feel more different.
Performance and battery life
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s, with the General 4 processor, performs the phone 3 firmly, but this Snapdragon is not as sharp as a true flagship silicon tool like the 8 Elite or Apple A18. Some people may argue that the phone 3 is not a “real flagship” because its processor can be found in sub -$ 400 devices, but the chip is still mostly powerful enough to work and sports, and even the ray traced graphics can be provided.
Nothing has chosen 5,150mAh silicon carbon battery, which made it one of the first phones we have tested with this new technology. It can store more lithium ions than traditional lithium -ion batteries, which do not claim that the energy density increases by 10 % compared to its predecessor. However, I did not see any significant difference to the cooler running the phone 3. In our battery roundown test, the phone 3 was able to run the video file for just 23 hours. This phone is slightly embarrassed from 2, but its screen is small.
The phone 3 also gets the flag -surface charging speed, which supports 65W wired charging, which is found in the device for an hour (with a compatible charger). It also supports 15W wireless charging and reverse wireless charging for aerbeds. However, the lack of Q2 support looks like a “real flagship” monitoring.
Wrap
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How does the flagship phone of anything against similar cost smartphones don’t stack? The phone 3 offers a large 6.67-inch screen, a large battery that has fast charging and 256 GB storage-double the amount found in 20 and Galaxy S25.
However, at least the flagship chip set and contradictory camera performances prevented the appeal of another interesting phone with smart software and a unique design. Gulf Matrix Phone 3 is far more useful than the shining lights of the predecessors, even if the design is not so bold. I just hope the company keeps preparing the tools available on it.
The phone 3 is nothing better than the phone 2, but it is even more expensive than $ 200, which makes any kind of shortcomings more clear. Although I don’t want to continue experimenting with her phones, it should probably prefer to end the camera performance first.
