TL;DR
- Nothing has tweeted a photo that appears to be our first look at the Nothing Phone 1.
- However, there are hints that it could be an April Fool’s joke.
- If it’s real, the phone would have very curvy sides.
Earlier this month, Nothing finally announced it would launch a smartphone. However, it didn’t share much about the phone itself other than its name.
Unfortunately, tomorrow is April Fool’s Day. That makes pretty much everything “announced” over the next 48 hours suspect. In fact, in the tweet, Nothing says it has an announcement tomorrow, which would be April 1. Could this be an elaborate ruse? It’s certainly possible.
Regardless, check out the embedded tweet below to see the teaser image.
First look at Nothing Phone 1?
As one would expect, the Nothing Phone 1 appears to have a USB-C port and bottom-firing speakers. This isn’t too surprising as there are very few Android phones on the market without these two design elements.
However, you can also see some of the display glass in the photo, and it appears to be quite curved on the sides. In general, curvy displays appear on premium flagship phones. For example, the OnePlus 9, Google Pixel 6, and Galaxy S22 phones have flat displays, but the OnePlus 9 Pro, Google Pixel 6 Pro, and Galaxy S22 Ultra have curved screens. This strongly suggests the Nothing Phone 1 could be a premium flagship competitor and not a general mid-ranger.
Of course, all those assumptions stem from the idea that this is a real image of the phone. We’ll need to wait and see what the announcement tomorrow tells us about the legitimacy of this image. Nothing did confirm it would make the Nothing OS launcher available in April, so this could all be on the level.
As a final note, Nothing tweeted this out in the middle of OnePlus’ global launch of the OnePlus 10 Pro. Nothing CEO Carl Pei was an integral part of OnePlus’ beginnings, so this tweet is quite the double-whammy.
