Nothing’s ‘first true flagship’ phone plays it a little safe

“The Glyph interface is not a way to circumvent,” there was no founder and executive president Karl Bay for the press because he revealed on phone 3 for the first time, shortly before announcing that its new repetition allows you to play the bottle on the back of the phone.
They are mixed messages, but in a defense, nothing, you cannot accuse them of creating this mistake elsewhere. We were told that phone 3 is not “the first real real phone”, a point that the company is keen on the hammer at home: a main chip, a leading camera, a main price. In fact, it is very pioneer that the company is running out for the real launch of the United States, the first since then 2023 2 phoneAnd PEI tells me only logical to their “distinguished” phones.
At 799 dollars, the 3 phone is priced to match the iPhone 16, Galaxy S25 and Pixel 9, as there is nothing that puts itself firmly outside its medium -range assets, and PEI says that the company feels ready “to compete with products at this price level.” Pre -it is opened on Friday, July 4, with Sale General Sale, starting from 15 WebsTore and Amazon in the United States. Nothing says that the phone is completely compatible with T-Mobile and AT & T, with “limited 5G support” on Verizon.
This is not more expensive yet, but on paper the specifications must keep up with the price. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip is not the strongest at the present time, but its performance should deal with all the most demanding mobile games, especially up to 16 GB of RAM. Storage starts from 256 GB, and for an additional $ 100, you can get 512 GB.
Noteing Phone 3 uses silicone and carbon battery, which is a relatively new technology that makes it easy to put large batteries in small phones. Here, this means a generous capacity of 5,150 mAh per hour, along with 65W wire charging speed and 15W wireless charging speed. The 6.67 -inch OLED screen is more than a bright weakness like Phone 2, and the classification of water and dust resistance IP68 is the first for nothing either. All four-three cameras on their back, one on the front-is 50 megapixels, although it will be impossible to determine if they are good so that we can test the phone properly. Nothing processing the camera has left a little any competition in the past, so this area that must be seen will be.
Everything that is in line with other leading phones, what makes the phone 3 feel something? This is where this new new design comes to my uncle Patters dedicated to notices and tonesHere, it was replaced by a small LED screen and a circular point in one corner of the back of the phone.
Glyph matrix is less exciting immediately than old phone designs, and also less unique Behind Rouge Games phones For years. Pei told me that the feature is that custom notifications can be “more urgent”, with images that can be easily recognized or expressive symbols associated with specific applications and connections instead of abstract animation that may be difficult at a glance.
Then there are games that focus on the lap, which is called the Glyph Doys game, designed to add a touch of fun “that lacks space at the present time.” Phone 3 is released with the bottle rotating, rock paper scissors, the most functional fare like the time clock and the battery index, which you can ride between using the Haptic button hidden between many shapes on the semi -transparent back. PEI suggests that you can use the bottle rotate to help determine how the bill is divided into dinner, one of those jokes that play well during a major discourse but it does not make sense when you really think about it.
Pei insists that there is nothing that is not repeated on the official Messenger of the Messenger. The most exciting part of the new design is called “expansion”, citing Glyph games that were already developed based on ideas from the company’s “community”, such as Magic Eight Ball. “I think they may invent some new cases of use that we have not yet thought about,” says B.
Phone 3 also sees the basic key, a side button that appeared for the first time on 3A and 3a Pro phone Earlier this year. It is customized, but by default it launches a basic space, an artificial intelligence -stored application that stores and analyzes screen shots to give you reminder of events or travel plans. What is new in this phone is the option to copy and summarize the vote of the meeting, along with a global search tape that can track everything from contacts to the photos and answer the basic realistic queries.
Phone 3 is a big swing for nothing. It is the first transfer of the company to the pioneering market, and its first effort to break the United States in two years, so it is not surprising that the new Glyph design is more conservative than we are used to. However, none of playing safely has caused a bolder and more divided phone than any Samsung or Apple that Apple has placed years ago – just do not call it a way to circumvent.
Photography by Dominic Breston / The Forge.