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Nothing Phone (3) Review: The Designer Phone

Julian Chokkattu

created: July 8, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: July 10, 2025, 6:27 a.m.

It isn't inherently better than comparably priced smartphones, but it's visually distinct, and let's be honest, a little weird. Every time I flip it over and play with the new Glyph Matrix display, I smirk. There's a reduced environmental impact, more time to polish the phone, and a more effective result. The star of the show, though, is the Glyph Matrix, a little display composed of large LEDs. There are a handful of Glyph “Toys,” as Nothing calls them, that you can cycle through.

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