Nothing is doing damage control even before introducing Nothing Phone 3

So far, all we know is that the Nothing Phone (3) will be a high-end flagship with premium hardware. Strange was the rumor about the processor choice: the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Powerful for sure, but not Qualcomm's most powerful chip. Nothing explains his choice by email.

Qualcomm's chipset can be divided into categories where the higher the type number, the more powerful the chipset. The most powerful chipsets are in the Snapdragon 8 series. Within that, Qualcomm has made some distinctions. The most comprehensive chips are in the Snapdragon 8 Elite series with the latest self-developed Oryon cores.

Next up is the Snapdragon 8 Gen X series where the X is replaced by a generation number. This was previously the most comprehensive series with cores designed by ARM (called Cortex cores). This is followed by the Snapdragon 8s Gen X series. This is the budget version of the 8 series with components that are often one generation old. And it is precisely this Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 that we are going to find in the Nothing Phone 3.

It raises some question marks online also considering the expected asking price of the device. Now we can justify Nothing's choice by stating that there is currently no Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 yet, there is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 but according to Nothing itself it is also less powerful than the 8s Gen 4.

Mail from Carl Pei should get genie back in the bottle

In a mailing that Nothing sent around, they further justify processor choices. For example, the Nothing Phone 3 would have 36% more powerful CPU performance than the Nothing Phone 2 as a result. Then again, the latter wasn't a flagship either.

On the GPU front, performance would be 88% better and the NPU performs 60% better, Carl Pei said in the email we reached out to. On X, the co-founder of Nothing reports that the device will further get 5 years of Android OS upgrades and 7 years of security updates. The previous model got 4+4 years.

Longer software support

The longer software support will have little to do with the choice of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. As a result, it comes across as more about lambasting the discussion on processor choice. In the end, it's mostly about how the software handles the hardware that makes a phone feel smooth. In that area, Nothing has a good track-record so we're not worried about that.

Starting July 1, we can experience for ourselves how well Nothing has succeeded in making a powerful device with fluid software. Then it will announce the Nothing Phone 3 in versions of 12+256 and 16+512GB of RAM+storage. The expected recommended retail price is €950.

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