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A hands-on review of Nothing Phone Notification sounds and lights.
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This is the Nothing Phone 3A.
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Almost every person who has seen this
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phone with me has immediately been
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intrigued by it. The transparent back
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design, especially it's quite catchy.
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And then they ask, "What phone is this?"
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And every time I answer, "Nothing."
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Phone 3a. They go, "What?
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What name is that?
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What brand is that?
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It's the same response sometimes in
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different words, the same expression on
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their faces.
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It almost feels like for most people
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they have simply never heard about
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nothing phone.
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[Music]
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Nothing technology is a British company
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headquartered in London in the United
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Kingdom
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co-founded by the former co-founder of
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OnePlus and they make Android
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smartphones. The first nothing phone was
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released in 2022. All their designs have
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this transparent back thing plus this
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lights. Let me show you those lights.
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So you see this they blink in different
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ways. You you can set the phone up such
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that they blink in different ways to
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serve as notifications when calls come
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in
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or when messages come in. Let me show
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you. It's called the the glyife. Is that
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how it's pronounced? Is it glyph or
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glyife? I don't know. I'm not sure. I
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haven't bothered to find out so bear
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with me. So for example, ringtones
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nothing signals right and
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okay so right so this particular
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ringtone called crossing this one is
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repo
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it's different
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this one
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pause
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it's Different
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wings.
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It's different.
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Dolphin.
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Your friend.
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Anna
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Sticks.
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Wizard,
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[Music]
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hammer
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and club.
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And then apart from ringtones
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um apart from the signals there are a
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set of sounds or notifications called
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nothing machines
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pneumatic.
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So this one, it's only one of those
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three lights flashing.
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Okay, this looks like a disco thing.
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Yeah, sounds like disco. What's the
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name? Abraad. They should have named
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this disco plot.
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But you get the picture.
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You can set any of this as the default
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ringtone of the northern phone 3A.
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And when you put your phone down like
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this and a message comes in, right, you
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get those notifications at the back.
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It's cool. Some can say it's a gimmick.
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I don't use it much. Oh, of course, you
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can also set it such that these lights
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are disabled and only the sound comes
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through. Of course, you can set a custom
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ringtone. For example, I'm using the
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whole new world ringtone balladin. A
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whole new world. Yeah, that's what I use
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as my custom ringtone.
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But
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this is pretty much how it works.
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That's how the notification system, the
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gly or gly gly ah notification system
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works on every nothing phone. The design
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is good. Everybody says it's nice. It
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feels good in the hand. Unfortunately,
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nothing technology is not officially
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available in many countries. So,
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availability is limited, which is why a
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lot of people probably have never heard
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of the brand. Nothing. The user
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interface is smooth. The software is
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well optimized. It's one of the best
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optimized Android implementations that I
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have experienced. in years of reviewing
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hundreds of mobile phones. I really love
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it. It's a pleasant surprise. Is there
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anything else special about it? Yes,
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it's mostly the software. So, I just
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thought to do a quick introduction
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of the Nothing brand so to speak.
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Nothing technology also has a subbrand
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called CMF by Nothing. It's based in
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Delhi in India. they produce even more
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budgetoriented
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phones. So if you happen to run into
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anything called CMF phone uh CMF phone
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one, CMF phone 2, etc., etc., etc., it's
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also a nothing phone, quote unquote.
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This is a lovely phone. I I really like
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it. It's a phone I'm very comfortable
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with. No lags, no stutters, no pauses,
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no annoying irritations. It just gets
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the job done. The cameras are good. It's
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got fast charging. I can't recommend it
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enough. If you want one in most
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countries, you have to get it through
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people who import on their own.
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But if you are in the US, some models
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are available through their beta
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program. If you're in the UK, of course,
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where they are based, yes,
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easy access. If you're in Europe and
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India, oh, beautiful. You have great
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access to nothing phones. In many other
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places, you just have to hunt around
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your favorite retailer,
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Gab,
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Amazon,
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Junia, Konga, etc., and see if you can
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find one there. And yes, I'm sure you
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can find you will be able to find. Just
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know that it's not through the official
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channels.
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That also means you're not likely to get
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after sales support if something goes
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wrong with your device. There's nothing
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on ground to support you in those
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markets where nothing is not officially
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present. But this this is a beautiful
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device and it's not the top model. It's
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just below their flagship product and
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lovely love. This cost about $379.
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They have a model above this and then
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they have a number of other models below
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this. So just pick what you want or pick
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what works for your budget and you can
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enjoy nothing phone. I love it and I
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think you will love it too because
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everyone else who has seen it with me
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loves it. All right then. See you guys
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in my next video.