New Delhi: Carl Pei's ambitious consumer tech firm Nothing is set to unveil its first smartphone and debunking earlier rumours, a latest leak suggests that the smartphone will be a mid-range device. The first handset from Nothing will be unveiled during the summer and now, Pei may have indicated at the official launch date.
According to the latest post from a leakster, the Nothing Phone 1 may be launched as a mid-range smartphone and not a flagship device, as many had been anticipating. The Nothing Phone 1 is likely to come with a 6.43-inch Full HD+ 90Hz AMOLED display and HDR10+ support. The device could be powered by the mid-range Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G chipset coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of memory, but it is not clear if the storage wi=ould be expandable.
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The leakster also suggested that the device could be powered by a 4500mAh battery and also support wireless charging, which would be new for a mid-range phone. The Nothing Phone 1 will run on Android 12-based NothingOS platform.
Meanwhile, Nothing, from its Twitter handle posted a cryptic tweet with a GIF and text that read: "Let there be light. Nothing phone (1). Coming summer 2022."
Earlier in March, Pei's consumer technology company had announced that its first smartphone will be launching this summer with the Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile platform. The Nothing Phone 1 will be the second device in the company’s product ecosystem. The company had also released a series of images of Nothing OS, the proprietary it plans to ship with Nothing Phone 1.