01-05-2025
Nothing Confirms Big Change Coming With Nothing Phone (3) In U.S.
Nothing, the London-based tech company, releases its Nothing Phone (3) flagship later this year, and the co-founder has just revealed that it will be '100%' coming to the United States, Carl Pei said.
This is important because for almost two years, the only way to buy Nothing's stylish and individual phones is through something called a Beta Program. Switching back to general availability in the U.S. will be a big change for the company.
Since the Phone (2) was released, there's been the Phone (2a), Phone (2a) Plus, Phone (3a), Phone (3a) Pro, CMF Phone 1 and, most recently, the CMF Phone 2 Pro.
In other words, not since the Nothing Phone (2), released in 2023, has a Nothing phone had a full release in the U.S.
Pei's comments, picked up by 9to5Google, came in a post on X made in response to a fan. 'Is the Nothing Phone (3) coming to the U.S. besides on your beta channel?' they asked.
Pei's response was '100%,' followed by a stars-and-stripes emoji. This is good news for Nothing fans in the U.S., as the Beta Program, strictly speaking, is for customers 'for testing and feedback purposes,' as Nothing describes it, so is targeted at developers in the main. Widespread availability is obviously better. The Beta Program does not 'guarantee full functionality and compatibility with cell carriers,' Nothing says.
Strictly speaking, that could still be the same with the Nothing Phone (3), as Pei didn't say otherwise, but I believe his response would have been, '100%, in the beta program,' if that were the case.
The expectation is that Phone (3) will launch in the third quarter of the year, that is, between July and September.
Although there have been several phones launched since the Phone (2), this will be the first flagship since then. Again, this suggests that the route will be different from how Nothing's other recent handsets were sold.
On the same day as he posted '100%,' Carl Pei also revealed that the company is the fastest-growing smartphone brand in India with 156% year on year growth. More on Phone (3) as we have it.
