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TL;DR
- Final month Nothing CEO Carl Pei teased what gave the impression of a $1,000 base worth for the Nothing Telephone 3.
- A brand new leak now claims pricing will begin at simply $800 within the US.
- We additionally get some information on the Nothing Headphones 1, which may land in late September for $300.
What’s the following huge Android smartphone launch you’re trying ahead to? Google’s Pixel 10 sequence is on our radar this summer time, as are Samsung’s next-gen foldables, however the first headline-grabbing telephone to land may simply be the Nothing Telephone 3. The corporate’s been teasing a newly glyph-less Phone 3 for launch this July, and now a brand new rumor makes an attempt to handle one of many greater questions surrounding the way it may arrive.
Final month introduced us tons of Android information, each from Google I/O and the inaugural Android Present. Nothing CEO Carl Pei contributed a video message to the latter, the place he hinted at what gave the impression of an enormous shake-up to Nothing Telephone pricing. In keeping with Pei, the Phone 3 would sell for £800, or over $1,000. Contemplating that the Telephone 2 began at simply $600 within the US, this made it really feel like Nothing was going after one other class of telephone consumers completely, making a transfer on bigger-name flagships.
That might not be the case ultimately, although. Over on Blue Sky, famous leaker Roland Quandt asserts that the bottom stage Nothing Telephone 3 will promote for just below $800 within the US. Whereas that also represents a good worth hike, it’s additionally one which’s much more measured than we feared. That form of cash would get you the Telephone 3 in its 12GB RAM, 256GB storage configuration; for extra like $900, you could possibly improve to 16GB reminiscence and 512GB storage. Contemplating {that a} absolutely tricked-out Telephone 2 would go for almost $800, that’s once more a worth improve that doesn’t really feel notably egregious.
It’s not simply the Telephone 3 on our radar, although, and we’ve additionally been anticipating to get our palms on an all-new providing from the corporate, within the type of its first set of cans: a pair of over-ear headphones. We’ve been digging Nothing’s earbud choices for years now, so this pair has rather a lot to reside as much as. Thus far particulars have been fairly gentle, however now Arsène Lupin posts a teaser to X, claiming that Nothing is concentrating on a September 30 launch for these “Headphones 1.” We might get our alternative of both black or white colorways, and pricing is tipped to return in just below $300.
That will put the Headphones 1 in a fairly aggressive worth bracket, the place they’ll be dealing with off in opposition to some far more established manufacturers. We are able to’t wait to listen to how they stack up!
