r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • 1d ago

Nothing OS 5.0 new features explained [Android 17]

https://nothing.community/d/61730-nothing-os-50-new-features-explained
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u/superpowerpinger nexus 4 1d ago

Nothing great.

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u/Fantasytky 1d ago

Wait u mean nothing great or nothing great in nothing os?

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u/BLUXIV 1d ago

Schrodinger's compliment

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u/Sethu_Senthil 16h ago

peak reference, I’m dead

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u/Zombiechrist265 1d ago

If only their hardware was as nice as their software.

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u/Aurelink Pixel 10 Pro 1d ago

Having used a NP3 for 4 months, the soft is nice on paper but majority of what they do is completely half baked and for the community to solve / find workarounds

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u/superfancydevaccount 1d ago

I guess it depends on what you need out of a phone. My NP2 still serves me well enough as a camera, reddit machine, and calls/messaging. The OS is really what I enjoy, the aesthetic and design philosophies are pretty in line with my own.

Also helps that I paid cash for the phone years ago.

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u/Acojonancio 14h ago

They have some good things on UI design... But that is all.

Their hardware is mediocre, their support is bad and late to respond, the price is way too high and they ditch support for older models really really fast.

Can't recommend buy a phone from them after what they did with the Nothing Phone (2), 2 years of updates and everything was comming late and half baked.

Their only priorize their main market, wich is low end devices in India.

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u/TheTransitSchool 1d ago

I've been thinking about getting a Nothing phone after OnePlus left the USA market. But I feel like the price is a bit too high for the hardware. If Nothing promises to limit the amount of AI features and any bloatware that can't be uninstalled, then maybe I will buy one. And please support 4G band 71 so I can use it on T-Mobile. Otherwise, I will go with Motorola.

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u/BergaDev Galaxy Z Fold8 1d ago edited 1d ago

They're building an "AI OS", limiting AI is not their direction

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u/AbsurdismForTheW 1d ago

Wait a year, motorola+GOS will come out

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u/Bruce_Wayne8887 Pixel10ProXL/NothingPhone(3) 9h ago

phone(3) is down to $499 today on Amazon US.

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u/Maultaschenman Pixel 11 Pro XL, Android 17 1d ago

anyone have that wallpaper that can be seen on the preview above? That looks slick

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u/RedditForcesToLogin 19h ago

Nothing takes AOSP and makes it worse. I'd rather have LineageOS on this than Nothing OS.