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March 23, 2022

Apple challenger Nothing’s first smartphone is coming this summer

The company says it’s the first smartphone to be developed in the UK in half a decade.


Eleanor Warnock

3 min read

Carl Pei, founder of Nothing

Nothing, the consumer hardware startup that wants to be an alternative to Apple, will release its first smartphone in summer 2022. It’s big news for consumer tech in Europe and the culmination of months of hype and speculation about the device. 

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What a Nothing smartphone could look like, according to video by fan Povilas Grigas on YouTube
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Eleanor Warnock

Eleanor Warnock is an advisor to VC firm Bek Ventures, and writes a newsletter on tech and writing. She was previously Sifted’s deputy editor. Find her on X and LinkedIn

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