We now know what processor the Nothing Phone (3) smartphone will have, and it looks set to come with an unexpected bonus.
At this point in the Nothing Phone (3)’s protracted marketing push, we’re being drip-fed into submission.
We’ve learned about its likely pricing, design, flagship status, and – most recently – performance. Yesterday, the company revealed that the Nothing Phone (3) would be powered by the brand new Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip.
In a follow-up X post , Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis defended this hardware choice, and in the process revealed the phone’s competitive software update promise.
New Snapdragon chip
Asked why Nothing didn’t opt for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 rather than the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 – the former an older chip, but still a flagship one – Evangelidis replied that the “8 Gen 3 has a weaker GPU, NPU, connectivity and ISP”.
But the really interesting point that he noted here was that the “Phone (3) will have 5 & 7” rather than the “4 & 4” support promise that comes as standard with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.
This is a reference to the number of OS and security updates we can expect the Nothing Phone (3) to get.
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While the Nothing Phone (2) only has the promise of three years of OS and four of security updates, Evangelidis here reveals that the Nothing Phone (3) is to come with five years of OS updates and seven years of security patches.
That’s one of the better provisions we’ve seen, joining the chasing pack right behind the Google Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 series with their fixed seven year update promises. Indeed, it matches those phones in pure security terms.
Nothing Phone (3) – what to expect
We know already that the Nothing Phone (3) is to be the company’s first proper flagship , with a flagship-level price of around £800.
We also know that it’s ditching the company’s signature Glyph lighting system in favour of… something else. It might be a dot-matrix display of some kind, though render leaks have proved inconclusive on that point.
It’s known that Nothing will be launching the Nothing Phone (3) on 1 July 2025, so we don’t have long to wait at all.
Nothing Phone (2)
Author: Jon Mundy, Contributor, Tech Advisor
Jon is a freelance journalist who got his start covering mobile games at the dawn of the App Store. He has since covered everything from smart home tech and laptops to food and culture, but always seems to return to his fascination with smartphones.
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