the nothing phone in a world of boring rectangles nothing is here to save us it's got a box made of recycled fibers that opens like a pack of bubble gum the 400 mid-range nothing phone is designed to stand out and look very different starting with the sim card removal tool transparently unique the usbc charging cable is a bit more routine but then we have the phone itself nothing quite prepares you for the cleanliness of seeing this thing in person however it won't be pristine for long let's get started [Applause] [Music] a huge fan of transparent phones and while this nothing phone one might not be showing off the actual internals it does add a lot of depth and individuality to the design nothing of course needs to make sense back here it's all aesthetic but you can see the textures and layers along with these subtle metal accents like these silver torx head screws that dot the phone underneath the glass and it looks like they're actually holding things together we'll have to check on that for sure during the teardown it's not all about depth and textures though it's also luminescent smooth smoky strips underneath the glass turn into very brightly lit led bars bright enough to make the rgb gaming phones that cost twice as much look like little children's nightlights nothing has some next level illumination the lights are used for notifications and phone calls there are supposedly 900 little leds underneath these diffuse strips which is enough to catch anyone's attention i've seen on other videos that the exclamation point at the bottom is supposed to show how much charge is left but with my particular unit i tried on four different chargers and was not able to get that particular feature working even though my phone is only partially charged that's fine though we'll have to come back to the back in a minute it's time for the front flipping this phone over makes it look like just a regular smartphone again it does have a pre-installed plastic screen protector which is kinda them plastic screen protectors don't last forever so we'll test the hardness of the screen underneath a plastic screen would scratch at a level two or three glass would be a five or six and sapphire would be a level eight or nine and as we can see this phone does not have much wobble to it during the scratches but we do start seeing scratches at a level six with deeper crews at a level seven pretty normal there is gorilla glass on both the front and back of the nothing one this means that the front facing six megapixel hole punch camera will also be protected by that glass glass is glass though as we know so if you're looking for more long-term protection that's better than nothing's pre-installed plastics my channel sponsor dbrand has you covered with an easy to install glass protection that's made from real glass link is down in the description where was i oh yeah nothing as we rotate nothing to the sides we find that the iphone sorry nothing phone is made from aluminum 100 recycled aluminum to be exact even the large power button is made from metal going up to the top we have a microphone hole along with more metal dropping down to the left side we get more aluminum along with the individual metal volume buttons the bottom is where we find our metal sim card tray 33 watt usb c port and our bottom stereo loudspeaker while the dual sim card tray does have a red rubber ring around the opening the phone itself is still only rated at ip53 which is basically nothing it might be fine in the gentlest drizzles of rain but that's about it with how dry all the lakes are getting though soon we won't have to worry about anything getting wet so nothing is just ahead of the curve the back panel of nothing is made with smooth clear transparent glass making our way up to the dual cameras we have a 50 megapixel wide angle and another 50 megapixel regular camera both also protected with glass i'll leave the image quality and software analysis to other reviewers were just sticking to hardware back around to the front again with its equally proportioned bezels the nothing phone is rocking a 6.5 inch 1080p 10 bit 120 hertz display and as we can tell from the 40 seconds under the heat for my lighter it is oled going white yet still mostly recovering now as far as security goes it does have a face unlock feature as well as an underscreen optical fingerprint scanner unfortunately though nothing was unable to complete my enrollment i don't always have the best luck with optical scanners i am remodeling a new shop which i'll show you guys very soon and optical fingerprint scanners just don't seem to be built for people with worn out fingerprints i failed to scan in two times in a row so that part doesn't work too good which brings us to the bin test the phone is cheaper than most and prettier than most but that doesn't mean nothing if it can't hold up to the test of time bending from the front we do have some pretty concerning flex but no damage yet bending from the back feels super solid rotating around to the front again there's that same weird sound and some separation along the antenna line but still nothing from the back listen close it's kinda crazy the phone is definitely moving internally making a bunch of noise as stress is applied and we can see that stress focusing on the antenna line but it does lock out and stay in one piece rather narrowly escaping destruction nothing better thank their lucky ducks that it locked out because this has probably been the closest a phone has been to breaking without actually breaking hopefully next year those antenna lines are fortified or it's going to get real awkward when we get nothing squared if you enjoy having unique looking phone but don't like spending lots of money dbrand is bringing nothing to the real world with something by now letting every phone look like nothing aesthetically updating your current phone is always cheaper than buying a new one so i'll leave a link down in the description so you can grab a something skin for your own phone or even better a grip case if you'd like something to protect your own device personally i'm not ready to upgrade my three-year-old note 10 plus just yet but when i am with seeing how unique and sustainable nothing is attempting to be when it does come time to upgrade i'll definitely be checking to see what nothing has to offer maybe we'll have to count those 900 leds during the tear down video hit that subscribe button if you haven't already so you don't miss it grab a something skin with a link down in the description and coming out with me on instagram and twitter thanks done for watching i'll see you around
