Subj : Nothing confirms its flagship Phone 3 won't have a flagship chips To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Jun 17 2025 19:00:07 Nothing confirms its flagship Phone 3 won't have a flagship chipset, but I don't think that matters here's why Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:46:23 +0000 Description: Nothing has confirmed that the upcoming Nothing Phone 3 won't use the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, but I don't think that's a problem. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Its official: the Nothing Phone 3 will use the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset. Nothing CEO Carl Pei revealed the spec detail in an interview uploaded to the companys YouTube channel, confirming that Nothings first true flagship phone will be 36% faster on CPU, 88% stronger on GPU, and 60% stronger on the NPU than the Nothing Phone 2 . Big numbers! Except the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1-equipped Nothing Phone 2 is almost two years old, and by Nothings own admission, its not a true flagship, so youd expect the Phone 3 to deliver a serious jump in performance. The even bigger elephant in the room is that Nothings first true flagship wont be using the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, which by all accounts is currently the Fastest Gun in the West . Is this a terrible revelation? Im not so sure. Look, its true that many of the best Android phones use Qualcomms latest top-end chipest, and its also true that, in not using the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the Nothing Phone 3 will likely lag behind the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and OnePlus 13 in benchmark tests and push-your-phone-to-the-limits use cases. If youre someone who likes to max out every setting in Call of Duty: Mobile or record lengthy videos in 8K, the Nothing Phone 3 wont be for you. But Nothing is not, and never will be, a brand for these types of power users. The Nothing Phone 3a Pro launched in March (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future) Carl Pei founded Nothing in 2020 with a mission to make tech cool again, and that ethos has been evident in every Nothing phone released thus far (we described the companys most recent effort, the Nothing Phone 3a Pro , as the most interesting phone you can buy for less than $500 / 500 / AU$850 in our review). Nothings next challenge is to make a cool phone that isnt noticeably slower or buggier than the best phones on the market. And any device that fits that remit can, I think, accurately be described as a true flagship. By using the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, the Nothing Phone 3 will feel like a flagship in comparison to Nothing phones of old, but Im 99% certain that itll feel like a flagship in relation to the iPhones, Samsung phones, and Pixel phones of the world, too. As I wrote in a similarly minded piece last year: In my opinion, weve reached a saturation point when it comes to the speed of flagship phones. Not necessarily overall mobile performance, mind, but the way these phones feel when youre swiping through them. If the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset can deliver a smooth experience while youre scrolling, streaming, swiping, gaming, taking photos, or doing any of the other things one does with their phone in 2025, I think its a perfectly acceptable chipset choice for a flagship handset aimed at those who value aesthetics over raw, unmitigated power. The Tensor G4-equipped Google Pixel 9 Pro was our Phone of the Year last year (Image credit: Blue Pixl Media) Consider Googles latest flagship phone, the Pixel 9 Pro . By all accounts, its Tensor G4 chipset is weaker than the competition, yet the Pixel 9 Pro sits pretty as the best Android option in our list of the best phones and also scooped our Phone of the Year award in 2024 . Sure, those titles were awarded subjectively, but no one bats an eyelid when Googles bona fide flagship ships without the latest and greatest in mobile silicon. The price argument is a little harder to rebuff. Rumors put the Nothing Phone 3s price tag at around $799 / 799 / AU$1,300, which would bring the phone in line with the Snapdragon 8 Elite-equipped Samsung Galaxy S25 . Naturally, Nothings upcoming handset wont be able to compete with Samsungs latest base model for raw power, but with Carl Pei promising "premium materials and software that really levels things up, Im confident that the Phone 3 will deliver on the CEOs true flagship promise. You might also like Leaked Nothing Phone 3 memo teases lots of AI These are the best phones you can buy right now The Nothing Phone 3 may get a telephoto camera ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/nothing-phones/nothing-confirms-its-flagship- phone-3-wont-have-a-flagship-chipset-but-i-dont-think-that-matters-heres-why --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .