I thoroughly checked the incoming / notification pattern of 'Nothing Phone (1)' where high-quality vibration and pico pico sound are addictive
The smartphone ' Nothing Phone (1) ' aiming for 'no more simple design' with the concept of 'pursuing the essence by omitting unnecessary things' will be released in Japan on Friday, August 19, 2022. becomes. Equipped with Android OS-based 'Nothing OS' and 'renewing the method of communication' with its own Glyph interface What is the feeling of Nothing Phone (1)? I was.
Nothing Phone (1) - Nothing Japan Official Site – Nothing Japan
Appearance will be covered intensively in the following articles.
Appearance review of 'Nothing Phone (1)' smartphone with a feeling of ownership with a back skeleton - GIGAZINE
If you press and hold the power button for a long time, the word 'Nothing' will appear in the center of the screen in a dot-like font. Since the installed OS 'Nothing OS' is based on Android, 'Powered by Android' is written at the bottom.
Setup is required when starting for the first time. First, select the language, tap the part labeled 'ENGLISH (UNITED KINGDOM)' at the bottom to change to another language.
There is 'Japanese' in Recommend.
Unfortunately, the characteristic dot-like font was not compatible with Japanese.
Alphabets mixed in Japanese (such as WI-FI) were displayed in a dot-like font.
By the way, when I tried setting up a little to see what would happen in English, it was not a dot-like font even in English where the OS font settings were prioritized. You can change the language even after setup is complete.
The home screen that arrived after finishing various settings is like this.
All preinstalled apps. Nothing's proprietary apps are camera and recorder only.
Settings menu. It is almost the same as Android 12, but there is a unique menu called 'Glyph interface'.
If you turn on 'Glyph light', the light on the back will light up when receiving an incoming call or notification. When off, incoming calls and notifications are sound only.
You can adjust the intensity of the light like this. At the darkest setting, it's just 'brightly shining', and at the brightest setting, it feels dazzling in a dark place.
I tried to light up all 10 types actually prepared as ringtones. In addition, the ringtone and lighting are set.
'Nothing Phone (1)' All 10 ringtones - YouTube
Similarly, 10 kinds of notification sounds are like this.
'Nothing Phone (1)' All 10 notification sounds - YouTube
When 'Flip to Glyph' is turned on, when there is an incoming call or notification while the terminal is placed upside down, the sound will not be played and only the Glyph will be notified. If Flip to Glyph is turned on properly, the Glyph will light up and tell you when you flip it over. You can check the situation from where you actually put it in the following movie.
The 'Flip to Glyph' function of 'Nothing Phone (1)' notifies incoming calls and notifications only with the rear LED - YouTube
You can place various widgets on the home screen.
While there are 'People and Pets' that display the best shots of family members, friends and pets taken, and various Google widgets ......
The unique widget 'NFT Gallery' stands out.
With this, if you have NFT, you can always display NFT on the home screen.
A valuable original application is 'Recorder'.
The setting is very simple, just whether or not to use high sound quality (256 kbp AAC).
When recording, the reel on the screen rotates, as if recording to tape.
Playback of the recorded file is not only 1x but 0.5x ...
Twice possible.
If you press the play button, the recorded content will be played, but you can also play it by moving the slider or spinning the reel. In addition to being visually excellent, it is quite convenient to intuitively return and advance to the part you want to hear.
Device information looks like this. It is almost the same as Android's device information display, but it is characterized by the appearance of the terminal.
By the way, there is also an item called 'test function' in the settings.
How, you can easily control the car by connecting with the Tesla car. Unfortunately, there was no Tesla car to be connected this time, and it was not possible to check what kind of operation it would be with the actual car.
In the quick settings, the remaining battery level of the connected AirPods is displayed, and it was said that you can operate everything from one home without the need for individual apps. did not. Even Bluetooth earphones that can check the remaining battery level when connected to other Android terminals did not display the remaining battery level, so it may be provided in future updates.
Regarding Glyph, it seems a bit disappointing to hear that 'the combination with sound is fixed', but when you actually experience the synchronization of light and sound, you will be convinced. In a nutshell, it's just 'the back LED lights up according to the sound', but there are unique patterns available, so the fun of choosing which pattern to use when with whom is just a ringtone. It's very different from time to time.
Next, we will focus on the 'camera' application.
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