Updated June 20: we originally suggested a design teaser shared by Nothing (further down this article) was for the Phone 3, but new images apparently showing the Headphones 1 link this teaser to the over-ear headphones which will also be announced on July 1.
The Nothing Phone 3 teasers continue to flow, and we’ve just been given a sneak peek at a unique feature the firm’s upcoming flagship handset will be packing.
Nothing posted an update announcing a new feature called ‘Glyph Matrix’ and confirming it will feature on the Nothing Phone 3, which will be announced on July 1.
A short five second video was included in the post, showing a series of dot-matrix style lights illuminating in different patterns in the top corner of a handset.
Taking a closer look at the device in the video, you can see the power switch is on the left, and what appears to be volume keys on the right.
The placements of these buttons suggest we’re looking at the rear of the Nothing Phone 3, so this isn’t an animation which is playing on the front screen of the device.
When light becomes language.
Introducing the Glyph Matrix.
Phone (3). 1 July. pic.twitter.com/YtlPDIlMO6
It’s not clear from the short video whether the Glyph Matrix is a series of individual LED lights, or a small, dedicated display on the back of the phone.
A standalone display would be more power hungry and a series of LEDs, so I’d lean on this not being a screen – but we won’t know for sure until the July 1.
However it’s been engineered, the Glyph Matrix looks set to offer something truly different in the smartphone world where minimalist slabs of glass and metal have become the norm.
The Glyph Matrix reveal isn’t all that surprising, after Nothing declared the death of its Glyph Interface (the lights on the rear of its current handsets) towards the end of May, while it changed its profile image to the logo you see in the video above on June 4.
While there is a certain element of gimmick surrounding this novel feature, I welcome it with open arms, as Nothing continues to deliver on its promise of designing products which don’t follow the crowd.
In the past Nothing has posted teasing Pokémon images, as it uses the pocket monsters as codenames for its upcoming devices. I mention it because the the Pokémon are displayed in a dot-matrix style.
If I can get my favorite Pokémon to show on the Glyph Matrix I’d be over the moon for teenage me. It’s geeky and gimmicky, but I love the idea and I can’t wait to see how it works (and if Pokémon are possible).
And that’s not all. Just a day before the Glyph Matrix drop, Nothing gave us a look at a small feature detail for the Headphones 1. The design teaser appears to show a dimpled pattern on a circular pad.
With new leaked images of the Headphones 1 appearing on Instagram, it appears we’re looking at the outside of the ear cups.
Every detail, tuned. pic.twitter.com/wdRgiUh4BE
This is just the latest in a long line of information Nothing has drip-feeding us in the run up to its July 1 launch event.
Earlier this week we found out the Nothing Phone 3 will come with a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, providing users with five years of major Android OS updates and seven years of security updates.
And before this week, Nothing co-founder and CEO Carl Pei declared the Phone 3 is the company’s “first true flagship” and revealed it will retail for around £800 – with rumors suggesting the price in the US will be around $799. Nothing has also confirmed the Phone 3 will be available via Amazon, as well as its own website, for US buyers.
With less than two weeks to go before all is revealed, there’s not long for us to wait to find out all about the Glyph Matrix.
Merely days after the iPhone Duo hit the shelves, images of broken screens on the phone started popping up across social media. Until now, it’s been unclear what’s causing the line of defective pixels that appears vertically along the crease, as well as horizontally, on the phone’s inner display.
Apple has finally acknowledged the issue, which has shown up on iPhone Duo units owned by customers as well as demo units in stores. In a statement shared with Bloomberg, Apple says that not all iPhone Duo units are affected and that those that are tend to show the display fault early on. The company added that users who experience problems with their iPhone Duo display should contact AppleCare for a replacement.
Not long ago, Apple treated independent repair like an act of outright hostility. The Cupertino giant locked down parts with serial-number pairing, while repair tools remained firmly out of reach of anyone outside its authorized repair network. More importantly, the company waged a legal and lobbying battle against right-to-repair legislation.
I've covered enough of these fights over the years to know what a shift looks like. That's why what happened in October 2026 genuinely caught me off guard. The day the iPhone Duo went on sale, what may be the most mechanically complex iPhone to date, Apple pulled off a surprising about-face. It published teardown-style repair manuals for a handful of major components.
Apple's first foldable phone is now on shelves, in short supply, but with an unreal amount of buzz around it. After all, it's the first foldable iPhone, and there's plenty that this phone gets right. But there's also a lot that is either broken or underwhelming. What's peculiar is the dialogue around this phone, and how it has completely overshadowed every other attempt at making a phone with a similar form factor.
I've spent some time with the iPhone Duo, and I've used the Galaxy Z Fold 8 for almost three months now. In my opinion, Samsung deserves more credit. When the Galaxy Z Fold 8 arrived earlier this year, it was celebrated in some circles and ridiculed in others for supposedly copying what Apple would eventually deliver with the iPhone Duo. The dialogue was pretty odd, for multiple reasons. Samsung has been making foldable phones for years, so claiming that it copied a product Apple hadn't even launched was simply absurd.