Nothing Phone 1 comes to US via $299 beta program
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#67P7A)
Image: Nothing Nothing is finally giving people in the US a way to purchase its debut smartphone... sort of. After its CEO teased a US launch" last month, the company has officially announced a new US-focused beta program. Customers can pay Nothing $299 and, in return, receive the black version of the smartphone with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage to test. At launch last year, the phone was only officially sold in European and Asian markets.
This is far from a full US launch - and not just because the devices are being distributed to test Nothing's beta Android 13 software. The company's website cautions that the phone may not work with all US carriers," so it sounds like you shouldn't expect to be able to rely on it for day-to-day usage.
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