Which company manufactured the Nothing Phone 1?

Nothing manufactured the Nothing Phone (1), its first smartphone and the debut handset from the London-based consumer electronics company. The phone was sold under the Nothing brand and ran Android with Nothing OS.

Nothing was co-founded in 2020 by Carl Pei, who had previously co-founded OnePlus. The company first entered the market with the Ear (1) wireless earbuds in 2021, then announced its first phone in March 2022. The Phone (1) went on sale in July 2022.

The handset attracted attention for its transparent-style rear design and programmable “Glyph” lighting system. Rather than revealing the phone’s internal components completely, the back used visual elements and lights to create a distinctive identity. Its software, Nothing OS, provided a lightly customized Android experience.

The Phone (1) used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 778G+ processor and featured a 6.55-inch OLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate. It was not made by Oppo, Realme, or OnePlus, although Carl Pei’s OnePlus background often leads people to associate the companies.