Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei is continuing his teaser campaign for the upcoming Nothing (1) phone, providing information by drop left and right every few days before the July 12 launch event. Today he confirmed that the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G + premium mid-range SoC.
This is actually no surprise, since a Nothing (1) phone prototype was spotted on Geekbench with that exact chipset a few days ago, but it’s nice to have official confirmation. Clearly high-end chips have gotten a lot more expensive these days than when Pei co-founded OnePlus many years ago. OnePlus One was able to use the best SoC of its time while continuing to launch for $ 100 less than rumored about the Nothing phone. Hashtag inflation.
Nothing says the Snapdragon 778G + is “tailor-made” for the phone (1), but it doesn’t really explain what that means. This is a familiar trope that OnePlus has used in the past as well, so don’t take it too seriously. The interesting thing is that apparently the “+” in “Snapdragon 778G +” comes from support for wireless charging and reverse wireless charging.
Nothing says Qualcomm has added these features to the SoC for the phone only (1), which is hard to believe but not impossible – so far there are no other devices using Snapdragon 778G or 778G + to offer such features.
Carl Pei said a lot about why his company chose a mid-range chipset for its first phone, including things like “phones have achieved a level of performance good enough for general tasks and more powerful chips have diminishing returns. “. Fair enough, but we’re sure he would have picked a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 if he had allowed the Nothing (1) phone to reach the same price anyway. Sadly, that’s not the case, so Pei chose the next best thing to keep the price low (er). And the rest is marketing.
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