Nothing Phone (1): Advertised display brightness reduced to 700 cd/m²

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Nothing has recently stopped advertising the phone (1) (test) with a maximum display brightness of up to 1,200 cd/m², but only up to 700 cd/m² after ComputerBase had confronted the company with corresponding measured values. In the smartphone test, the higher specification could not be achieved in any scenario.

In the documents on the phone (1) made available to the press, such as the so-called “Reviewer's Guide”, in which the manufacturer summarizes the most important characteristics and features of the smartphone for an upcoming test, it was in the run-up to the announcement when the device was still subject to a blocking period, and in the period after the official launch on July 12, the release of tests on July 15 and the market launch on July 21, there was always talk of an OLED display that could hold up to 1,200 cd/m² (nits) should be bright. Until recently, this information could also be found on the Nothing website, as several entries in the Wayback Machine show.

Manufacturer advertised with up to 1,200 cd/m²

Specifically, the manufacturer advertised a brightness of 500 cd/m² and a maximum brightness of 1,200 cd/m². The lower value refers to the maximum brightness that can be achieved by manual adjustment, the higher value to the brightness in automatic mode if this is regulated via the brightness sensor depending on the ambient light. In addition, the “Average Picture Level” (APL) comes into play in this mode at the peak brightness, which enables higher brightness, the smaller the white component on the screen is. This is a special property of OLED screens, which is also used in televisions, for example.

Only 700 cd/m² could be determined in the test become

In the Phone (1) test, however, ComputerBase was never able to achieve the advertised 1,200 cd/m², as also noted in the article. Tests were also carried out with a particularly small APL and with various HDR videos to determine whether there are special conditions in which the display potentially unlocks higher brightnesses – but without success. The determined maximum was always just under 700 cd/m², as the following diagram shows. The few editors who also carried out real measurements and not just accepted the manufacturer's information, such as Heise or GSMArena, determined values ​​of around 660 cd/m² (100% APL).

87 entries Display brightness max.

  • Automatic mode 100% APL:
    • Samsung Galaxy S22+1,182White point: approx. 6,700
    • Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra1,161White point: approx. 6,700
    • Apple iPhone 13 Pro1,063White point: approx. 6,800
    • Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max1,056White point: approx. 6,300
    • Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra973White point: approx. 6,700< /li>
    • Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra969 White Point: approx. 7,300
    • Samsung Galaxy S22911 white point: approx. 6,800
    • Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3894White point: approx. 6,600
    • Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra878White point: approx. 7,100
    • Apple iPhone 13 mini858White point: approx. 6,200
    • Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max854White point: approx. 6,300
    • Apple iPhone 12 Pro842White point: approx. 6,300
    • Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max797White point: approx. 6,900
    • OnePlus 9 Pro787 white point: approx. 6,800
    • Asus ROG Phone 6784 white point: approx. 7,200

      • < li class="chart__row">Xiaomi Mi 11783White point: approx. 6,900

    • Google Pixel 6 Pro777White point: approx. 6,500
    • OnePlus 9776 white point: approx. 6,700
    • OnePlus 8 Pro773 white point: approx. 7,400
    • Samsung Galaxy A52 5G772White point: approx. 6,800
    • Google Pixel 6769 white point: approx. 6,200
    • Qualcomm Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders765 white point: approx. 7,200
    • Samsung Galaxy S20763 white point: approx. 7,200
    • Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra762 white point: approx. 7,200
    • OnePlus 8T753 white point: approx. 6,800
    • Samsung Galaxy S20+752 white point: approx. 7,300
    • Oppo Find X3 Pro745 white point: approx. 7,200
    • Unihertz Titan718 white point: approx. 6,900
    • Google Pixel 4a701white point: approx. 7,000
    • Phone (1) (Auto, 10% APL)697White point: approx. 6,100
    • Phone (1) (Auto, 20% APL)690White point: approx. 6,100
    • LG Wing688 white point: approx. 7,200
    • Google Pixel 5687 white point: approx. 6,500
    • Apple iPhone Xr686 white point: approx. 7,000
    • Cat S61672 white point: approx. 7,400
    • OnePlus 7T672White point: approx. 7,300
    • Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2672White point: approx. 7,400
    • Gigaset GX290671 white point: approx. 9,800
    • Apple iPhone 11661 white point: approx. 6,800
    • Google Pixel 4a 5G655 white point: approx. 6,600
    • Apple iPhone 12653White point: approx. 6,300
    • Apple iPhone Xs Max644White point: approx. 6,900
    • Apple iPhone 12 mini643White point: approx. 6,300
    • Phone (1) (Auto, 100% APL)643White point: approx. 6,100
    • Samsung Galaxy Note 9637White point: approx 7,800
    • Motorola Moto G8 Plus634White point: approx. 7,700
    • OnePlus Nord629white point: approx. 7,400
    • Samsung Galaxy S9+624white point: approx. 7,800
    • Samsung Galaxy S9622 white point: approx. 7,700
    • Huawei Mate 20 Pro616white point: approx. 7,300
    • Samsung Galaxy Note 10+616white point: approx. 7,200
    • OnePlus Nord 2610White point: approx. 7,100
    • OnePlus 6607 white point: approx. 7,900
    • Nokia XR20592 white point: approx. 8,150
    • Motorola Moto G6589White Point: approx. 8,800
    • OnePlus 7 Pro585White Point: approx. 7,300

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    • LG Velvet575 white point: approx. 7,800
    • Sony Xperia XZ3569 white point: approx. 7,900
    • Sony Xperia 5 III563 white point: approx. 7,200
    • Samsung Galaxy S10e562 white point: approx. 7,400
    • Cat S52553White Point: Approx. 6,900
    • LG G7 ThinQ546White Point: Approx. 9,300
    • Cat S62 Pro543 White Point: approx. 8,650
    • Sony Xperia 1 II539White point: approx. 8,400
    • Sony Xperia 5 II536White point: approx. 7,500
    • Huawei P30 Pro531 white point: approx. 7,800
    • Huawei P20 Pro527 white point: approx. 6,900
    • Asus ZenFone 6525 white point: approx. 7,400
    • Samsung Galaxy S10+524 white point: approx. 7,200
    • Oppo Reno2521 white point: approx. 8,000
    • Samsung Galaxy S10519White point: approx. 7,200
    • Motorola Moto G7 Plus518 white point: approx. 8,200
    • Huawei P40 Pro516White Point: about 7,500
    • Samsung Galaxy A50515White Point: about 7,100
    • Motorola One Vision510 white point: approx. 8,000
    • Cat S42510 white point: approx. 6,900
    • Oppo A91508 white point: approx. 7,600
    • Doogee V20508 white point: approx. 8,690
    • Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact506 white point: approx. 7,900
    • Motorola Moto G7 Power506White Point: Approx. 6,900
    • Vivo X60 Pro503 white point: approx. 7,600
    • Gigaset GS4501 white point: approx. 9,700
    • Nokia 7 Plus473 white point: approx. 7,800
    • Motorola Moto G7473 White Point: approx. 7,900
    • Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S472White point: approx. 7,800
    • Motorola One470 white point: approx. 7,700
    • Samsung Galaxy A6463 white point: approx. 8,100
    • Gigaset GS5456 white point: approx. 8,385
    • LG G8s455 white point: approx. 7,800< /li>
    • Nokia 6.1452 white point: approx. 9,500
    • Phone (1) (manual, 10 % APL)451White point: approx. 6,100
    • Phone (1) (Manual, 100% APL)450White point: approx. 6,100
    • Phone (1) (Manual, 20% APL)450White point: approx. 6,100
    • Motorola Moto Z3 Play444White point: approx. 7,500
    • OnePlus 6T431 white point: approx. 8,100
    • Google Pixel 4 XL428White point: approx. 6,900
    • BlackBerry Key2420White point: approx. 7,800
    • Google Pixel 3a406white point: approx. 6,900
    • Google Pixel 3 XL400 white point: approx. 7,200
    • HTC U12+399White Point: about 7,500
    • Sony Xperia 1381White Point: about 7,600

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Unit: luminance (cd/m²)

Nothing has adjusted information

The editors had already contacted Nothing on the subject on July 13, before the test was published. On July 19, ComputerBase received information that the described behavior was still being investigated by the support team. Finally, on August 1, Nothing was asked again whether the problem could be understood or under what conditions the advertised value could be achieved. Finally, on August 3, the display said that the support and technology team had checked the issue internally with “high priority”. “The peak values ​​are around 700 nits for brightness,” Nothing finally explained. Nothing will adjust this in the future, it said. However, the editors cannot accuse the company or the responsible PR agency of poor communication, transparency or delaying tactics, because many questions about the device and software were answered promptly.

The adjustment promised by Nothing has now been completed. On the manufacturer's website, the peak brightness of the phone's (1) display is advertised as only 700 cd/m² towards the end of the product page. The adjustment does not change anything in the panel's evaluation by the editors, since a conclusion was already drawn in the test based on the values ​​determined by the editors. In addition to the brightness, which has been criticized, the main advantages of the OLED panel supplied by Visionox were the symmetrical layout and the fast refresh rate of 120 Hz.