Good day, and welcome to the Daily Authority. This morning I woke up to a water outage. Normally this wouldn’t be such a big deal, but since I forgot to fill the water pitcher last night, that also means no coffee. Looks like Monday arrived a day late.
Nothing Phone 1 is coming
It appears that the Phone 1 launch has arrived a few hours early. A big last minute leak apparently spilled all the beans for the The official debut of Nothing Phone 1 later today.
the skinny one
- The infodump comes courtesy of the developer Kuba Wojciechowski via Twitter.
- Wojciechowski claims to have access to the phone’s firmware, revealing a lot about the phone.
- This firmware is made by Chinese original design manufacturer BYD Electronics.
The software
- As a result, it looks like the Nothing Phone 1 will land with a few generic Chinese apps.
- These include the 400MB camera app and a game mode that shares some features with Meizu phones.
- Of course, we won’t be able to confirm these details until we have the phone for review.
- The good news is that the Phone 1 doesn’t run anything OS 1, based entirely on Android 12†
the hardware
- In terms of hardware, the leak confirms the previously revealed Snapdragon 778G Plus chipset.
- We also get a 120Hz FHD+ AMOLED panel on the front.
- According to the firmware, two 50MP sensors from Sony and Samsung will make up the dual rear camera (nothing has yet revealed an IMX766 sensor for the main camera).
- The selfie camera uses a 16 MP Sony sensor.
The debut of Nothing Phone 1 is officially scheduled for today at 4pm BST (11am ET). So be sure to come by android authority for the final details as they roll in.
To round up
🖼️ Meanwhile get the Nothing Phone 1 wallpapers while you are waiting (android authority†
Apple released watchOS 9 beta and iPadOS 16 beta for enthusiastic adopters. While the iPadOS upgrade seems like a clear step forward for power users, watchOS 9 focuses on bringing even more health-tracking metrics to the wrist (The edge†
†What smells better than it tastes?” (r/askreddit).
Tuesday Chart
This chart was too impressive to pass up. Reddit user u/r88b has the turn signal use by fellow drivers encountered while traveling through the continental US. The data was lovingly collected “on the lid of a donut box” over 3.5 weeks and later mapped onto the map you see below.
Overall, their “highly scientific study” provides us with clear evidence that drivers in North Carolina may have a thing for turn signals. Nebraskans seem to house the most well-behaved drivers of the states surveyed.