Carl Pei teases the ‘all-in’ Nothing Telephone 3 with a flagship value

Buried within the weblog posts and movies that accompanied Google’s The Android Show: I/O Edition announcements was a nugget of Nothing information: The Nothing Telephone 3 goes to be costly. In an Android marketing video showcasing the corporate’s telephones, Nothing CEO Carl Pei shared that the brand new cellphone will price round £800 when it launches this summer time.

That new price is because of Nothing’s resolution to go “all-in” on the brand new gadget by together with “premium supplies, main efficiency upgrades and software program that basically ranges issues up,” based on Pei. The Nothing Phone 2 launched at £580 within the UK and $600 within the US, so promoting the Telephone 3 at £800 is a noticeable value bounce. Assuming Nothing follows via on the premium upgrades it is promising, although, possibly it will make sense that the Telephone 3 prices as a lot as a Pixel 9 or iPhone 16.

Nothing made its title on inexpensive telephones which have distinctive, premium designs. For instance, the corporate launched the Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro in March 2025, the funds and mid-range counterparts to the Telephone 3. Each telephones use mid-range chips and digital camera sensors, however function a futuristic design and intelligent AI options that you just’d count on out of a way more costly gadget.

Switching to attempting to compete with Apple and Samsung when it comes to value suggests Nothing is assured, on the very least. We’ll have to attend till this summer time when the Telephone 3 is definitely launched to see if that confidence is justified.