Nothing Phone (3) will have 7 years of software support
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Nothing Phone (3) will have 7 years of software support
Nothing Phone (3) will have 7 years of software support – five years of major OS updates and seven years of security patches. Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 is the SoC of choice for the upcoming Nothing Phone. Company co-founder Akis Evangelidis praised the chip’s performance.
Yesterday, Nothing confirmed the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 as the SoC of choice for the upcoming Nothing Phone (3).
Company co-founder Akis Evangelidis praised the chip’s performance, citing an 88% improvement in GPU speed, a 33% faster CPU, and a whopping 125% improvement in NPU speed compared to the Phone (2).
Today, he also confirmed the software support details. When asked why the company didn’t choose another SoC, Evangelidis said the new chip will clear the path to better software support – “5 & 7” instead of “4 & 4”.
Read that as five years of major OS updates and seven years of security patches.
8 Gen 3 has a weaker GPU, NPU, connectivity and ISP – and default software support is 4 & 4. Phone (3) will have 5 & 7. — Akis Evangelidis (@AkisEvangelidis) June 17, 2025
That’s a big upgrade over the 3 years of Android updates and 4 years of security patches the Nothing Phone (2) got.
The Nothing Phone (3) is coming in July.
Confirmed: Nothing Phone (3) matches Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 in key area
The Nothing Phone (3) is to be the company’s first proper flagship. It will be powered by the brand new Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip. In a follow-up X post, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis defended this hardware choice. He also revealed the phone’s competitive software update promise. It is to come with five years of OS updates and seven years of security patches. The Nothing Phone will be launched on 1 July 2025, so we don’t have long to wait at all.
At this point in the Nothing Phone (3)’s protracted marketing push, we’re being drip-fed into submission.
We’ve learned about its likely pricing, design, flagship status, and – most recently – performance. Yesterday, the company revealed that the Nothing Phone (3) would be powered by the brand new Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip.
In a follow-up X post, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis defended this hardware choice, and in the process revealed the phone’s competitive software update promise.
New Snapdragon chip
Asked why Nothing didn’t opt for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 rather than the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 – the former an older chip, but still a flagship one – Evangelidis replied that the “8 Gen 3 has a weaker GPU, NPU, connectivity and ISP”.
But the really interesting point that he noted here was that the “Phone (3) will have 5 & 7” rather than the “4 & 4” support promise that comes as standard with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.
This is a reference to the number of OS and security updates we can expect the Nothing Phone (3) to get.
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While the Nothing Phone (2) only has the promise of three years of OS and four of security updates, Evangelidis here reveals that the Nothing Phone (3) is to come with five years of OS updates and seven years of security patches.
That’s one of the better provisions we’ve seen, joining the chasing pack right behind the Google Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 series with their fixed seven year update promises. Indeed, it matches those phones in pure security terms.
Nothing Phone (3) – what to expect
We know already that the Nothing Phone (3) is to be the company’s first proper flagship, with a flagship-level price of around £800.
We also know that it’s ditching the company’s signature Glyph lighting system in favour of… something else. It might be a dot-matrix display of some kind, though render leaks have proved inconclusive on that point.
It’s known that Nothing will be launching the Nothing Phone (3) on 1 July 2025, so we don’t have long to wait at all.
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/nothing_phone_3_will_have_7_years_of_software_support-news-68298.php