Nothing Phone (3) vs CMF Phone 1

The Nothing Phone (3) scores 8.3 in our rating, and the CMF Phone 1 scores 5.5. The Nothing Phone (3) leads in display, performance, camera, battery, design and software support. The Nothing Phone (3) is the newer phone, announced Jul 1, 2025.

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Nothing Nothing Phone (3)

8.3 From $799

Top score

CMF CMF Phone 1

5.5 Price TBA

Key differences

Why choose the Nothing Phone (3)

Bigger battery 5,150 mAh vs 5,000 mAh
Faster wired charging 65 W vs 33 W
Brighter screen 4,500 nits vs 2,000 nits
Better water resistance IP68 vs IP52
Longer OS update support 5 years vs 2 years
Newer model Jul 1, 2025 vs Jul 8, 2024

Why choose the CMF Phone 1

Lighter 197 g vs 218 g
Thinner 8 mm vs 8.99 mm
microSD card slot

PhoneRanked scores

Calculated from specs, relative to phones from the same year and price range. How we rate phones

Value for money marked “est.” is an estimate: that phone has no official US launch price, so it is not highlighted against the others.

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

Overall 8.3 5.5

Display 8.5 7.5

Performance 7.7 4.7

Camera 8.2 4.8

Battery 6.3 4.8

Design 8.3 5.7

Software support 8.4 4.3

Value for money 6.0 6.0 est.

Display

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches

Type OLED, Flexible AMOLED OLED, Super AMOLED

Resolution 1260 × 2800 px 1080 × 2400 px

Pixel density 460 ppi 395 ppi

Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz

Adaptive refresh ✕ No ✕ No

Peak brightness 4,500 nits 2,000 nits

HDR HDR10+ —

Protection Gorilla Glass 7i Dragontrail Pro

Performance

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

Chipset Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Dimensity 7300

Process 4 nm 4 nm

Max CPU clock 3.21 GHz 2.5 GHz

GPU Adreno 825 Mali-G615 MC2

Geekbench 6 single-core 2,212 —

Geekbench 6 multi-core 7,161 —

RAM 12 GB / 16 GB 6 GB / 8 GB

Storage 256 GB / 512 GB 128 GB / 256 GB

Storage type UFS 4.0 —

microSD slot ✕ No ✓ Yes

Cameras

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

Main camera 50 MP, f/1.68, 1/1.3" 50 MP, f/1.8, 1/1.95"

Optical stabilization ✓ Yes ✕ No

Ultrawide 50 MP —

Telephoto 50 MP, 3× optical, periscope —

Optical zoom 3× —

Rear cameras 3 2

Rear video 4K@60 4K@30

Front camera 50 MP 16 MP

Front video 4K@60 —

Battery and charging

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

Capacity 5,150 mAh 5,000 mAh

Battery type Silicon-carbon —

Wired charging 65 W 33 W

Wireless charging 15 W —

Reverse wireless ✓ Yes ✕ No

Charger in box ✕ No ✕ No

Design and build

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

Dimensions 160.6 × 75.59 × 8.99 mm 164 × 77 × 8 mm

Thickness 8.99 mm 8 mm

Weight 218 g 197 g

Form factor Bar Bar

Frame Aluminum —

Back Glass Plastic

Water resistance IP68 IP52

Fingerprint Under-display optical Under-display optical

3D face unlock ✕ No ✕ No

SIM Dual Nano-SIM + eSIM Dual Nano-SIM

Colors White, Black Black, Blue, Orange, Light Green

Connectivity and features

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

5G ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi 6

Bluetooth 6.0 5.3

USB USB-C 2.0 —

NFC ✓ Yes ✕ No

3.5 mm jack ✕ No ✕ No

Stereo speakers ✓ Yes ✕ No

Satellite ✕ No ✕ No

IR blaster ✕ No ✕ No

Software

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

OS at launch Android 15 Android 14

Interface Nothing OS 3.5 Nothing OS 2.6

OS updates 5 years 2 years

Security updates 7 years 3 years

Launch and price

Spec Nothing Phone (3)CMF Phone 1

Announced Jul 1, 2025 Jul 8, 2024

Released Jul 15, 2025 Jul 12, 2024

Status Released Released

US launch price $799 —

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