Neither phone includes a charger in the box, but the Nothing Phone 1 charges faster at 33W to the 25W maximum speed of the Galaxy S22. The Nothing Phone 1 can squeak by a full heavy 13-hour day out for me, while the Galaxy S22 has no chance of getting past 11 hours, often down to its final 5% of juice after hour 10. Speakers are strong for both devices, so both are equally good media consumption devices, particularly because they’re both easy to hold for prolonged periods.Īs for endurance, the Nothing Phone 1 may have a more power-hungry panel due to the lack of a variable refresh rate, but the significantly larger battery (4,500 mAh to the Galaxy S22’s 3,700 mAh) gives it better battery life. For most normal usage, both phones can handle all the tasks at about the same level of performance. Sure, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is more capable than the Snapdragon 778G Plus, but you’d only notice this if you really do intensive tasks like video editing or prolonged gaming sessions. Overall performance is fine for both phones (remember, I’m speaking only for the Snapdragon variant of the Galaxy S22). If you plan on using your phone for years, then the Galaxy S22 software has one more clear win: Samsung is promising four years of Android updates, while Nothing Phone 1 is only promising three. NothingOS isn’t entirely immune to these things, but they happen much less frequently, the UI just bounces around at seemingly a faster, more fluid pace. There are sometimes stutters when scrolling through Twitter. There are occasional dropped animations when opening or closing apps. This, too, can be very useful.Īll these extra features may have affected system speed and fluidity though because One UI just isn’t as fast and zippy as NothingOS. One UI also offers Samsung DeX, which allows the Galaxy S22 to output a Windows-like layout to an external monitor. An update has since enabled the feature, but it’s much more basic. NothingOS did not allow apps to open in window mode at launch. You can even make the window transparent, smaller or bigger. You have multiple ways to multi-task, including not just the stock split-screen method but also the ability to open an app in a floating window. It’s very annoying.īut Samsung also brings additional features that Nothing’s very plain OS does not offer. I actually enjoy using some Samsung apps, like Samsung’s internet browser, but it will display a pop-up menu asking me to update the browser every other week (somehow Samsung can’t do this automatically while the phone is sleeping). There are nearly a dozen Samsung-specific apps, and the phone is very keen to ask you to install this or update that in the middle of use. The app tray swipes horizontally instead of vertically, for example. The Galaxy S22’s One UI, meanwhile, changes a lot of Android things. I do really like the look of the light strips and the textured design under the glass panel though. I almost never do that (and I rarely take phone calls), so this feature serves almost no use for me. This, however, assumes you place your phone face down with the backside up (or facing you). For example, you may want to set one pattern for friends and family, and another pattern for colleagues, so you can just glance at the phone’s back and know if you want to take that call. The Nothing Phone 1’s Glyph Interface is mostly for show, but there are some practical uses: you can assign specific light patterns to a specific contact. The back is where the two phones differ the most: the Nothing Phone 1 has that semi-transparent back revealing some carefully designed innards, along with LED light strips which the company calls “Glyph Interface.” The Galaxy S22 is more understated by comparison, though the camera module that spills over the sides and blends into the chassis is an interesting, unique look. Ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner 25W Wired fast charging (charger not included in box).Exynos 2200 (Europe, South America and other regions).Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (US, China, India and other regions).Gorilla Glass (did not specify which version).
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