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The CMF Phone 1 by Nothingis a device that has garnered significant attention due to its unique approach to naming and branding. While some might find the name confusing, it is actually an accurate reflection of what this phone aims to achieve.

Love it or hate it, this phone represents one of the most interesting new devices on the market right now. Its creator, Nothing, emerged a few years ago with a bold statement that has had a lasting impact on the world of technology.

You have to admit, the CMF Phone 1 is quite an intriguing device. What sets it apart is its thought-provoking name, which seems simple yet effective in capturing the essence of this innovative phone.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(logo chiming)(soft upbeat music)- All right, so CMF Phone 1 by Nothingis kind of a confusing name,but what this phone's trying to do,not confusing at all.Love it or hate it,this is one of the mostinteresting new phones in the worldat the moment.Because Nothing came alonga few years ago and said,\"Hey, what if we tried tomake an average budget phone\"but with a focus on software and design?\"And it kinda worked, thosephones are pretty good.And so now, CMF is thebudget sub-brand of Nothing,and they've come along and said,\"Hey, well, what if we didthe same thing but even more?\"So that's how you end up with this.This is a $200 Android phonethat on paper doesn'treally stand out specs-wisein the sea of other $200Android phones that you can getbut it absolutely does stand outwith its software and design.And I just wanna startwith the design firstbecause that's the most interesting thingabout this phone by a mile.So this is the CMF phone in black.And on the surface it'snothing too crazy, right?It's got flat sides,pretty average bezels all the way aroundthis big AMOLED display,and dual cameras up inthe corner on the back.But then you realize two things,first, there's a knob,like a dial down here at thebottom corner of the phone.And second, there's also abunch of these metal screwsall the way around the outside.And that's because this plasticback is completely removableand replaceable in acouple different colors,there's black, there's alsoorange, there is a blueand there is a light blue,which also kinda has alittle green hue to itdepending on who you ask.So right off the bat, thisidea is pretty unique.Like for any phone,especially at this price,I remember back in the MotoMaker days a while ago,you could sort of customize your phonebut that was also much more permanent.And it's been many yearssince we had removable backs on phones.And even though nothing else comes offand the battery isn't removableand the back still feelssuper cheap and flexible,because it is, but once it's on the phone,it feels pretty rigid and sturdyand it's still cool to see theability to change the colorand it's a convenient little upsellfor the company that'sselling the phone itselffor so cheap.So then in the box for the cover,you also get this littleorange combo sim ejector tooland flat head screwdriversince you'll need this toolto remove the sim card trayand all of the screws to get the back off.And then it comes with amatching sim card tray and dialto pop on the back so thateverything matches up.But you can also totallymix and match if you want,it kinda makes the phone maybe feela little bit more like your own.So the color changing back is one thing,but then there's also thisknob I keep pointing atdown here in the corner, andthis is a separate feature.So I remember they firststarted teasing this on Twitter,we were trying to figure outlike on the Waveform Podcast,like what is this gonna be?Is this a volume knob?Is this gonna be just like a fidget toyor is it a mapablething with the software?Like what's the knob?And it turns out, it's amounting, attaching point,for some accessories.So it's not like somethingthat spins freely,it's kinda just a fancythumbscrew with a colorful cap.And if you take it off, you can replace itwith one of three accessoriesthat they've made so far.There is a kickstand,which lets you prop up yourphone on like a flat tableor a surface.There's also a card holder wallet,which lets me put up tofour cards in the backand then slap it on the back with magnetsand carry it around with me.And there's a lanyard,not sure how many peopleare gonna put their phone on a lanyardbut you now at least have the option to,you can securely attach itto the corner of the phone.So is this a gimmick?I'm gonna vote no, I thinkthat kickstand is the one thingthat I would actuallywant to have on my phoneor at least the option to haveon my phone whenever I want.It's kinda nice that that'savailable for it but in general,it's just the main point of itis it's one more useful thingto separate it fromother phones at 200 bucksin the design department.I was gonna say, it feels kindalike an ultra budget versionof MagSafe where insteadof having magnets,you literally have to screwthe thing onto your phone.But then I realized, wait,this magnet accessory,which is the platethat you screw under the backof your phone for the wallet,connects with thissuspiciously familiar lookingring of magnets in the middle.So just for kicks, I slappeda MagSafe mount on thereand it stuck like really well.So I actually think if youwant to buy like a car mountor some accessory to attach to this phone,I actually think youcould buy a MagSafe one.This is the Moment MagSafe puckand it will hold the phone from the back,so the more you know.Now it obviously takes a bit of work;several screws, the sim card ejector tooland the twisting and all thatto take these accessoriesoff the back of the phoneand put a new one on,so this isn't somethingyou'd probably do every dayor multiple times perday or anything like thatbut it works.You have the ability to.And then when there's nothingon the back of the phone,this dial actually kind ofprotrudes the exact same amountas the camera bump in the opposite corner,so it prevents it fromrocking back and forth at all.Well played, CMF, well played.So they've got lots of neatlittle hardware customizationsbut the other importantthing about a phoneis what it's actually like to use.So I've been using the CMF Phone 1for the better part of abouta week now and to be honest,it feels just like I'musing a Nothing phone,which is a compliment.Matter of fact, it's literallyrunning Nothing OS 2.6and aside from the lightup glyph interface,it's not missing a single featurethat the more premiumnothing phones actually have.It's got the cloned apps featurewhere you can have more than one instanceof a single app installed.It's got Game Mode,it's got the clever littleone-handed pull down gesturewhere you can pull down thenotifications without reaching.And of course, all the aesthetics,you know, the icon pack,the home screen widgets,the dots font, all that fun stuff.You still have thatspot where you can viewall of your notificationhistory, underrated feature.You know, it behaves exactlylike a Nothing phone.And using this phone,I can honestly say thatthere were stretches of timewhere I'd forget I wasusing an ultra cheap phone.Like it's a fairly brightresponsive display,it's typically five to 700 nits,but it's an AMOLED thatpeaks at 2,000 nits.And it's adaptive between 60 and 120hzwith a 240hz touch sample rate,so it's decently smooth and quick.So just flipping around throughthe daily inconsequential stufflike scrolling through socialmedia or reading emailsor light web browsing,for that stuff,of course, this phone istotally fine, super smooth.The chip powering everything hereis the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 5G.It's about on par withthe Snapdragon 7 Gen 1as far as benchmarksand they pair it with eithersix or eight gigs of RAM,depending on what spec you get,it's really decently wellequipped for 200 bucks.But you can definitely get this phoneto show its price though,like it's not perfect.These aren't complaints,these are just facts about the trade-offsyou obviously have to make toget a phone to be this cheap.So like this phone has a 5000mAh batteryand a really solid battery life,but there's no wireless chargingand of course, there's nocharger included in the box.If you're wondering though,it supports up to 33 watts.But then this phone also has no NFC,it has a really crappycheap vibration motor.It has a single mono speakerdown here at the bottomthat's surprisingly easy tojust block with one finger.The optical under screenfingerprint sensor,I actually think that's pretty impressivefor this price rangebut it's also been noticeablyon the slower side for meand sometimes ask for multiplereads before unlocking.And then these plastic backs,you know like I said,they feel fine when they're attachedto the frame of the phone,but like a car bumper,when they're not attached to the frame,you can really feel how flimsy they are.These are plastic, thebuttons in here are,they feel like they'reliterally held on by elasticthat I feel like I couldsnap at any moment.I mean, they haven't yet butthey just look like they could.And of course with removable backs,the whole phone can't besuper water resistant,so it's just IP 52 rated,basically just good for a splash.And we all know budget phone camerashave never been anything special,this phone is rocking a Sony sensor.It's a 50 megapixel primarysensor for the cameraand it takes, I wouldsay, serviceable photos.They're not terrible, I would say.You know, it's an IMX882, soit's actually the same sensorthat's in the POCO F6and the Realme 12 Proand some other pretty budget phones,and also the Moto Edge for some reason.But anyway,there's also no OIS so whenthe light starts going away,it gets rough pretty quick.And then that second sensor up at the top,well, that's not a camera at all,that actually, it almostnever really does anything.Turns out it's just a depth sensorfor specifically shooting2X Portrait Mode photosto get a bit of a cleaner,more accurate bokeh cutout.But it didn't also complainmuch at all when I took photoswith it covered or anytimewhile shooting actually.So, hey, budget phones make sacrifices,that's not a new concept herebut I like the set of trade-offsthat they made with this one.I mean, squinting back at it,it doesn't look bad for a $200 phoneand I think the set oftrade-offs that they madein the name of reallygood design and software,I like it.Now this phone is mainlytargeted towards India,that's the marketthat it's supposed tobe most competitive in,and in that market, yeah,there's other cheap phones.They're a little more expensive than thisbut they will also havelike the two years of software updatesand three years of security updates.They will also have big screensand relatively thin bezelsand MediaTek chips.They're usually not AMOLEDs though,so that's good about this one.And a lot of 'em will alsohave micro SD card expansion,which this phone also has.Probably the only notablemissing thing is NFCbut just the sheer amount of timeI was able to enjoy the using this phoneand not thinking about its price'cause of how smooth it is,all the software features it has,that's pretty sick.It's the $200 phone engineeredto look cool, basically.And CMF has also just introduceda bunch of other stuff as well.There's a new smart watch,$69, nice.Also a new set of earbuds, $59,so to give you an idea ofwhat they're working on.But let me know what you think,that's my review of the CMF Phone 1.Thanks for watching.Catch you guys on the next one.Peace.(bright upbeat music)\n"