Nothing to Unveil Something New on March 20 Carl Pei Says Industry First

Just weeks after launching the Nothing Phone 2a, Nothing CEO Carl Pei has said that something new is coming soon. In the style of Nothing, Pei hinted that the company will introduce something this week. Nothing posted a video on X teasing the launch. Apart from the date, the company has not revealed anything about this upcoming offering. Nothing recently launched the Phone 2a in India, which is the company’s first budget smartphone.

Nothing ‘s official X handle posted a 10-second long clip on March 18. The snippet shows Pei in conversation with Julie Duan, who is a short form content manager at Nothing, according to her LinkedIn bio. Pei captioned the short video ‘An industry first’. As part of the conversation, Duan can be heard asking Pei, “So I guess this is a first in the industry. Why do you think other companies haven’t done this before?” Responding to Duan, the Nothing chief simply says, “Well, it’s uh…” after which the screen blacks out. As per the teaser, the announcement will be made on March 20.

“an industry first” pic.twitter.com/ff4ONU3PLa

— Nothing (@nothing) March 18, 2024

The post has been viewed more than 1,30,000 times in the last 24 hours. The comment section inside this post is full of all kinds of speculations. The Nothing team has not given any specific time for the announcement. Nothing may announce a new app or software tomorrow.

In the first week of March this year, the company launched a budget-friendly Nothing Phone 2a Nothing’ Phone 2a was launched with MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro SoC chipset, 5000mAh battery and new Glyph LED design. Both variants of this smartphone are priced at Rs 25,999 and Rs 27,999. Soon after the launch of Nothing’ Phone 2a, Nothing’s sub-brand CMF introduced two wearable devices. Neckband Pro which comes with 50dB hybrid active noise cancellation (ANC) and CMF Buds which come with 42dB ANC support.