Living with the Glyph Interface

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I've been using the Nothing Phone (1) for about one and a half year now. It's not the most powerful phone but it more than meets my needs. I'd say it's one of the best phones I've ever owned and am very happy with it! We won't be talking more about the device itself, but its Glyph Interface which is the most unique feature it has.

Obligatory: These are just my opinions that I wanted to share because Nothing is really cool. I'm not affiliated with them in any way.

What is the Glyph Interface?

Nothing's phones have this really cool system of lights on the back called "Glyphs" which can light up in various ways depending on the function. It seems like an overly flashy feature but that's not really the case; it's very useful.

Using glyphs for notifications

You can somewhat program them for different things. These lights are synced with your ringtone or notification tone so you can just set different ringtones for each app or contact like you'd do on any other android. When the phone is on silent you can still see which app or person has sent you a notification through the pattern in which the lights light up! It looks really neat and after getting used to it, this feature becomes a lifesaver.

I usually use the Glyphs in class or when I cannot really use my phone unless its urgent. There's also a feature called "Essential" notifications that keeps the Glyphs on until you interact with the notification. Imagine what you can do with it!

Other cool uses

The music visualizer and the fill light while using the camera are pretty cool functions but my favourite has to be the Glyph Flashlight which activates when you long press the flashlight button.

It's much softer and doesn't hurt the eyes. I use it a lot when I need to light up an area without it stinging my eyes. Such as placing it below the TV while trying to find the HDMI port. Or to navigate through a dark room without waking everyone up. I'd have a hard time if I were to live without this.

So my conclusion is that it's a pretty cool phone and I have a compulsive need to tell everyone that I use Nothing, BTW.

This is post 10 of #100DaysToOffload