Some smartphone brands have decided that it’s fun to slowly tease their upcoming devices over the course of many months, but the Nothing Phone (1) might be a case where that backfires. Even though the new Android phone isn’t expected to debut for several more weeks, it won’t go on sale in the US. We first heard this when Nothing listed its debut smartphone on DropX (opens in new tab), which basically meant you can bid on one of the first hundred models made – why you’d want to spend hard-earned money on a smartphone you’ve never even fully seen is beyond us (especially when the top bids mere hours after launch were $1,500 in the US and £1,100 in the UK – way more than the phone will likely cost – and have doubled that since).
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