What would you like to see from a Nothing Laptop?

Joseph_Developer · 2025-04-14T03:20:22+00:00

I’d like to have a Nothing laptop. What features do you think it would have? I’ll soon be designing a concept of what it would look like, thinking like Nothi...

Joseph_Developer

AN_MAXIMUS_ Well, I think what you want is a gaming laptop, I want something more work style.

etidorhpa

I hope they just focus on perfecting their phones.

Joseph_Developer

etidorhpa They can get stuck on phones and headphones.

ByWell

I’ll like to have an actual smartphone that can replace everything a laptop does…

I’m trying hard to get rid of my computer usage and only work from phone 😉

Joseph_Developer

ByWell I don’t think the phone can replace a computer, for a programmer that would be the death of him.

W1sp

I’m not convinced a Nothing Laptop would make sense financially. As @o0SGR0o mentioned, the space is already crowded with competitors so I don’t see how Nothing would differentiate itself. To make laptops financially viable you need to appeal to corporate or institutional buyers where the majority of sales are, which often come with particular requirements like MDM enrolment, asset management, and a level of long-term support which Nothing does not have the scale to do.

Something I do see as possible is Nothing breaking into the tablet space as there are only two real players, Apple and Samsung, the former with over 50% market share. Samsung’s offerings are quite poor and I would argue only popular because of the lack of Android alternatives. Creating a value proposition to compete with the iPad could potentially seize some market share.

Regardless though, I think Nothing’s time is better spent on expanding its phone business. It doesn’t have proper presence in most countries and is currently dependent on the Indian market. Breaking into North America and building its market capitalisation in Europe should definitely be the priorities.

ByWell

Joseph_Developer why would it be the death for him?
I’m not a programmer but I still manage projects, having a phone do it all would make sens for me.
please enlighten me!

Automata

Joseph_Developer The first thing would be the design of the laptop itself. For me, the ideal would be to go with the Teenage Engineering design. The next would be a system completely autonomous from Windows and MacOS based entirely on NothingOS.

Joseph_Developer

Automata Very good ideas, that complements the current ecosystem very well.

ByWell

Joseph_Developer Got it! and I’m totally on your side for that, what about a Screen/keyboard station that your phone is connected into, would it make it?

I’m saying that because I’m dreaming of a phone that act like a desktop on the web and also without the restriction of having an “appstore”.

Obviously some activity need biggers screen and even bigger GPU etc.

That is when a enhanced station come to the solution, while everything is on your Smartphone, it can connect to any station and bring the flow state into enhancement.

Tell me what you think, obviously I’m getting a little off topic. But still may be relevent.🙂

Automata I like your ideas,
Would the Nothing OS would be compatible with the smartphone or in a different realm?
and would an laptop OS like that would try to replicate the formula of “appstore” like the microsoft store?

Joseph_Developer

ByWell I’m a programmer, and programming from a phone would be the death of me because we have to manage files that are too large and we also need big screens for our eyes.

Joseph_Developer

ByWell Well, I think I’ll take note of what you told me, it would be nice to have a screen and keyboard with a mouse that connects to the device, but, I feel like it would be the same as a laptop.

VishalTRIVEDI

When will it come ?

Joseph_Developer

VishalTRIVEDI I don’t know when it will arrive, but a video from Nothing suggests that it might be in the future.

lieathie

I see possible future Nothing Laptop in two variants: black and white, with partially transparent design like Phone 1&2 and red accents for ports and special keys (like ESC, Power Button, Fingerprint Reader, e.t.c.).

The form factor is thin & light with 13 inch 120Hz OLED display.

I don’t see it comes with Windows inside as the main OS (bloatware, telemetry, ads and lack of any customization would kill the experience), so I suggest a custom Linux distro based on Arch or Fedora with KDE Plasma as the main DE.

So the main features would be:

Unique and minimalistic design, potentially with glyph system, dot matrix and transparent aesthetic;
Unique OS with fast, secure and lightweight Linux under the hood, yet beautiful and easy to use, appealing to an average, not tech-savvy user;
Integration with other Nothing and CMF products on software level (similar to Apple ecosystem);
Repairability and expandable storage would be a big plus.

etidorhpa

I don’t want a Nothing Laptop.

zorki

I would rather like to see a flagship phone.

JoshuaKaos

It could be a docking station like device, that’s heart is a nothing phone. you can upgrade with different modules and self repair capabilities for longer usage. maybe printable parts, that can be exchanged like the nothing phone2.maybe a open-source linux based operating system to connect.

Joseph_Developer

JoshuaKaos What good ideas!