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Nothing Phone (2) is launching globally in July, confirms Carl Pei

The Nothing Phone (2) is expected to significantly improve the user experience compared to the Phone (1).

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Nothing founder Carl Pei has confirmed that the company will launch the successor to the Phone (1) globally in July. In an interview with Forbes, Pei said that the Phone (2) will be made available in the U.S. simultaneously with the rest of the world. That would be a welcome change from last year, when the Phone (1) didn't reach U.S. shores until months after its global launch.

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Carl Pei's 'Nothing' is launching its first product next month

After months of teases and delays, Nothing has now confirmed it will launch its first-ever product, a pair of earbuds, next month.

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Back in October last year, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei revealed he was leaving OnePlus to start a new hardware venture. The new venture later turned out to be a company called Nothing, backed by big names like iPod inventor Tony Fadell, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, YouTuber Casey Neistat, and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin. There were multiple rumors that consumer audio was one of the primary areas that Nothing would focus on. This did turn out to be true when the company revealed in May that it would unveil a pair of earbuds called the Ear 1. The company initially planned for a June launch, but for some reason, that never happened, and Carl Pei later confirmed on Twitter that the launch was delayed until "later this summer." Today, the company finally confirmed the launch date of the Ear 1.

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Carl Pei's new hardware venture Nothing now owns Essential

Recent filings at the UK Intellectual Property Office reveal that Carl Pei's Nothing now owns Andy Rubin's Essential.

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OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's new hardware venture — Nothing — now owns Andy Rubin's Essential. The company recently raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by GV, the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc., and is currently working on a pair of wireless headphones that will hit the market later this year.

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Carl Pei's 'Nothing' to launch wireless headphones among other products

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has confirmed that is new company 'Nothing' is working on a pair of wireless headphones among other smart products

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It was right around the launch of the OnePlus 8T last year when we heard rumors that Carl Pei was about to leave the company. Soon after, the co-founder announced that he was indeed moving on to start his own hardware venture and only recently revealed that it would be called ‘Nothing.’ During the announcement, there was no information shared regarding what kind of hardware the new “London based consumer technology company” would make. However, the company’s official website listed big-names such as iPod inventor Tony Fadell, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, as primary investors.