Nothing confirms what’s replacing the Glyph LEDs on the Phone (3)

A short while back, Nothing announced that the upcoming Phone (3) will not have its Glyph LEDs on the back, a feature that has quickly become a trademark of the brand. Ever since that moment, speculation ensued that the Glyph LEDs would be replaced with a dot-matrix display.

And now, the company itself has confirmed this. It will be branded Glyph Matrix, undoubtedly to be billed as the next logical evolution of Glyph – and it makes sense, as a dot-matrix display will be much more customizable than a simple array of LEDs dotted through random parts of the phone’s rear.

When light becomes language.

Introducing the Glyph Matrix.

Phone (3). 1 July. pic.twitter.com/YtlPDIlMO6

— Nothing (@nothing) June 19, 2025

As you can see in the teaser video above, the dot-matrix display seems to be positioned in the top right side of the Nothing Phone (3)’s rear, which makes us think the camera island won’t be centered, but left-aligned – otherwise it would make for a very odd look. So that leaked render from a while back? Maybe take it with some extra salt in light of this.

Nothing has already confirmed that the Phone (3) is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, and that it will get five major Android OS updates and seven years of security updates. The device will be unveiled at a special event in London on July 1, alongside the Nothing Headphone (1).