Nothing phone (1) to be powered by Snapdragon 778G Plus chip

The Nothing phone (1), the debut smartphone by the company founded by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei — as widely rumoured, reported, and expected — will be powered by a midrange chipset, the Snapdragon 778G Plus processor.

Pei, in an interview to Input Mag, has confirmed that the company opted for this processor as it "offers a better mix of price, performance, heat output, and power consumption". Pei further said the SoC (system-on-a-chip) also enables them to offer features such as wireless charging and reverse wireless charging, which are usually features supported by Qualcomm's top-of-the-line chips.

Over the past few weeks, Nothing has slowly been cranking up the hype over the phone (1). Two days ago, the company officially opened the waitlist for its invite system. At the time of this writing, more than 1.72 lakh Indians are on the list.