OnePlus co-founder reportedly brought the first Nothing phone to MWC

Pei purportedly took a prototype to the Mobile World Congress and had meetings with several industry big wigs. One such meeting was with Qualcomm’s chief executive. Nothing had announced a partnership with Qualcomm back in October, so it’s possible that its first phone will feature a Snapdragon chip.

Pei is seemingly already teasing the first Nothing phone

The only thing that is known about the unannounced phone is that it will take design cues from the transparent earbuds. In February of last year, the company acquired the Essential brand. Essential was started by Android creator Andy Rubin, which shut down after just one commercial product, the Essential PH-1 phone. Whether Nothing’s first phone will use the Essential moniker is anyone’s guess.