Overview

• The issue surfaced after a New Zealand retail demo showed five photos labeled as community Phone 3 samples that reporters traced to the Stills stock marketplace.
• Photographers confirmed the images were not taken with the Phone 3, with Roman Fox saying his car headlight photo was shot in Paris in 2023 on a Fujifilm XH2s.
• The Verge reviewed EXIF data for one image and verified it dated to 2023 and was not captured with Nothing’s latest phone.
• Nothing said demo units will be updated to show only photos taken with Phone 3, calling the situation an oversight tied to placeholder content on live demo units.
• The company licensed and paid for the images via Stills, but the incident has renewed scrutiny of Nothing’s marketing practices following earlier promotional errors.