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Nothing Used Stock Photos in Phone 3 Demos, Pledges Update After Reports

The company commits to replacing the licensed images on retail demo phones with pictures actually taken on Phone 3.

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Overview

  • Android Authority identified five images in a Phone 3 demo portfolio as stock photos from the Stills marketplace despite being presented as community shots.
  • A retail unit in New Zealand displayed the gallery with the line, "Here's what our community has captured with the Phone (3)."
  • Photographer Roman Fox said his car headlight photo in the demo was taken in Paris in 2023 and not with a Nothing device.
  • Android Authority reported that photographers received licensing fees for the images through Stills.
  • Nothing said accuracy in product representation is important and that Phone 3 demo units are being updated to show only images captured with the device.