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374 Nothing Caught Using Stock Photos as Phone 3 Camera Samples

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/27/2025 12:01 EDT

Nothing Caught Using Stock Photos as Phone 3 Camera Samples

Phonemaker Nothing used professional stock photos to demonstrate its Phone 3's camera capabilities on retail demo units, according to The Verge. Five images the company presented as community-captured samples were licensed photographs from the Stills marketplace, taken with other cameras in 2023.

The Verge verified EXIF data confirming one image predated the Phone 3's release. Co-founder Akis Evangelidis acknowledged the photos were placeholders intended for pre-production testing that weren't replaced be

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