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Carl Pei, who co-founded OnePlus, started Nothing in 2020 in London with big ambitions about the future of technology and design, and in 2022, he released the Nothing Phone (1) in Europe and Asia.

Tino Hernandez, a recently graduated mathematics major, got in line for the Nothing Phone's first pop-up in the US at 9 a.m., 10 hours before it opened.

The current OnePlus 8T user wasn't here for the company's new release, dubbed Phone (2). He was just here to show his support. 

"It's the first launch in the US for Nothing. I wanted to see the product for myself," Hernandez says. "Seeing a new design, new everything, new language, new community, new support and everything just feels fresh. It feels like the excitement of new technology in the world."