Nothing just launched the most expected Nothing Phone (4a), the company’s latest smartphone and the successor to last year’s Phone (3a), as it had promised.
Display and Software
The phone features a bigger 6.78-inch 1.5K 120Hz AMOLED screen with up to 4500 nits of peak brightness and is powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 SoC with up to 12GB of RAM. It has improved VC cooling, said the company.
The phone runs Android 16 with Nothing OS 4.1. The company has promised 3 Android OS updates and 6 years of security patches, same as older models. The phone retains the Essential Key which has been moved to the left side, and there is Essential Space.
Glyph
The phone still has Glyph lights, but these are now present as a single Glyph Bar that is a rectangle of 63 mini-LEDs in 7 squares, up to 40% brighter than previous versions, reaching up to 3,500 nits. Nothing promises zero light leakage and no yellow fringing across all three brightness levels.
Camera and Build
The phone retains the 50MP main camera with a Samsung GN9 sensor, OIS, an 8MP ultra-wide camera; and a 32MP front camera but gets a 50MP 3.5x periscope telephoto camera compared to 2x in the predecessor, and there is also OIS for it.
The phone still has a transparent design, but the camera bar now has a pill-shaped aluminium design, and the back uses Corning Gorilla Glass 7i protection. Nothing says that the Phone (4a) has bend resistance by 34% compared to Phone (3a). It features IP64 ratings for dust and splash resistance.
Battery
The Indian version of the phone packs a 5,400mAh battery compared to 5000mAh in the predecessor, and the global version has a 5080mAh battery. It retains support for 50W PD charging, which can charge up to 50% in 22 minutes and 100% in 56 minutes. It doesn’t have wireless charging capabilities.
The phone can maintain over 90% of its maximum capacity after 1,200 charging cycles, corresponding to over 3 years and 4 months of daily charging, says the company.
Nothing Phone (4a) specifications
- 6.78-inch (1224 x 2720 pixels) 1.5K flexible AMOLED display, 30-120Hz adaptive refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling rate, 2160Hz PWM dimming, HDR10+, 10-bit colour, 1600 nits outdoor / 4500 nits peak brightness, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i protection
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (4nm) Mobile Platform with Adreno 722 GPU
- 8GB / 12GB LPDD4X RAM with 128GB / 256GB UFS 3.1 storage
- Android 16 with Nothing OS 4.1
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP main camera with f/1.88 aperture, 1/1.56″ Samsung GN9 sensor, OIS, 8MP 120° ultra-wide camera with IMX355 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 50MP 1/2.75″ Samsung JN5 3.5x periscope telephoto, OIS, 7x lossless zoom, up to 70x ultra zoom, 4K at up to 30 fps, Action Mode
- 32MP 1/3.44″ front camera with Samsung KD1 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 4K at up to 30 fps
- In-display optical fingerprint scanner
- USB Type-C Audio, Stereo speakers
- Dimensions: 163.95x 77.57×8.55mm; Weight: 204.5g
- Splash resistant (IP64)
- 5G SA/NSA (n1, n3, n5, n8, n28 ,n38, n40, n41, n77, n78 bands), Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax (2.4GHz/5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, USB Type-C
- 5400mAh battery with support for 50W wired charging
Pricing and availability
The Nothing Phone (4a) comes in Pink, White, Black and Blue colours and is priced at Rs. 31,999 for the 8GB + 128GB model, Rs. 34,999 for the 8GB + 256GB model and the 12GB + 256GB model costs Rs. 37,999.
It will be available from Flipkart, Flipkart Minutes, Vijay Sales, Croma and all leading retail stores starting from March 12th.
Ahead of the sale, Nothing will host an exclusive first drop at the Nothing Store Bengaluru on 7 March at 6 PM IST, giving attendees the opportunity to purchase Phone (4a) before it goes on sale anywhere else in the world. The first 100 customers will receive an exclusive engraved edition of Phone (4a) along with a complimentary Ear (a) and can also add CMF Buds 2 Plus for Rs. 999 as a launch-only offer.
Launch offers
- Bank discounts of up to Rs. 3,000
- Exchange benefits of up to Rs. 4,000
No-Cost EMI options for up to 9 months along with a credit card EMI discount of Rs. 4000