Nothing just launched the most expected Nothing Phone (3a) series, the company’s latest smartphone and the successor to last year’s Phone (2a) series, as it had promised. Both the Phone (3a) and (3a) Pro models feature a bigger 6.77-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED screen with up to 3000 nits peak brightness, is powered by Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC with up to 12GB of RAM and up to 8GB of virtual RAM.
The phones run Android 15 with Nothing OS 3.1. The company has promised 3 Android OS updates and 6 years of security patches, same as older models. These still have Glyph lights with 3 separations, and 26 addressable LED lighting zones. You can use it for volume, timer, Uber and Zomato and notifications. Nothing has finally switched from polycarbonate back to a glass back, and both the phones now feature IP64 ratings for dust and splash resistance.
The phones add an Essential Key below the power button that launches Essential Space, an AI-powered hub for note-taking, ideas, and inspirations. You can press the Essential Key to capture and send content to Essential Space, long-press to record a voice note, and double-tap to head straight to all your saved content.
Nothing has finally added telephoto camera for the phones. Both the phones feature a 50MP main camera with a Samsung sensor and an 8MP ultra-wide camera. The 3a has a 50MP 2x telephoto camera with 25cm telemacro option, and the 3a Pro uses a 50 Sony LYT-600 sensor for the 3x periscope telephoto camera with 6x lossless in-sensor zoom, 60x ultra zoom and offers 15cm telemacro. The Phone 3a has a 32MP front camera and the 3a Pro has a 50MP front camera.
Both the phones still pack a 5000mAh battery, but get support for 50W PD charging, which can charge up to 50% in 19 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 (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro specifications
- 6.77-inch (1080 x 2392 pixels) FHD+ flexible AMOLED display, 30-120Hz adaptive refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 2160Hz PWM dimming, HDR10+, 10-bit colour, 800 nits typical / 1300 nits outdoor / 3000 nits peak brightness, Panda Glass protection
- Up to 2.5GHz Octa Core Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 720 GPU
- 8GB / 12GB LPDD4X RAM with 128GB / 256GB UFS 2.2 storage
- Android 15 with Nothing OS 3.1
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP main camera with f/1.88 aperture, 1/1.56″ Samsung sensor, OIS, 8MP 114° ultra-wide camera with f/2.2 aperture, 50MP 1/2.74″ Samsung 2x telephoto (3a) / 50MP 1/1.95″ Sony LYT-600 3x periscope telephoto, OIS (3a Pro), 4K at up to 30 fps, Action Mode
- 32MP 1/3.44″ (3a) / 50MP 1/2.76″ (3a Pro) front camera with f/2.2 aperture, 1080p (3a) / 4K (3a Pro) at up to 30 fps
- In-display optical fingerprint scanner
- USB Type-C Audio, Stereo speakers
- Dimensions: 163.52x 77.50×8.35mm (3a) / 8.39mm (3a Pro); Weight: 201g (3a) / 211g (3a Pro)
- 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, NFC
- 5000mAh battery with support for 50W wired charging
Availability and pricing
The Nothing Phone (3a) comes in Black, White and Blue colours and is priced at Rs. 24,999 for the 8GB + 128GB model and the 8GB + 256GB model costs Rs. 26,999. It will be available from Flipkart, Flipkart Minutes, Vijay Sales, Croma and all leading retail stores starting from 11 March
The Nothing Phone (3a) Pro comes in Black and Grey colours and is priced at Rs. 29,999 for the 8GB + 128GB model, 8GB + 256GB model is priced at Rs. 31,999 and the top-end 12GB + 256GB model costs Rs. 33,999.
It will be available from Flipkart and Flipkart Minutes starting from 11 March. The Flipkart deliveries and sales on Vijay Sales, Croma and all leading retail stores will start from March 15th.
Launch offers
- Up to Rs. 2000 instant discount on HDFC Bank, IDFC Bank, OneCard cards
- Day 1 exchange offer: ₹Rs. 3000 additional exchange offer shall be valid across all the variants of both Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro for customers purchasing Phone (3a) Series on Day 1 at Flipkart, Croma, Vijay Sales and leading retail stores.