
Nothing
Stylish budget standout, mediocre camera

Nothing
The $499 phone to beat
Nothing Phone (2a)
Nothing Phone (2a)
Nothing Phone (2a)
The reason to buy a Nothing phone: a transparent back with the signature Glyph Interface LED lighting, a sleek smooth-edged build that punches well above its price.
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
The defining change this generation: a metal unibody that ditches the transparent back for a minimal lower half and a distinctive rectangular camera island, topped by a slimmed-down Glyph Matrix. Reviewers overwhelmingly call it the slimmest, most premium Nothing ever — but the redesign is genuinely polarising, and the IP65 rating is one notch below the flagship norm.
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Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
Nothing Phone (2a)
A 6.7-inch 1080x2412 AMOLED at 120Hz with HDR10+ and Ultra HDR support — consistently called one of the best screens at this price.
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
A 6.83-inch 1.5K AMOLED at 144Hz with 2,160Hz PWM dimming — reviewers agree it's the best screen Nothing has built, with realistic outdoor brightness around 1,600 nits. The headline 5,000-nit peak, though, only materialises with special HDR test files; everyday brightness is far lower.
Nothing Phone (2a)
A dual 50MP system that's the phone's clearest compromise — acceptable for everyday use and decent for video, but the area where rivals and Pixel 'a' phones pull ahead.
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
The headline value play: a 50MP Sony LYT-710 main with OIS, a true 50MP 3.5x periscope telephoto (80mm) with OIS, and an 8MP ultrawide — flagship-tier hardware Samsung and Apple don't put in phones at this price. Output is characterful and the telephoto is a genuine win, but reviewers consistently flag inconsistency, average low-light and a gimmicky 140x digital zoom.
Nothing Phone (2a)
The MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro with up to 12GB RAM handles daily use and gaming well for the class, though it's not flagship-grade and a minority report stutters or app issues.
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
The Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 with UFS 3.1 storage is a clear, tangible step up from the Phone (3a) generation — Nothing claims +27% CPU, +30% GPU and +65% AI. It's a perfectly capable everyday chip that feels noticeably quicker, but it's explicitly not a gaming powerhouse and warms up under sustained heavy load.
Nothing Phone (2a)
A 5,000mAh battery — the first in the 2a line — delivers excellent all-day endurance, with reasonable if not blazing 45W wired charging (no charger in the box).
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
The ~5,080mAh cell reliably gets through a day and endurance improved across all of GSMArena's tests versus the 3a Pro — but it's only an 80mAh bump over last year and looks small next to 6,000–7,000mAh budget rivals. 50W wired charging is the trade-off win; there is no wireless charging at all.
Nothing Phone (2a)
At $349 it's one of the best-value phones of 2024 — its design, display and software outclass rivals, though spec-sheet shoppers can find more raw hardware (camera, charger-in-box) from Redmi/Poco.
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
At $499 it directly undercuts the experience-per-dollar of the same-priced Pixel 10a and iPhone 17e, and several reviewers would take it over the 10a without hesitation. The closest internal threat is its own cheaper sibling, the standard Phone (4a), which shares the same cameras for $150 less.