
Nothing
The $499 phone to beat

OnePlus
Best-value 2023 flagship — 80W charging at half the price
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
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.
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OnePlus 11
OnePlus 11
OnePlus 11
Hasselblad-tuned triple-camera system: 50MP main + 32MP 2x telephoto + 48MP ultrawide. Color science is good in daylight but processing inconsistent vs Samsung/Apple/Google. No periscope.
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.
OnePlus 11
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 + up to 16GB RAM + UFS 4.0 — flagship-grade performance matching the S23 family. OxygenOS 13 on Android 13 (now more 'ColorOS-like' after Oppo merger).
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.
OnePlus 11
5,000mAh battery + class-leading 80W SuperVOOC charging — full in ~25 minutes, dramatically faster than any 2023 rival. The trade-off: NO wireless charging, a regression from the OnePlus 10 Pro's 50W wireless.