Nothing Phone (4a) Pro vs OnePlus 13T

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's best-ever display: a 144Hz panel with 1,600 nits of outdoor brightness and a claimed 5,000 nits peak; the main camera is solid too with nice detail and well-reproduced colours.
• A claimed 1,600-nit outdoor brightness is realistic — no major visibility issues outdoors even in strong sunshine, putting it among the best affordable phones, and Nothing OS has some of the best design consistency of any Android UI.
• The 4,500-nit HDR peak was only validated with specific HDR test files, not actual video playback — real-world output is around 700 nits in SDR and 1,550–1,600 in HDR.
• The '5,000-nit peak brightness' spec means nothing in practice — a marketing figure pulled from a single-pixel measurement.
• 144Hz refresh (vs 120Hz on the regular 4a) and 1,600 nits white brightness / 5,000 nits peak, marketed as 66% brighter than the Phone (3a) series — though there's no extra output on a small 10% window.
• High-frequency PWM dimming makes it better suited to users sensitive to screen flicker, although slight flickering is still present.

OnePlus 13T

A 6.32-inch 1.5K 120Hz LTPO flat AMOLED with over 90% screen-to-body ratio and 2,160Hz PWM dimming below 50 nits. It's smooth and well-rounded for a compact phone, but its ~800-nit typical / 1,600-nit HBM brightness is modest next to flagship rivals.

• A 6.32-inch AMOLED with 1.5K resolution and 120Hz adaptive LTPO refresh — buttery-smooth scrolling with excellent battery optimisation.
• OnePlus claims peak brightness over 800 nits for typical content with a high-brightness mode up to 1,600 nits for HDR or direct sunlight; it defaults to 2,160Hz PWM dimming below 50 nits to ease eye strain.
• It's a 6.32-inch 120Hz AMOLED with 1,600 nits of peak brightness and over 90% screen-to-body ratio.
• Measured manual brightness can go over 800 nits — plenty bright in practice even if the headline numbers are modest.
• There's also a DC dimming option alongside the 2,160Hz PWM, useful for flicker-sensitive users.

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.

• Triple rear system: 50MP Sony LYT-710 main (f/1.9, OIS), 8MP ultrawide, and a 50MP periscope telephoto with 3.5x optical zoom (80mm, f/2.9, OIS).
• Both the main and periscope-zoom cameras are 50MP and deliver strong results for this price range; the zoom in particular stands out from competitors and even allows for extreme digital zoom.
• Having a proper dedicated telephoto shooter is a genuine love, although the camera experience itself is a little bit inconsistent at times.
• It's not clinically the best camera, but the shots have a bit more soul to them.
• Low-light performance isn't the best, and image quality when you zoom right in isn't the best out there — not bad, just not class-leading.
• The 140x zoom headline grabs attention, but in use it's more about how far the camera can push digitally than something you'd rely on day-to-day.
• Not super impressed by the camera or the giant protruding bumps the lenses sit in.

OnePlus 13T

A deliberately cut-down dual system: a 24mm-equivalent 50MP main and a 49mm-equivalent 50MP 2x telephoto — and no ultrawide at all, which reviewers unanimously call the biggest compromise. It's not Hasselblad-branded; output is competent but oversaturated and rated around 7.5/10.

• The 13T sports a dual camera system — a 24mm-equivalent main and a 49mm-equivalent (≈2x) telephoto — with the front camera maxing out at 1080p 30fps.
• OnePlus chose a telephoto over an ultrawide because most people use telephoto more, and space was at a premium — the 13s camera software is closer to the 13R than the Hasselblad-tuned OnePlus 13.
• The biggest miss is the lack of an ultrawide; overall the camera experience is about 7.5 out of 10 and massively oversaturated, though even dialed down it gives a better overall image.
• The 49mm telephoto offers 4x in-sensor lossless zoom with OnePlus's ultra-clear image algorithms — a genuine plus for telephoto-over-ultrawide shooters.
• The camera seems worse than expected, and some buyers feel misled by the name into thinking it's a smaller OnePlus 13 with one less camera rather than a different device.

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.

• Backed by OS optimisations and a custom CPU scheduler, the chipset delivers 27% better CPU, 30% better GPU and 65% better AI performance than the Nothing Phone (3a); storage is 147% faster in reads and 380% faster in writes.
• Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 is a perfectly acceptable chip across the board, and the upgrade to UFS 3.1 makes this feel noticeably quicker compared to the Nothing Phone (3a) and prior.
• The CPU performance difference between the 4a Pro and the vanilla 4a is not massive, but it is still very much notable.
• Available in 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB and 12GB+256GB configurations, all running near-stock AOSP-style Nothing OS.
• Like most phones in this segment, it shows some basic heat build-up during really extensive tasks like gaming or 4K editing in high-end software, though it stays responsive while gaming.
• It's by no means a top-notch gaming phone, although the processor is better than the regular 4a's and squeezes out a bit more performance and FPS.

OnePlus 13T

Flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite with up to 16GB RAM and 512GB UFS 4.0 — it posted an AnTuTu over 3,000,000 (beating the standard OnePlus 13 and even the vivo X200 Pro) and handles top games well. The caveat is sustained thermals: ~52% stress-test stability and benchmark peak temps near 68°C.

• Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite on TSMC's 3nm node — one of the most efficient and powerful chipsets right now.
• Its AnTuTu score of 3,006,913 beats the current leader, the vivo X200 Pro, and is higher than the flagship OnePlus 13, paired with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage.
• Geekbench 6 returned ~3,080 single-core and ~9,829 multi-core; in 3DMark Steel Nomad Light it scored 2,513 with 52% stability after 20 rounds, holding ~59fps with power under 4W and body below 40°C.
• It opens apps in a blink, switches between games and socials seamlessly, and runs cool doing it — a genuine compact powerhouse.
• Genshin Impact runs ~60fps (max 61, lows to 48) at max ~39°C; PUBG is officially capped at 40fps on highest settings but very-high runs up to 80fps.

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.

• Endurance has improved across the board in all tests compared to last year's Nothing Phone (3a) Pro; with a 68W USB-PD charger the phone peaked at around 42W.
• The review unit gets through a day without problems, but it'll certainly be into the red and close to done after about 15 hours of use; the OnePlus 15R has a much meatier battery to last longer.
• It's only an 80mAh increase over last year — small fry next to budget rivals like the Poco M8 Pro, which uses silicon-carbon tech to reach 6,500mAh.
• 50W wired charging is very respectable at this price — besting anything Google, Apple or Samsung offers below £500.
• Because the processor isn't power-hungry and the battery is large for the chip, real-world battery life is excellent.
• Roughly 13 hours of continuous playback at maximum brightness in a streaming test — impressive for what Nothing is doing at this price.

OnePlus 13T

The headline feature: a 6,260mAh silicon-carbon 'Glacier Battery' — the largest in any OnePlus and, per a multi-phone drain test, the best battery life of any premium phone, beating the iPhone 16 Pro Max, S25 Ultra, Pixel 9 Pro XL and OnePlus 13. 80W SUPERVOOC wired tops it up in ~52–62 minutes; there's no wireless charging.

• The 6,260mAh silicon-carbon cell took the OnePlus 13T to a record-breaking 13 hours 42 minutes in a drain test, beating the iPhone 16 Pro Max (13h10m), Xiaomi 15 Pro, S25 Ultra and OnePlus 13.
• The OnePlus 13T dethroned the iPhone 16 Pro Max as battery champion — it can be considered to have the best battery life of all premium smartphones on the market right now.
• A 5-hour heavy-usage test left 46% battery; it charged to 56% in 25 minutes and a full charge in about 62 minutes (200 nits, 25°C).
• A 10-minute charge got 0–28% and a full 100% charge took about 52 minutes on 80W, powering the colossal 6,260mAh cell.
• One full day of heavy real-world use (gaming, podcasts, workout, calls) gave 12 hours of use and 5h14m of screen-on time before hitting 2%, with a 12%→100% charge in ~34 minutes.