Nothing Phone (4a) Pro vs Poco X7 Pro

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.

Poco X7 Pro

A 6.67-inch 1.5K AMOLED that punches well above its price on brightness and smoothness.

• The 6.67-inch 1.5K AMOLED with 120Hz adaptive refresh and ~3,200-nit peak is one of the X7 Pro's standout features — crisp visuals and smooth scrolling.
• Measured ~700 nits at manual brightness and over 1,300 nits with auto-brightness, with 4K 60fps HDR video playing perfectly.
• Official panel specs: 700 nits typical, 1,400 nits maximum, 3,200 nits peak, 120Hz, Dolby Vision and HDR10+.

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.

Poco X7 Pro

A dependable 50MP main with excellent video stabilization — good for the price, but a clear secondary priority on a performance-first phone.

• The 50MP Sony IMX882 main (the same sensor as last year's POCO F6) is genuinely dependable — it can go toe-to-toe with phones aimed at camera users despite this being a performance-first device.
• r/Android's verdict: good main camera with excellent video stabilization — the standout of an otherwise modest camera kit.
• Resolved detail is okay but not best-in-class even among midrange cameras, and zoomed portraits lose sharpness significantly to digital zoom.
• The 8MP ultrawide and 20MP selfie max out at 1080p 30fps, while the main camera records solid 4K 60fps — a clear quality gap between the lead lens and the rest.

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.

Poco X7 Pro

A roomy 6,000mAh cell (6,550mAh in India) with fast 90W charging and the brick in the box — endurance that's good in daily use but debated under heavy load.

• Real-world daily use returns 9–11 hours of screen-on-time and ending the day with 20–30% left, plus 15+ hours of video playback.
• 90W charging (adapter in box; any 90W+ USB-PD works) reaches 50% in ~18–22 minutes and a full charge in ~47–52 minutes.
• GSMArena's active-use score of 12h43m is described as 'alright, but not great, considering the battery capacity.'
• POCO/Xiaomi aggressively kill background apps to extend battery life — a long-standing annoyance that still affects background-running apps even with optimisation off.
• Fast charging measured as not degrading battery health — a phone tracked at 4 months / 132 cycles still showed 99% battery health.

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.

• From the design to the software and cameras, this is a phone that should absolutely not be slept on — at the price of a Pixel 10a, 'I'd take this 10 out of 10 times over a 10a.'
• Vibes and great value for under $500 — a balanced all-rounder.
• Against its immediate rivals the Pixel 10a and iPhone 17e it looks impressive: a larger, brighter, faster display, more cameras, and Nothing's unique design including the Glyph Matrix.
• A premium balanced package with polished software and really good cameras — recommended, even if it's not perfect on the IP rating or front-camera 4K.
• The biggest problem for the 4a Pro is its own little brother — the standard 4a costs much less and gets the exact same cameras.
• While the (4a)'s design is still the best in the Nothing range, the (4a) Pro is a close second, and its speakers sound better than the standard model's.

Poco X7 Pro

By broad consensus the best-value cheap phone of 2025 — a gaming-and-multimedia bargain that out-specs phones costing far more.

• TechRadar: 'one of the best-value cheap phones you can buy right now.'
• Notebookcheck ranks it among the best smartphones under $400, available as the 12/512GB version for just under $400.
• MacRumors community pick: cheaper by more than 50% than the Pixel 9a, probably the best phone for gaming and multimedia with a huge 6,000mAh battery and dependable main camera.
• Long-term reviewers still recommend it over newer rivals like the Infinix GT30 Pro for software support, camera quality and gaming performance.
• Trusted Reviews tracked it discounted to ~£239 (32% off RRP) — described as 'impressively powerful' for the money.