
Nothing
The $499 phone to beat

Vivo
Best camera phone, rough software
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
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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Vivo X200 Ultra
Vivo X200 Ultra
Vivo X200 Ultra
A camera-forward design with the largest central camera bump reviewers had ever seen, paired with durable, scratch-resistant glass and a slight-curve display.
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.
Vivo X200 Ultra
A 6.82-inch 2K 144Hz LTPO AMOLED that measures brighter than its Ultra rivals in real testing.
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.
Vivo X200 Ultra
The reason this phone exists — a 35mm main, the largest ultrawide sensor in its class, and a 200MP HP9 periscope widely called the best telephoto on any smartphone.
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.
Vivo X200 Ultra
A 6,000mAh silicon-carbon cell with 90W FlashCharge — lab-best in some tests, merely-okay on the imported global build in others.
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.
Vivo X200 Ultra
An import-only camera specialist that out-shoots the global flagships — its rivals are the Xiaomi 15 Ultra and the photographer's reason to skip a Pixel.