Nothing has officially launched the Phone 4a alongside the Phone 4a Pro, and the company has positioned this as a phone for people who love to create. The star of the show is a brand new camera system, but there’s more under the hood than just upgraded lenses.
It’s all about the cameras with other minor improvements
The Phone 4a features a 50MP periscope camera with a 3.5x OIS sensor. You also get the familiar 50MP OIS main sensor, an ultra-wide, and a 32MP selfie camera. You get a zoom range from 0.6x to 70x, which is a significant upgrade. That said, we will have to test the camera to see how good the digital zoom actually is.
The display is also slightly improved. It features a 6.78″ AMOLED display with 1.5K resolution (1224 × 2720) and 440 PPI pixel density and a peak brightness of 4500 nits.
The Glyph Bar gets a major refresh. It now sports 63 mini LEDs across 7 square light zones. It can reach a peak brightness of 3500 nits, making it 40% brighter than before, with zero light leakage. Under the hood, you get the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, UFS 3.1 storage, and a 5,080mAh battery with 50W fast charging.
On the software side, Nothing OS 4.1 brings a smarter lock screen, upgraded Live Notifications, and resizable Quick Settings, among a myriad of other improvements. There’s also Essential Space, now with cloud sync, so your notes, ideas, and captures follow you across devices.
How does it compare to the Phone 3a?
On paper, the upgrades over the Phone 3a are small but meaningful. The display jumps from 1080 × 2392 pixels to 1224 × 2720 pixels, peak brightness rises from 3,000 nits to 4,500 nits, and you also get better display protection with Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, a newer Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chipset, and faster UFS 3.1 storage.
Price and availability
The Phone 4a will come in three configurations. The base model starts at £349 (~$465) and includes 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The mid-tier model, priced at £379 (~$500), upgrades the storage to 256GB. The top-tier version, with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, will cost £399 (~$533).
The Nothing Phone 4a goes up for pre-order beginning today, March 5, with open sales kicking off on March 13. While we’ve mentioned the approximate U.S. prices, Nothing is yet to confirm whether the Phone 4a will launch in the United States.