Nothing 3A Pro Review: Shedding design is cherry at the top

The Nothing Phone 3 Pro phone is cut from the same fabric as the rest of the phones are nothing based in London. This medium range Android phone Solid specifications packages and a set of LED flash lights and top them at reasonable prices. It has a lot to advance, but the competition in the medium range market was not more fierce, with The last Google Pixel 9A The comprehensive performance at $ 499 is closely identical.

Nothing actually offers two phones in the 3A domain; The 3A and 3a Pro is the slightly installment, which I experienced for four weeks for this review. The phones are almost identical, as the processor and batteries are shared between them. 3A Pro adds in the preparation of a more capable camera, which includes a phone lens.

As Google, Samsung, Motorola and Apple release reasonable phone options for their customers, there is nothing 3A and 3a Pro brings their attractive design, excellent value and solid cameras, especially since the United States places customs tariffs on imported goods.

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The 3A phone starts from $ 379 with 12 GB RAM and store 256 GB. In the UK, you can pick up a background itself with 8 GB RAM and store 128 GB for only 329 pounds, or get a 12 GB/256 GB for 379 pounds. The 3a Pro phone costs $ 459 (449 pounds) for 12 GB/256 GB.

Both phones pack a lot of value for their cost, and they have a lot of strength for daily tasks, and vibrant offers that are great for games and cameras that are good enough for the informal piece in your days in the summer sun. How to be accumulated against the new Samsung Galaxy Series It remains Pixel 9A to see when we can finally test Google and the latest Samsung Budget phones.

Nothing with a cheerful 3A design

The design is the first thing to emerge in these phones. The glass back reveals screws and data ribbons, giving it an artificial look that I love completely. It may not be the style that I chose on the phone, but it is certainly good to see designs that exceed the simple gray look of most phones. LED lights – which is not called symbolic fees – are scattered around the camera units on both phones and lights up to alert you to the notifications received. It is a pleasant addition to phones nothing you will not find anywhere.

Both phones have 6.7 -inch screens that looked bright and vibrant during the test time. They have done a decent work in the face of sunlight in Barcelona, ​​as well as a cloudy sky in my house in Edinburgh. If you use these phones under the sun in the middle of the day, you may find them more difficult to offer, but I definitely saw the worst for this price. By classifying IP68 water resistance, calls will not be in the rain (again: not you, California) is a problem.

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Nothing 3A and 3a Pro Performance

The 3A series operation is the Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen 3 processor, which provided somewhat low degrees in our standard tests for both the processor and graphics. The most expensive iPhone 16e and Pixel 8A last year with his graphics points in particular. But standard tests only tell some story.

In the real world, I found both phones working smoothly with a lot of energy for daily necessities such as email and web browsing. Even aspired games like PUBG played well with high -resolution settings (until I managed to get “winner, winner, chicken dinner!”) So I don’t think choosing an average phone means sacrificing performance. Although it may not be the standard winner, the Nothing Phone 3A has enough strength to treat most things you want to use for it.

Nothing 3A comparison

Nothing 3A Pro phone 1,185 3,265 1,059Pixel 8A 1,675 4,076 2,435iPhone 16e 3,323 8,111 3,014

The Phone 3A Pro’s 5000-MAH battery did not like the battery drain tests, but it is far from the worst that I saw. The battery ingenuity is more consistent with the Galaxy A25 5G at reasonable prices from Samsung from last year, but it lacks more distinguished phones such as iPhone 16 or Galaxy S25. Getting a full day to use should not be a problem here, as long as you avoid playing games or broadcasting video for successive hours but like most phones, you certainly want to give them full fees every night.

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Nothing 3A and AI

Both Android 15 phones run their essence, but nothing has allocated the interface greatly with a stark monochrome. It looks elegant, but sometimes I struggle to distinguish between the application icons when they are reduced to simple white and black buttons. However, you may be in a unilateral look, and if not so, you can customize the design according to your desire. Nothing promises a total of six years of software support and safety, which is good, especially given the price.

Gemini Advanced and Gemini Live and Concle are all available for use on phones, and although nothing was not thrown into many of its artificial intelligence (which I feel grateful), I launched one tool I fully love. It is called the basic space, designed as a central center to store your ideas, notes, screen clips and ideas throughout the day.

See some of the shoes you love? Open the camera and use the designated basic space button on the side of the phone to save a shot – noting your voice – to your area. Do you need to buy Brie and Vodka, party caps and snake foods on their way to home? You will allow you to press a long button to dictate the great shopping menu to add it to your space to check later.

It is a great idea in theory, and although it has got some simple updates since its launch in March, it is still limited in its functions. The main space is mainly the center of screenshots and audio notes, but I see its potential benefit in providing a floor of dumping all your ideas throughout the day. It is a refreshing to find a unique and useful feature and the fact that it uses the designated devices button on the phone means that it is easy to use instead of being placed away from view. Nothing confirms that the basic space is still in beta, with more features on the way – so watch this space.

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Nothing 3A Pro Camera

Both phones contain main cameras worth 50 megapixels, and I am pleased with some of the shots that I managed to obtain from the Pro. Pictures are sharp in accurate and natural colors.

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While it is not a competition today The highest camera phonesIt provides a strong experience if you want to take simple shots for your friends on the beach, instead of looking to take the world of photography through the storm. The biggest question will be how to accumulate the phone camera against the Pixel 9A and New Galaxy A series, but we will need to wait to get all three phones alongside to answer this.

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While the 3A base packages a 50 -megapixel phone camera capable of 2x visual action, the 50 -megapixel Percycope camera is 3x, with 6X, with 6X Camera “In the sensor” enlargementWhich effectively Sensor crops Outside to achieve longer enlargement.

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The 3A primary phone has a 32 -megapixel front camera, and 3a Pro has a larger 50 -megapixel sensor to help capture more clear shots.

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Nothing 3A Pro: Do ​​you have to buy it?

Nothing did a good job in creating a phone that provides all the basics at a reasonable price. Its processor can treat all your daily basics, its cameras take good shots enough, and the six years of software is a nice touch. The cheerful design is cherry at the top.

I am amazed at the extent of a little different between the two models. With the same processor, width, and battery 5000 Mi per hour (with a fast charging 50W), the main differences are the enlargement of PerisCope add -on and the high -resolution front camera. Is photography important to you? If so, maybe the spring of professionals. Otherwise, save yourself a few dollars and go to the basic model.

If you are desperate from a new sub-phone-500 dollars at the present time, it is certain that any option is worth considering. However, if you can wait a few weeks, it is useful to see the new Google and Samung models at reasonable prices.

How to test phones

Each phone was tested by the CNET review team It is used in the real world. We test phone features, play games and take pictures. We study the screen to see if it is bright, sharp and vibrant. We analyze the design and construction to see how it is kept and whether it has an IP classification to resist water. We pay the processor’s performance to the maximum, using standard standard tools such as Geekbench and 3DMARK as well as our own anecdotal notes that transmit the interface, record high -resolution videos and play intense intensive games at high update rates.

All cameras are tested in a variety of conditions, from bright sunlight to dark interior scenes. We try special features such as night mode, putting the image, and comparing the results we reached against competing phones with similar prices. We also check the battery life using the phone daily as well as run a series of battery drain tests.