Nothing The 3A Lite strips the Glyph Lights to a bare minimum

After nothing lately Flagship phone 3 It ditched its trademark Glyph Lights in favor of a dot-matrix display, but the new 3A Lite brings them back – but just one of them. The affordable phone will launch today in the UK and Europe, but it will not be launched in the US.

The 3A Lite features just one small circular LED in the bottom right corner, which Nothing Says is “inspired by classic notification lights.” It still supports a lot of the same features like More complex Glyph Light systems Although: You can turn the phone face down to get only silent and soft notifications; Assign custom light sequences to specific contacts; And use the light as a visual countdown for your camera timer.

The rest of the 3A Lite looks like nothing classic, and it’s available in black or white with a semi-transparent back and a single red touch. The asymmetric camera design is unlikely to satisfy every critic of the Phone 3’s controversial design, although to my eyes this looks much better than that phone. I’m not sure what’s going on with that big section in the back; It seems confusing that it should be opened for easier repairs and battery replacement, but nothing has confirmed that it is intended for just that He looks This way – said Louis Hopkins, Senior Director of Global Public Relations Edge It is a “battery simulation design”.

The 3A Lite is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Pro 5G, coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage, although the microSD card slot supports up to 2TB. The 5,000mAh battery should provide decent life, although 33W wired charging isn’t particularly fast. The 120Hz OLED display is quite large at 6.77 inches, and the phone has an IP54 rating as well.

The 50MP main camera uses a surprisingly large 1/1.57-inch sensor, with an f/1.8 aperture, meaning photography may be one of the phone’s strongest features. But just from that camera, the 8MP ultra-wide camera doesn’t look very impressive, and the third rear lens is only a macro. There’s a 16MP selfie camera around the cluster.

The phone 3A Lite is Available for purchase today In the UK and Europe, it costs £249 / €249 (about $310) with 128GB of storage, and £279 / €279 (about $350) to upgrade to 256GB. Running Nothing OS 3.5, based on last year’s Android 15, Nothing promises three years of major Android updates and six years of security support.