{"id":180358,"date":"2025-12-12T06:42:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/180358\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T06:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:42:25","slug":"the-nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-is-a-throwback-to-90s-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/180358\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition is a throwback to 90s tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/fileadmin\/Notebooks\/News\/_nc5\/Nothing-Phone-3a-Community-Edition-featured.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition will be limited to 1,000 units. (Image source: Nothing)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/csm_Nothing-Phone-3a-Community-Edition-featured_357268adf0.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition will be limited to 1,000 units. (Image source: Nothing)\"\/><\/a>The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition will be limited to 1,000 units. (Image source: Nothing)<\/p>\n<p>After announcing the competition back in March, Nothing has unveiled the community designed Phone (3a). Officially known as the Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition, the phone has a frosted teal finish that&#8217;s reminiscent of tech products from the 90s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">In what seems to have become an annual tradition now, Nothing has announced its Community Edition smartphone for 2025. After several entries following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Nothing-Phone-3a-Community-Edition-is-coming-and-you-can-submit-your-ideas-now.987299.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">competition&#8217;s announcement in March<\/a>, the Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition is now official.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/fileadmin\/Notebooks\/News\/_nc5\/Nothing-Phone-3a-Community-Edition.jpg\" title=\"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition has a frosted teal finish. (Image source: Nothing)\" class=\"lightbox\" data-fancybox=\"15158147\" data-title-id=\"lightbox_title_15158147_1\" data-caption=\"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition has a frosted teal finish. (Image source: Nothing)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/csm_Nothing-Phone-3a-Community-Edition_64b0140e06.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" alt=\"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition has a frosted teal finish. (Image source: Nothing)\"\/><\/a>The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition has a frosted teal finish. (Image source: Nothing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/The-elegant-all-rounder-presses-all-the-right-buttons-Nothing-Phone-3a-review.994680.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nothing Phone (3a)<\/a> Community Edition has a mint green frosted transparent finish reminiscent of 90s tech. The frsoted transparent design has been popular this year too especially in the gaming devices market with products such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Analogue-3D-gets-colorful-Funtastic-Limited-Editions-for-299-99.1180874.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Analogue 3D Funtastic Limited Editions<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/8BitDo-64-Bluetooth-Controller-Funatastic-Limited-Editions-brings-8-new-colors-to-the-Analogue-3D-controller.1180872.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Funtastic Limited Editions<\/a>.  &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The smartphone has black volume buttons and a magenta power button. There are also a few colored squares and circles on the back of the phone. Nothing also chose accent colors from the phone to the retail box, a first for the brand.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/fileadmin\/Notebooks\/News\/_nc5\/Nothing-Phone-3a-Community-Edition-retail-box.jpg\" title=\"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition&#039;s color has been carried over to the retail box. (Image source: Nothing)\" class=\"lightbox\" data-fancybox=\"15158164\" data-title-id=\"lightbox_title_15158164_1\" data-caption=\"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition&#039;s color has been carried over to the retail box. (Image source: Nothing)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/csm_Nothing-Phone-3a-Community-Edition-retail-box_790dfbc3e8.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"466\" alt=\"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition's color has been carried over to the retail box. (Image source: Nothing)\"\/><\/a>The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition&#8217;s color has been carried over to the retail box. (Image source: Nothing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition will be available in limited quantities, specifically 1000 units. It is already accepting registrations ahead of its availability during a limited time on December 12 on the Nothing website. The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition has 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and costs \u00a3379 in the UK, \u20ac379 in Europe,\u00a0\u20b928,999 in India, and \u00a559,800 in Japan. Unfortunately, it will not be sold in the US.   &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">If you do not care for this special edition, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/-\/en\/Nothing-Phone-3a-256-Essential\/dp\/B0DPXRSRGM\/?tag=notebookcheck-news-de-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">purchase the 12GB RAM version on Amazon.de for \u20ac308<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Notebookcheck-Team.212978.0.html?&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Bmode%5D=show&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Buid%5D=354\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/csm_habeebonawole_bf7db1bb36.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Habeeb Onawole\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Notebookcheck-Team.212978.0.html?&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Bmode%5D=show&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Buid%5D=354\" class=\"j_name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Habeeb Onawole<\/a> &#8211; Magazine Writer  &#8211; 1051 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2023<\/p>\n<p>I love writing about consumer technology and have written thousands of articles that help people make informed decisions or get the best out of their devices. When I am not working, I am catching up on movies and TV shows or logging in hours on my Nintendo Switch or PlayStation.<\/p>\n<p>Habeeb Onawole,\u00a02025-12-10\u00a0(Update:\u00a02025-12-10)<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nothing Phone (3a) Community Edition will be limited to 1,000 units. 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