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<\/p>\nIntroduction<\/p>\n
The Nothing Phone (3a) Lite shakes up the maker’s entire portfolio – it’s not only the first ever Lite phone, but it’s also another take on Nothing’s own CMF Phone 2 Pro. Once we thought the “a” models were meant for those on a budget, but here comes the Phone 3a Lite to bring another layer to the entire series.<\/p>\n
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Nothing Phone (3a) Lite is an all-glass phone, just like its Nothing peers, with a semi-transparent back panel and Glyph interface, even if it is a basic one. The back is the primary difference from the closely related CMF Phone 2 Pro, which has swappable back panels and no Glyph.<\/p>\n
The Phone (3a) Lite features a 6.7-inch 1080p OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, 10-bit color depth, and HDR10 support. It runs on the mid-range Dimensity 7300 Pro chip coupled with 8GB RAM.<\/p>\n
Nothing Phone (3a) Lite has a 50MP OIS primary camera on the back, accompanied by an 8MP ultrawide and a 2MP macro imager. In contrast, the CMF Phone 2 Pro has a 50MP 2x telephoto instead of the macro, but its primary camera has no OIS. And this about sums up the major differences between the two phones.<\/p>\n
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The Phone (3a) Lite is powered by a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging. It boots Android 15 with Nothing OS 3.5, and there are plans for 3 major Android updates.<\/p>\n
Nothing Phone (3a) Lite specs at a glance:
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\nBody: 164.0×78.0x8.3mm, 199g; Glass front (Panda Glass), plastic frame, glass back (Panda Glass); IP54 dust protected and water resistant (water splashes).
\nDisplay: 6.77″ AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 2160Hz PWM, HDR, 800 nits (typ), 1300 nits (HBM), 3000 nits (peak), 1080x2392px resolution, 19.93:9 aspect ratio, 388ppi; Ultra HDR image support.
\nChipset: Mediatek Dimensity 7300 Pro (4 nm): Octa-core (4×2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G615 MC2.
\nMemory: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM; microSDXC.
\nOS\/Software: Android 15, up to 3 major Android upgrades, Nothing OS 3.5.
\nRear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f\/1.9, 24mm, 1\/1.57″, 1.0\u00b5m, dual pixel PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f\/2.2, 15mm, 120\u02da, 1\/4.0″, 1.12\u00b5m; Macro: 2 MP.
\nFront camera: 16 MP, f\/2.5, (wide).
\nVideo capture: Rear camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30\/60\/120fps, gyro-EIS; Front camera: 1080p@30fps.
\nBattery: 5000mAh; 33W wired, 50% in 20 min, 5W reverse wired.
\nConnectivity: 5G; Wi-Fi 6; BT 5.3; NFC.
\nMisc: Fingerprint reader (under display, optical).<\/p>\n
The phone has IP54 ingress protection rating, which is not ideal. We do appreciate it, of course, but many competitors will offer you more resistance at a similar price.<\/p>\n
Unboxing the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite<\/p>\n
The Nothing Phone (3a) Lite arrives in one of those signature Nothing boxes, with glossy paper and plenty of prints, plus a special message on the internal box.<\/p>\n
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The retail bundle contains a phone, a USB cable, and a cool SIM ejection pin.<\/p>\n
There is also a plain silicone case inside the box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction The Nothing Phone (3a) Lite shakes up the maker’s entire portfolio – it’s not only the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-295854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}