Nothing Phone (3a)
Aside from storage, you sacrifice little when choosing the big-value Phone 3a over its Pro sibling
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128GB, £274 (£329 inc VAT)
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e were impressed by the £449 Nothing Phone 3a Pro, as you can see opposite, but the standard Phone 3a squishes the price even further. You’ll pay £329 for the base model with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, which includes a telephoto camera and a spacious screen. Or for £50 more enjoy an extra 4GB of RAM and double the storage.
The design is classic Nothing, with its lit-up LEDs and stylish swooping lines. “What’s with the Blade Runner phone?”, my daughter asked when she spied it on my desk, and she meant it as a compliment.
Personally, I’m not such a fan: to my eye, the phone looks like it hasn’t been fully assembled. It feels sturdy, though, with an IP64 rating that means it will survive a spray from multiple directions.