Nothing Phone 4a Pro Review: Aluminium Body, Three Cameras, Dot-Matrix Display
The Story
The Nothing Phone 4a Pro is a mid-range Android phone with an aluminium body and a dot-matrix LED screen on the back, according to a review by The Guardian. It costs £499 and features a 6.83in OLED display, three cameras, and a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 processor. The phone runs Nothing OS 4.1 and offers two-day battery life, but only three years of Android version updates.
Key Facts
- The Nothing Phone 4a Pro costs £499 (€479/$499/A$949).
- It has a solid aluminium body, 6.83in 144Hz QHD+ OLED screen, and a large camera island with a circular dot-matrix LED display on the back.
- Specifications: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chip, 8 or 12GB RAM, 128 or 256GB storage, nothing OS 4.1 (Android 16), IP65 water resistance, 210g weight.
- Cameras: 50MP main, 50MP 3.5x telephoto, 8MP ultrawide, 32MP selfie.
- Battery lasts two-plus days between charges; maintains at least 80% capacity after 1,200 full charge cycles.
- The phone is made of recycled aluminium, plastic, steel, and tin, with a carbon footprint of 50.5kg CO2 equivalent.
- Main and telephoto cameras perform well in good light; ultrawide camera is weak; video recording does not support 4K at 60fps.
- Nothing provides three years of Android version updates and six years of security updates.
- The dot-matrix display can show notifications, time, timers, volume, charge levels, and widgets.
- The review notes the phone lacks wifi 7, and some AI features are slow or require internet.
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Sources: The Guardian
