coolpad COOL 40i vs Nothing Phone (3a)

coolpad
COOL 40i

Nothing
Phone (3a)
At a glance
- Brand
- Coolpad
- Nothing
- Release date
- December 2024, 1 years 5 months ago
- March 2025, 1 years 2 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 155.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 54% of devices
- 810.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 81% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.56"
- 6.77"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1612 px HD+
- 1080 x 2392 px FHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED
- Density
- 269 ppi Medium Density
- 388 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Brightnes 400 cd/m² (typ), 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Hole-punch Notch, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 800 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 3000 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 1300 cd/m², 1000000:1 contrast ratio, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Color LED Notifications, Scratch resistant, 3D curved glass screen, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio G37
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen3
- CPU
- 8x2.3GHz Cortex A53
- 1x2.5GHz Cortex A720 +3x2.4GHz Cortex A720 +4x1.8GHz Cortex A520
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 2.3 GHz
- 2.5 GHz
- GPU
- PowerVR GE832
- Adreno 810 480MHz
- RAM
- 4 GB
- 8 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- LPDDR4X RAM
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.8
- ƒ/ 1.88
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- Sensor
- —
- Samsung GN9
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.56"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 32 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- —
- Samsung S5KKD1
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.70 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4500 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 10.0W
- Yes , 50.0W
- Features
- Non-removable
- Non-removable
- Charge cycles
- —
- 1400 cycles
- Runtime
- —
- ~ 44h
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 128 GB
- Type
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- UFS Storage 2.2
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 77.0 mm 166.2 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- 77.5 mm 163.5 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 202 g
- 201 g
- Materials
- Polycarbonate
- Polycarbonate
- Colors
- Black White Blue Pink
- Black White Blue
- Usable surface
- 80 %
- 87 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP64
- Drop resistance
- —
- Class A B C D E 90 drops without defects
- Repairability
- —
- Class A B C D E
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Android 15 Android 15
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 3 years, Security updates: 4 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, BeiDou (B1), BeiDou (B2)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- CDMA BC0 (800), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- —
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Dolby Atmos, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones

















