Meizu 21 Pro vs Nothing Phone (3a) Lite
Meizu
21 Pro
Nothing
Phone (3a) Lite
At a glance
- Brand
- Meizu
- Nothing
- Release date
- February 2024, 2 years 4 months ago
- October 2025, 8 months ago
- Launch price
- CN¥ 4,999.00 ($ 731.12)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.340.736 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 95% of devices
- 674.550 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 77% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.79"
- 6.77"
- Resolution
- 1368 x 3192 px FHD+
- 1080 x 2392 px FHD+
- Type
- Oled
- AMOLED
- Density
- 393 ppi High Density
- 388 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, On-cell, SGS Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 600 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1200 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 1100 cd/m², 6000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, sRGB standard, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, TÜV Low Blue Light, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 480 Hz, Brightnes 500 cd/m² (typ), Brightnes 800 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 3000 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 1300 cd/m², 1000000:1 contrast ratio, 5000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, 3D curved glass screen, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, LTPS (Low Temperature PolySilicon silicon), Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3
- MediaTek Dimensity 7300
- CPU
- 1x3.3GHz Cortex X4 + 3x3.2 GHz Cortex A720 + 2x3.0 GHz Cortex A720 + 2x2.3 GHz Cortex A520
- 4xCortex A78 2.5GHz + 4xCortex A55 2.0GHz
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 4 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 3.3 GHz
- 2.5 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 750
- Arm Mali-G615 MC2
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 8 GB
- RAM type
- RAM LPDDR5X
- LPDDR4X RAM
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.9
- ƒ/ 1.88
- Sensor
- Omnivision OV50H
- Samsung GN9
- Pixel size
- 1.20 µm
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.28"
- 1/1.56"
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- Yes, 120 fps
- Features
- Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Triple 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
Front camera
- Resolution
- 32 Mpx
- 16 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.4
- ƒ/ 2.45
- Sensor
- Samsung S5KJD1
- GalaxyCore GC16B3C
- Pixel size
- 0.70 µm
- 1.00 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 5050 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 80.0W
- Yes , 33.0W
- Wireless charging
- Wireless charging 50W, Reverse wireless charging 10W
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- Features
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Charge cycles
- —
- 1400 cycles
- Runtime
- —
- ~ 54h
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 4.0
- UFS Storage 2.2
- SD slot
- No
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
Body
- Dimensions
- 74.4 mm 165.0 mm 8.0 mm Print 3D Model
- 78.0 mm 164.0 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 208 g
- 199 g
- Materials
- Polycarbonate , Aluminium alloy , Glass
- Polycarbonate , Polyurethane
- Colors
- Black White Green Cyan
- Black White
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
- IP54
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 86 %
- 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 FlyMe 10.4
- Android 15 Android 15
- Google services
- Without Google Mobile services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 3 years, Security updates: 6 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- 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
- A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, BeiDou (B1)
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700)
- 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), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- 4G LTE
- 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), B26 (850), 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), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, in screen
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers
- 2 microphones
