Nothing Phone (3) vs Nothing Phone (3a) Lite
Nothing
Phone (3)
Nothing
Phone (3a) Lite
At a glance
- Brand
- Nothing
- Nothing
- Release date
- July 2025, 9 months ago
- October 2025, 5 months ago
- Launch price
- € 799.00 ($ 936.69)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.084.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 94% of devices
- 674.550 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 77% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.67"
- 6.77"
- Resolution
- 1260 x 2800 px QHD
- 1080 x 2392 px FHD+
- Type
- AMOLED
- AMOLED
- Density
- 460 ppi Very high density
- 388 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 700 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4500 cd/m², 1000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- 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 8s Gen4
- MediaTek Dimensity 7300
- CPU
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex X4 + 3x 3 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex A720
- 4xCortex A78 2.5GHz + 4xCortex A55 2.0GHz
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 4 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 4.32 GHz
- 2.5 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 825
- 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/ 1.69
- 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
- Noise reduction, 4K 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, 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
- 50 Mpx
- 16 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 2.45
- Sensor
- Samsung S5KJN1
- GalaxyCore GC16B3C
- Pixel size
- 0.64 µm
- 1.00 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 5150 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 65.0W
- Yes , 33.0W
- Wireless charging
- 15W wireless charging, 7.5W reverse wired charging, 5W reverse wired charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1400 cycles
- 1400 cycles
- Runtime
- ~ 56h
- ~ 54h
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
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
- 75.6 mm 160.6 mm 9.0 mm Print 3D Model
- 78.0 mm 164.0 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 218 g
- 199 g
- Materials
- Glass , Aluminium
- Polycarbonate , Polyurethane
- Colors
- Black White
- Black White
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
- IP54
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 90 drops without defects
- Class A B C D E 90 drops without defects
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- Class A B C D E
- Usable surface
- 88 %
- 86 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 15 Android 15
- Updates
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 7 years
- OS updates: 3 years, Security updates: 6 years
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 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
- GPS, 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), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n28b (700), n28a (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- 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), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 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), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), 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
- 2 microphones
