Nothing Phone 4a: What Real Users Actually Think

no headphone jack and AI features as a selling point, hard pass

It does not. Simply because the pixel will be supported for almost twice as long.

My pixel disconnects from wifi multiple times a day and Google has no solution to offer. The word 'support' should always have an asterisk next to it when 'google' is in the same sentence.

I don't always love Nothings designs but I appreciate that they're trying to do something to make a phone more unique than 'plain black glass slab'

Does anyone else think this naming/branding is terrible?

People are gonna hate this one, but I genuinely think it looks awesome

I was more pissed than anyone about the removal of headphone jacks but do people even use those anymore? Everything is Bluetooth anyway now

Design is more mature this time; more symmetrical

Me gusta, como todo lo que hace Nothing, siempre busca diseñar algo diferente y único, aunque no sea del agrado de todos

Their greatest design yet. The 2a was a bit toy-ish, too plasticky. The 3a looked much sturdier and serious but still kept the same blueprint of the 2a while making the phone more angular. And the 4a, well its the most dominant look so far, its metalic and very industrial, and I absolutely love it, very unapologetic for a phone and the colors also look like a breath of fresh air. Not only that, it looks flagship AF

Looks cool. I don't need one but I can appreciate them doing weird shit with their designs, like a spiritual successor to LG in a way.

Bring back metal phones💯

Idgaf what everyone else says, I love how this looks. I would much rather have experimentation than another glass and metal sandwich. Phone designs are getting boring, and I am glad Nothing is bringing something fresh to the table.

I've been using the first nothing phone for 3 years. It's been through the wringer (taken a few falls) yet it's as smooth and fast as the first time I used it. The OS is native android with no bloat on top. There are no apps that you can't uninstall. Unlike phones like Xiaomi it does not push adware on to your phone with no way to uninstall or disable. I would recommend a buy with eyes closed

They had to make the transition from glyphs to normal designs without losing their core audience who loved them for design. I think they have done a good job.

You're right about software affecting the camera. GCam on my 3a looks so much better than stock. 4a has the same main camera as the 3a too so unless they updated the camera software massively it'll be the same as 3a

4a & 4a pro have same specs except if you want to zoom in 130x go for 4a pro. If you want slightly better design go for 4a pro. Other than that I am currently using 4a for past 3 days loving it so far this is the first time for me using a nothing brand so far it's amazing and screen is what the chefs kiss loving it. Battery is decent not that great (you sacrifice battery in terms of design)

Those are honestly good specs for the price. Idk about other countries but this competes with the A5x series Samsung where I live, and it's a pretty great alternative if you're not considering Chinese phones. I'd give it a go if it was smaller

the one thing Nothing has going for it is their phones definitely do not look like anything else on the market.

It's crazy that 500 starting is a mid range phone, that's a lot of cheddar. I get that where we are but shit man, inflation is a killer.

The kind that prioritizes how the footage looks over the numbers on the box. For a mid-range 'Pro' sensor, the 4K/30 processing on this is actually cleaner than some of the messy 4K/60 crops I've seen lately.

6.83 inch is way too big for a mid range for my taste. I would buy the nothing phones, especially to support European companies. But that thing is a fucking huge brick

I welcome the return of all aluminium phones. I miss my Nokia N8 and I am glad manufacturers are starting to move away from the metal glass sandwich design of the past 10 years.

Great summary of your experience. And I appreciate the comparison to pixel 9. I have a pixel 8 and I'm getting the NP4a on Monday. This sealed the deal even more. Regarding camera, I'm sure there will be further optimisation on the quality of the photos.

I like it — the worst crime you can commit in design is inoffensiveness. Good design is attention-getting and even polarizing. I'm not expecting everyone to flock to it, but it beats the generic looks of, say, a Galaxy A-series or Pixel 10a.

It's a midspec android phone with NO BLOATWARE. It has nothing preinstalled and there is nothing that you cannot uninstall once you install it. You can wipe it clean easily and it is as basic as a dumb phone but can function as a decent smart phone.

I have the 3a pro, I've been extremely satisfied. I moved from apple to this. Has everything i need, camera is decent, battery life is very decent and so far there has been only a few minor things i found annoying, but i could remedy those with little to no work. Could also be user issues since android, but i would recommend it in a heartbeat.

Despite the 10A basically being the same as the 9A with minor improvements, I'd definitely take the Pixel. 7 years of guaranteed updates, IP68 vs IP65, wireless charging, a significantly better camera system, a (marginally) better SoC. Both even have UFS 3.1. Only real advantages of the Nothing phone is the option for more RAM in the most expensive variant and the glyph feature which IMO is mostly a gimmick.

If you want for photography + videography, the Samsung S24 (Snapdragon version) or S24 FE will serve you much better. If camera is not main focus then 4a makes sense.

Bought 4a 2 days ago, overall the experience is good, but I guess the camera is not properly set up with the software. I feel the image is a little oil-painty when I zoom in on the image after clicking or while I click the image. Also, the video with 3.5x makes the quality smoother, which I absolutely hate. In general, the camera is just not processing the image and video properly. I guess a good software update is needed

I just picked up my 4a yesterday and it's been amazing so far! getting used to the android camera quality has been interesting but otherwise I'm super happy with it

Most midrange phones are offering 6500 to 7k silicon carbon battery. Nothing put 5300mah silicon carbon battery like seriously

I have the NP2 that works perfectly fine but I'm tempted to get a NP4a Pro but I will wait to see the reviews first

This is funny. 'Segment's first Snapdragon 7s Gen 4' — yeah no shit, all other companies give better CPU at half the price

The main issue is they keep going for the same weak ass chipsets. 7s Gen 4 is barely any faster than the 7350 in the 2a Plus, which wasn't that fast to begin with. Phones in the price range of the 3a, specially the 3a Pro have much better chipsets for the same price

Looks dope. The only complaint I have with my 3a pro are the stutters while recording 4k30 and the weird post processing AI stuff. Hope they fix all this in the 4a series

Yeah I'm not replacing my 3a

Nothing phones are overpriced except CMF series and charging this much for clean ui nah

15R at 44k makes more sense.

They probably cheaped out and didn't want to have to pay for more carrier certifications. Their presence in the US is probably pretty small because competing in the US is kind of a nightmare with the cost of carrier certification, and the complete lack of interest in anything that's not Apple or Samsung who account for 93% of carrier sales in the US

Just watched a video of their design team and still don't understand that almost useless dot matrix display. Also, them saying making every iteration a radical design change as a philosophy, I think, won't age well. They'll eventually run out of ideas or get tired of moving around camera lenses in the back of the phone mainly because of what's inside the phone.

The camera specs are pretty boring for such a flashy looking flagship. Still using a very small sensor for the tele.

The 3a has the circular glyphs which make a nice flashlight/ring light. I'm happy keeping that until the support runs out at least.

What kind of tool can't shoot 4K/60? I don't care whatever excuse they use, no 4K/60 is no 4K/60. Ridiculous for a camera focused phone.