Nothing Phone (3a) Pro preview: they Pro now?

Nothing Phone (3a) Pro Intro

So, what gives and, more importantly, what’s Pro about the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro. Naturally, the company has not yet spilled the beans, but it does love teasing us with small details and pictures from time to time.

Here’s what we know and what we expect about the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro thus far.

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Nothing Phone (3a) Pro Specs

Something special?

Here’s what we know about the Nothing Phone (3a) specs thus far:

These are preliminary specs based on leaks, teases, and speculation. The final information will be available when Nothing officially announces the Phone (3a) series.

Nothing’s signature design includes a transparent back with a stylized tech look underneath, and a set of LED strips in the shape of the Glyph interface. It glows and blinks and breathes in different patterns, depending on what the phone is doing. Like waiting for an Uber, playing music, working with a Pomodoro timer, or charging — this can all be reflected by the Glyph LEDs.

We expect the same with the Phone (3a) Pro, with three LED strips. Far less than the complex Glyph of the flagship Phone (2), but still enough to get the point across. Also, thanks to Nothing’s tease posts, we know that the camera module will be a huge circle, with funky-looking lens arrangement.

Also, the phone seems to pack at least one extra button on its side. It’s unclear what exactly it is — could be a camera shortcut button, an action key, a virtual assistant caller, or a quick mute toggle.

Nothing on colors yet, but if history teaches us, we will get the Phone (3a) Pro in Black and White with the possibility for limited edition colors down the line.

In the box, Nothing typically packs the phone and a charging cable.

The screen is expected to be OLED tech with a 120 Hz refresh rate and up to 3,000 nits peak brightness. Of course, peak doesn’t mean much — we’ll have to wait and test fullscreen brightness!

Nothing Phones historically have an optical under-screen fingerprint scanner and that’s what we expect here as well.

Nothing Phone (3a) Pro Camera

That’s a staggered upgrade, ha-ha get it?

No doubt that camera centerpiece on the back will get some heads to turn. The arrangement of lenses is weird, quirky, and definitely oozing some character. What are the cameras, though?

Early reports say 50 MP main, 50 MP zoom camera at 3x, 8 MP ultra-wide, and 32 MP on the front.

Last year’s Phone (2a) series had a MediaTek Dimensity inside — a 7300 Pro, that was worked on by both companies in partnership. Which is a bit surprising to see reports saying it will shift to a Snapdragon this year. Supposedly, the Phone (3a) Pro will have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 processor inside.

Nothing Phone (3a) Pro Software

The Nothing Phone (2a) came with a promise of 3 years of Android updates and 4 years of security updates. We’ll see if that changes with the (3a) series.

Nothing Phone (3a) Pro Battery

5,000 mAh standard?

5,000 mAh is pretty much the industry standard and we currently believe that’s the size of battery that the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro will have. That’s be a repeat of what we had in the Phone (2a) Plus, and it was plenty enough for a long, long battery life. Especially considering that its processor is no power hog!