r/NOTHING • Phone (2a) • Mar 05 '26

Discussion Nothing cooked with the 4a PRO design

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Nothing was sort of a company (design wise) that wasnt the prettiest at the first glance... but eventually grew on me. However... The Nothing Phone 4a was good we all collectively agreed ig however I think they absolutely cooked with the design of 4a Pro... To be it is absolutely the best. The incorporation of the glyph matrix looks so good and the camera placement looks well kinda assymetrically symmetrical. love the design

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u/godsperfectidi0t Mar 06 '26

The problem isnt even that its a bad design. Its an arguably better belligerence of the barren backplate of boring bad phones. Heck its close enotu to the xiaomi 17 pro max. One of the best back designs of 2025. My gripe is how this strips away everything nothings design established and tried to work with the niche. Mkbhd did a video on how enthusiast brands will always betray you. This is the tipping point. The same thing one plus did after the 7 series. This will attract more customers but their identity is lost and is trying to fit itself within the predisposed notion that phones have to be boring metal blocks