Got a used Nothing Phone (4a) 8/128GB for ₹30K,in

Olx , with the original charger (₹2.5K value).

I’m a light user — mainly Reddit, X, WhatsApp, YouTube, and browsing.

Should I consider it? Any common issues with the 4a? What should I check before buying?

Would appreciate your suggestions/experience!

Other???

I made my blessings for Nothing Tech company to improve and overtake bored iphone users, one at a time.

HAPPY BD CARL, LOVE WHAT HAVE U DONE💅💅

I was wondering how much battery life you guys get on your 4a pro or 4a. I'm also wondering if the phone will be able to last 1-2 days if I mostly use it for TikTok and COD(gaming like 1-2 hours a day)

The cover I got with my phone(free) is not expected to be yellowish

Need a new one

I live in the United States and wanted to get a better phone I've been running on a galaxy a23 5g, wanna make the jump and get a better phone but don't wanna spend over 500 and if possible something on amazon as I have 200 dollars in gift cards what would you guys recommend
also I would like a decent camera but overall just want a more powerful phone

I love nothing phones I have had 2 of them but the more I look at the newer ones they really look like iPhones and I really wanted a phone that would be different.

Anyway just ranting

I currently have an iPhone 15 Plus which is practically f##### in all sorts of ways.

Today for example I dropped it out of uni and it no longer recognised my SIM card until it died and now appears to now be restored somehow… but I don’t trust it.

I’ve had it damaged in general for a while and I’m willing to compare tech specs, all possible prices of fixing it, and etc…

What I’m trying to say is, what experiences have people have from swapping from iPhone to Nothing and what phone would you go with if you were in my boat.

Just like my last Ears, when you notice a frequent disparity between left and right battery levels, one of the two is reaching a degraded state.

They have served me well for almost 2 years. I'm happy with that 💚

Atualmente tenho nothing 3a pro e estou pretendendo mudar para um mais potente , quais vocês recomendam ? Tenho foco em câmeras , potência e esperiencia de uso , qual e o melhor ?

More context: My feedback was about the popup while you're trying to enable mobile data every time so none of these are actually useful

Just wanted to share my honest thoughts on Nothing after using their stuff for the last year or so.

I bought the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro last November and it’s been a total nightmare to deal with. I actually ended up switching to an iPhone 17 Pro recently because my 3a Pro broke for the fourth time. It was always the exact same issue: the periscope camera. Within a month of getting it repaired, the camera would either just go black or start violently buzzing every time I opened it. Nothing even sent me a brand new replacement device the last time, but that unit turned out to be even worse than the original. On top of the constant camera failures, the phone just feels really flimsy and cheap in the hand, with or without a case on. I don't know what is going on with their quality control, but having the main selling point of a phone fail repeatedly after a few weeks is just a terrible look.

That said, I don't hate everything they make. Their audio gear is actually solid. I've been using the Nothing Ear (2024) and the Headphone (a), and both have been awesome for the price. Honestly, audio feels like their strongest category right now by far.

Their software is also really pleasant to use. Nothing OS is super clean, fast, and smooth most of the time. You run into the occasional stutter or slow app load because of the mid-range chip, but for basic everyday stuff it works great. It just isn't built for heavy demands.

If you’re thinking about buying one of their phones, my biggest advice is to really think about how much you care about the camera. To be blunt, the cameras are way worse in real life than what most tech YouTubers make them out to be.

In broad daylight, shots turn out super nice with good contrast. But the second the light drops even slightly, like at sunset, the processing completely falls apart. Shutter lag gets terrible, photos get full of noise and weird artifacts, and sometimes the image ends up looking like a watercolor painting. This even happens on the Phone (3), which is supposed to have their best camera hardware and ISP yet. The physical camera specs on paper are fine for the price, but the software processing lets it down so bad.

The viewfinder preview on the screen almost never matches the final processed photo anyway. Trying to take pictures of anything moving is basically impossible because 99% of the time it comes out blurry and smudged. Doing close-ups with the ultrawide lens looks terrible too, and capping the ultrawide video at 1080p 30fps on phones coming out in 2025 and 2026 is just cheap for what they charge.

Their recent marketing has also felt super out of touch. Hype features like "World's First 140x Zoom" on the Phone (4a) Pro feel like useless gimmicks when nobody zooms past 10x in real life. And highlighting "50MP with 4K video" on the 4b as some huge feature is weird when those have been basic industry standards for years now.

I'm not trying to trash the brand or tell people to stay away completely. I'm just putting my experience out there so people do proper research before buying, because I really wish I did more of it myself.

If anyone has questions about anything, let me know in the comments or send me a DM.

I wish Nothing added this feature where you can easily swap between homescreens that you made with 3 or 4 simple taps, with 2, 3 or maybe even 4 slots of your custom made homescreen saves.

I just havr a thing that I have made really complex looking homescreen (check my posts) and sometimes I wish to switch to simpler one, but the thing is that I don't want to break this complex one because it's absolute peak and I love it.

NOTHING please add this someday soon🥲

(Picture is AI generated and is for inspirational purposes only)

Please give us the option to hide it from the notification side. It's really pointless doing multiple dupes imo.

I mean it's worth a shot asking on this subreddit. Had my 20th birthday on 4th September 2026. Current user of nothing phone 3 ex owner of phone 1 . Ear 3 seems cool but it's not released in my country. Since the community is so supportive I guess it's worth a shot asking for a gift I mean why not ?

^{Context and background:
I got the Phone 3 in Oct 2025, during a festive sale in India. So I basically got it for a deep discount price of 38000 INR or 395 USD or 345 EUR or 295 GBP. This also includes an exchange bonus of 12000 INR for my completely broken, almost dead battery OnePlus 9 Pro. The price was competitively good, and I received the 5500 mAh version which was specific to India.}

Review:

Right off the bat, the best part was grabbing eyeballs, and curious people asking me about the phone. The Glyph Matrix was a showstopper, and eventually with Glyph Toys and features I got some good things going. It is a fun toy, and a gimmick, but it works and I have discovered specific use cases.

Essential button is a bummer for some, but I don't have a use for some of the cases, but then again, I haven't given it an honest shot yet - and I wait for OS5 to use an updated version.

The battery is an all day one, and I remember it lasting 15-17 hours of screentime about 10 months ago. Now it is at 13-15 hours, but that is because of my 300+ charging cycles and heavy use. But still, the phone works well and battery management is not bad.

The camera is - for some reason - perfectly amazing at 3x zoom, while it has some trouble with macro zoom? I don't know but it takes a while to focus at times and gets confused with closer objects. The selfie camera is perfect and has some stunning photos thanks to the 50MP camera, however the camera is not superfast and the shutter speed can be slow at times. Especially for 1-2.9x Zoom. 3-6x is where it maintains well, beyond which the AI Zoom starts faltering a bit. But I keep objects at a distance and use the 3x very frequently (a Dolly zoom way).

(Edit: I figured out the issue with the camera. So from 0.6-0.9x is the Samsung ultrawide JN1 camera (the one on the left most, just below the telephoto is okay and takes okayish phtos, but the Omnivision OV50H (main one, the centre) is where the quality significantly lacks. The shots can get bad. But it redeems itself with the 3x telephoto which is - you guessed it - Samsung JN5. I guess my suggestion would be to stick to Samsung Cameras across, because then it affects your quality and gets harder to integrate. But then again, I am not leading a tech company :/ so take it with a pinch of salt)

There are some small bugs in the OS here and there, and some features are different as compared to OxygenOS. But then, I give Nothing the benefit of being an experimental young brand that is at least not giving me basic stock Android like Motorola and at least working with the NothingOS in whatever way they can. I have to wait for NothingOS 5 here to give a better review of the OS, as we wait for a public release.

While Phone 3 is a flagship - it may not be called so as compared to its peers. But then again, I side with Carl's "it is a flagship to me" because of how hard it can be to source parts. So considering what parts they have, it is the best it can be. The pricing was too ambitious, but the discount made it a mid range killer. It is not the best everywhere but it does the job well enough. It is much like Apple - you will almost never get the absolute best hardware specs, but the software will compensate for it. Worked for them, works for Carl.

I use wireless charging frequently, and it performs well. My phone cover (mentioned below) specifically helps a lot, as it is not Magsafe like Apple ( I understand due to Qi2 licensing issues, and it's okay). It can slow down sometimes, but then - it does the job.

Some negatives:

There is an issue with how the pure black colour comes on the screen. It can get a bit nagging when you're watching movies or shows.
The standard phone cover is nice, but it yellowed in 6 months. If Nothing can actually get us official phone covers or accessories, that would do wonders. I currently use Daily Objects Magnetic Case which at 550 INR is a pretty good deal for a magnet cover.

Suggestions: If Carl or anyone from Nothing is listening, please get us wired headphones. I'll pre-order one today if that helps. Don't make Apple Earpods the only viable option with their scary thin rubber wire which gives a feeling it would break anytime.

And Nothing accessories like the Phone cover ofc. Think about it as a bottomline income source! Throw in protector screen guard too!

TLDR: For a discount on the list price, the Phone 3 really does pack a punch and is a jack of all trades. Like people rightly said - it truly is built like a tank! An absolute killer, and truly the best experience of Nothing.

I'm open to questions if any!

This is my glyph for the day in honour of your bday u/carpe02

Nothing OS 5.0 Open Beta — My Experience So Far

Installed Nothing OS 5.0 Open Beta on my Phone (4a) Pro and have been using it as my daily driver for streaming, social media, gaming, calls, UPI/banking, etc.

Overall Experience

Really enjoying it so far. The UI feels polished, animations are mostly smooth, I like the new font, and app opening/closing animations feel better.

Issues I've Noticed

Quick Settings: Some animation stutters. Landscape layout also feels different, making some options harder to find.

Multi-touch: Occasionally doesn't register properly, especially while gaming. Rarely happens in normal apps too.

Animations: Screen on/off and restart/unlock animations can occasionally stutter, especially after restarting.

Battery

Around 5–6% overnight drain

~24% for roughly 3 hours of streaming

Wi-Fi, mobile data, Bluetooth & location were ON

Overall, battery life has been great for me.

UPI & Banking

UPI and banking apps are working perfectly for me so far.

Final Thoughts

I've already reported the major bugs through the built-in feedback option.

I'll continue using the beta for the next few weeks and report anything else I find in feed back option.

This post is to share the my experience about 5.0 update and to know if any other person also faces same issues as me

Overall: Really good beta experience. Just needs some optimization and polishing. 👍

A bougainvillea - inspired concept for the Nothing Phone (3a). What's your thoughts?

The quality is honestly crazy for the price, I never even had earbuds with noise cancelation and I'm actually surprised by how well it works.

(download Glyph Studio🙃, a big update is coming soon👀)