Weekly poll: would you buy the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite?
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- Anonymous
- gXJ
- 16 Nov 2025
Firefox, 09 Nov 2025Choice is simple. For outdoor photography telezoom is more ... moreFollow-up: I found out that the main camera does *not* have OIS. https://ie.nothing.tech/products/phone-3a-lite?Colour=White&Capacity=8%2B128GB
If you go to their product page for the flagship Phone (3) and press the specs button, you'll find that OIS is mentioned: https://ie.nothing.tech/products/phone-3?Colour=Black&Capacity=12%2B256GB
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- eason
- q{k
- 14 Nov 2025
No, budget phones have their place, their place is industrial crap imo, midranges should be fun, ive had one all my life
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- ABLOBFISH
- 8tC
- 11 Nov 2025
Lith, 10 Nov 2025Ah yes, I see they’re still sticking to that Essential Spac... moreAgreed...and what happens when that server shuts down? That button will just bacome an unnecessary pace of plastic on the side of the phone.
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- Lith
- qCe
- 10 Nov 2025
Ah yes, I see they’re still sticking to that Essential Space garbage, and still intentionally placing the Essential Key in a spot that ensures maximum accidental presses that sendswhatever is happening on your screen to some rando server somewhere. Dark patterns much, Nothing?
- atichko
- M{V
- 10 Nov 2025
Although it's nothing (lol) more than a nicer CMF phone 3 pro I do like it a lot. All the nothing products I have owned till now didn't disappoint me at all. Sure, here and there I had some points of critique but that was mainly linked to "you get what you pay" kind of things, in other words me acting a bit spoiled as having used more expensive (but never flagship grade expensive). Nothing still has a long way to go before it can become a major player and you can clearly see that they are still looking for a unique identity (besides the aesthetic stuff à la gliph stuff) that would be a unique selling point on it's own. Any company doing that will do good things, questionable things and downright bad things. Heck, even the "renown" brands still do stuff like that. I read in some comments that Carl is nothing more than a marketing guy as a critique. Well you need such guys to make a brand.
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- Blablabla
- tZ0
- 10 Nov 2025
the design is really ugly,it looks like a knockoff company tried to copy them and make them uglier.And a single dot of gylph light feels like they just put it for fun.
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- Hugo
- fCI
- 10 Nov 2025
Not buying anything again from Carl Pei. The guy is just a marketing expert, not a good product designer.
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- Just me
- SHp
- 10 Nov 2025
DarlingYext, 09 Nov 2025On an entry level phone I'd prefer a telephoto, OIS wo... moreWhat is the relation between chipset and OIS?
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- Anonymous
- nsL
- 10 Nov 2025
No I wouldn't. It looks ugly, all of their phones do. Like some pre-production leaked device that has parts of it missing. And the UI is just as ugly and boring to look at.
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- Minu
- ter
- 10 Nov 2025
Haidzvl, 09 Nov 2025better buying oppo reno 12 pro with same d7300 and the 12/2... moreEven the HMD Skyline is a better alternative overall.
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- Anonymous
- Sec
- 10 Nov 2025
For the 8/256 price of 280 you could have bought a Poco F7 on the 11.11 sales, with 12GB and the same chipset as the Nothing 3, their "flagship"
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- Anonymous
- B{R
- 10 Nov 2025
Any "lite" model is garbage and not worth buying.
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- Cpt.Power
- 0p}
- 10 Nov 2025
Well i would but only a flagship device with flagship specs.
Nothing phone dont have such device yet. Only a flagship killer.
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- Anonymous
- 0@Y
- 09 Nov 2025
Of course not. Nothing is the most unprofitable, useless and unnecessary smartphones.
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- Anonymous
- gXJ
- 09 Nov 2025
1800-Ming, 09 Nov 2025Would personally top-up a bit for a Phone 3a (in blue), whi... moreThe Phone (3a) is only available in the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage model, not the 8+128GB model.
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- Firefox
- xjH
- 09 Nov 2025
Anonymous, 09 Nov 2025"In fact, it is below the CMF model as it lacks the 50... moreChoice is simple. For outdoor photography telezoom is more helpful. For indoor/night/low light photography main camera with OIS is more helpful.
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- Anonymous
- QGQ
- 09 Nov 2025
I have no idea why this phone exists
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- Jilagha
- Dk5
- 09 Nov 2025
Why anyone want to buy a two year old rebranded phone 🤨