Nothing Phone (3a) review
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- Muthu
- y2g
- 25 Mar 2025
PureOS, 25 Mar 2025Poco X7 pro eats this for dinner Not necessarily. Raw hardware specifications are NOT everything in a phone. There are other factors such as Software Quality, hardware reliablity in 3-5 years etc. You may prefer the Poco X7 pro, which is fine for your needs. Don't ever assume that Poco X7 pro is suitable for EVERYONE who is looking to buy a phone in that price range. Choice is always good.
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- Muthu
- y2g
- 25 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 24 Mar 2025Compare the nothing phones to the Poco x7 pro. Less storage... moreTo each his own. You can speak for yourselves, but you should NOT assume that you know what features are valued by everyone else in this planet/universe. I value "software quality" and will consider this phone for my next purchase. But phones from Xioami brand would NEVER be in my shortlist, unless there is a drastic improvement in the quality of software provided by Xiaomi.
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- the chumtiya man
- ttw
- 25 Mar 2025
RantProMax, 25 Mar 2025Why is the battery life lower than the 2a despite it being ... moreit could be because of lack of optimization. new soc new device so many software updates will come along to optimize the battery. it will get better i am pretty sure of it. you should wait few months and see if they have improved battery with updates if you are so concerned about the battery life
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- RantProMax
- CbG
- 25 Mar 2025
Why is the battery life lower than the 2a despite it being equipped with the same mah battery and supposedly efficient chip? It makes no sense. The web browsing life especially is insanely low! Or is it actually a lower rated battery made to look like a higher mah one?
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- Max
- 7WZ
- 25 Mar 2025
Hmm.... Pro version look better
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- YourLocalPhoneCritic
- 6kE
- 25 Mar 2025
Nothing Phone (2a) is better, here's why:
- Longer battery life
- Slimmer bezels + More compact size + Corners are more rounded (like iPhone)
- 60 fps on selfie camera
3a is a downgrade. 😂
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- Anonymous
- E5h
- 25 Mar 2025
Fine phone, but poor battery life for a 5000mAh capacity.
- justasmile
- uQ5
- 25 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 25 Mar 2025Do people think GSM Arena can be bought for a favourable review? Yes, but it doesn't look like they were here
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- Anonymous
- pKL
- 25 Mar 2025
Do people think GSM Arena can be bought for a favourable review?
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- Diego
- d%A
- 25 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 24 Mar 2025Another review which highlights that the 3a is better value... moreYeah, I think SD 7s is not so good processor to begin with.. More expensive with less performance in comparison with Mediatek equivalent.. Especially in department of battery life.. I would even forgive Nothing for camera downgrade in 3a if they brought same level of battery life they have on 2a.. But seems like opportunity for a quality low midranger is completely missed out.. Seems like there were some bad decision making in process of planing.. Nothing should sort this out among themselves in order to get back in track with good phones.
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- 24 Mar 2025
jiyen235, 24 Mar 2025color me impressed, the 2x shots are pretty decent. Howe... moreAll well said. I think it's missed opportunity by Nothing to bring proper successor to very nicely made 2a. Such a shame.. 3a could have been such a good phone.. Now it's redundant piece of hardware by most part
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- Diego
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- 24 Mar 2025
There is one con on this one, and that is the fact they downgraded camera setup overall.. Yeah, telephoto camera is good stuff, but cmon, why there is no option to shoot 4K30 with telephoto lens? It's 50MP for God's sake, hardware wise it's more then capable of doing so..
And other thing, ultrwide lens on 2a was very nice for video recordings.. Fixed focus yes, but it was buttery smooth in terms of stabilization.. Now we only have main sensor with not so good stabilization (plenty of focus hunting during walking)... Anyway such a shame.
And the last thing, battery life on 3a is definitely worse thing.. Too bad,cuz in terms design I like 3a much more then 2a, but there is way too many subjective downgrades in order to justify upgrading the older model.. :(
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- Muph
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- 24 Mar 2025
Is the lack of esim a hardware or software limitation?
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- Anonymous
- pKL
- 24 Mar 2025
Another review which highlights that the 3a is better value than the 3a Pro. There's a major hit on battery life however and it's not explained whether it the new screen or the new speaker setup. I get that the 7s Gen 3 was needed for AI and the essential button, but I think the MediaTek 7350 could have been a decent option for the standard 3a. Battery life would have been good too.
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- Lister
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- 24 Mar 2025
The usual baseless accusations here from the usual suspects. Maybe some people were not happy about the CEO leaving OnePlus
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- 24 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 24 Mar 2025Compare the nothing phones to the Poco x7 pro. Less storage... moreI have the X7 Pro but if these were sold where I live, I think I would have gotten one. These are mostly targetted to europe and the US.
Also they fail to compare it to the Samsung A36/A56, where I think the Nothing phones are more interesting choices.
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- XQQ
- 24 Mar 2025
color me impressed, the 2x shots are pretty decent.
However, the performance is NOT worth the hit to the battery life, especially considering the fact that this phone not only has not fast charging but the performance is still not even close to matching a 2 year old midranger/flagship killer, the Nothing Phone 2.
The display is nice but they should've focused on providing a larger battery and on introducing fast charging. Xiaomi getting so close in battery life and having far faster charging despite the higher capacity, with the Poco X7 Pro, should not be possible yet here we are. Kind of pathetic.
Chip + Display + camera combination is nice on paper but the battery just aint worth it, ik this is a midranger but if others are giving the same battery life with faster charging AND better performance, with worse cameras ofc but who cares about cams on a midranger lol, i dont see any reason for this to exist. No charger in the box either despite the slower charging.
Not a bad phone in a vacuum, but coming off the heels of its predecessor this is disappointing. Wrong decisions taken all around. No fast charging, battery aint the best, no charger in the box, performance aint the greatest, no microsd card slot and no headphone jack. Should've just bought a Phone 2a.