- Nothing launches its newest and most affordable Android phones
- The Phone (4a) and (4a) Pro bring updates across the board…
- …and there are some fun colors to look at
The day after the colorful MacBook Neo turned heads with some fresh shades, the vibrant tech party continued thanks to the Nothing Phone (4a) and Phone (4a) Pro, which have just been launched alongside the affordable Nothing Headphone (a). Well, more or less revealed, since they were teased by the brand for a long time.
These two new picks for our list of the best Android phones bring updates to the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro and relatives, and replace a phone (4) that the company doesn’t plan to launch this year. They use new materials to be more durable, have updated software, and redesign the brand’s colorful illuminated Glyph Bar with a new recording light. You can read our full thoughts in our Nothing Phone (4a) review.
The standard model has a new periscope zoom camera that reaches 3.5x, up from 2x on the (3a), and more pixels on the screen to bring the resolution to 1.5K. The pixel-per-inch count of 440 is higher than any phone I can think of recently, and the brightness also hits a blinding high of 4,500 nits.
Other highlights include the new Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chipset running the device, a larger 5,080 mAh battery, and a wider range of recycled materials used in the phone’s construction.
It’s not all an upgrade, though, with the same 50W charging, unchanged camera resolutions (50MP on the main and zoom, 8MP on the ultrawide, and 32MP on the front), and a screen that’s just 0.01 inches larger at 6.78 inches diagonally.
For me, however, the best part of the phone is its looks…
A colorful phone, but perhaps difficult to buy
I got a brief look at the Nothing Phone (4a) ahead of its launch at MWC 2026, and I couldn’t help but feel that the two models shown above were the flashiest tech of the week (no offense, Apple, but if you’re going to use color, don’t make it pale and washed out!). I wasn’t able to test the devices, so expect our full testing coverage later, but I was able to see all four models under display cases.
The black and white models looked like standard Nothing releases, if the company’s phones can look “standard”: They’re blocky robot-looking devices with some transparent elements.
What really caught my eye were the two colorful models, as a light blue and a pink device are also on the way. They look a lot more fun than a basic smartphone, and at MWC it was clear that these were the versions that no one could take their eyes off.
Unfortunately, not everyone can afford these colorful options, because phones have variable availability. Both the Phone (4a) and Pro will go on sale in the UK, but in the US the standard model will not be on sale, while in Australia there is no Pro. The Pro has the same white, black and pink, but no blue.
The Nothing Phone (4a) starts at £349 / AU$649 (approximately $400), while the Phone (4a) Pro starts at $499 / £499 (approximately AU$900), with prices increasing for additional storage and RAM.
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