Head to head
Nothing Phone (3a) ProvsNothing Phone (3a)
The short answer
Neither the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro nor the Nothing Phone (3a) wins a row by a gap you’d notice. The Nothing Phone (3a) is £70 cheaper at UK RRP (£329 against £399). The Nothing Phone (3a) Pro gets security updates for longer: until March 2031, against March 2031 for the Nothing Phone (3a).
- Released
- 2025-03-25GSMArena — Nothing Phone (3a) Pro specifications, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Price
- £399Nothing UK store — Phone (3a) Pro, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Security updates until
- 2031-03-25Nothing UK — Phone (3a) Pro, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Released
- 2025-03-11GSMArena — Nothing Phone (3a) specifications, retrieved 2026-08-20
- Price
- £329Nothing UK store — Phone (3a), retrieved 2026-08-20
- Security updates until
- 2031-03-11Nothing UK — Phone (3a), retrieved 2026-08-20
0 wins for Nothing Phone (3a) Pro0 wins for Nothing Phone (3a)2 differences you won’t notice£70 apart at RRP
Verdict: nothing you’d notice between them
On the makers’ published figures, neither the Phone (3a) Pro nor the Phone (3a) wins a row by a gap you would notice. The differences in weight and battery per charge are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same display size, refresh rate, peak brightness, typical brightness, storage (base), RAM, battery capacity, battery lifespan and fast charging. The other 30 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
True to scale
Outlines from each maker’s published dimensions, drawn to scale. Corner rounding is our drawing convention, not a measurement.
Specifications
A win is marked only where the figures can be ranked and the gap is one you could notice. A row the site has no threshold for says whether the two differ, and that it is not ranking them. = marks the same figure on both, ≠ not ranked a difference with no ranking. Every figure carries its source.
Body
Nothing UK — Phone (3a) claims 208 g · GSMArena — Nothing Phone (3a) specifications reports 201 g
You won’t notice this difference.
Display
Platform
Memory
Camera
Battery
Connectivity
10 attributes neither phone has a sourced figure for
HDR peak brightness · OS versions supported · Google Mobile Services · Claimed video playback · Wireless charging · Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) · AnTuTu benchmark · 3DMark Wild Life Extreme · DXOMARK camera score · SAR (EU, head). Rows appear as sources are cited — a gap in our data, not a statement about either phone.
Questions
Is the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro better than the Nothing Phone (3a)?
On the figures, neither: no row has a gap between them you’d notice. The differences that exist are borderline, too close to notice, or not ranked.
Which has the better battery?
The Nothing Phone (3a) is ahead on paper, but not by a gap you’d notice: battery per charge, 43.93 h against 43.28 h (both EU energy label). Both state 5,000 mAh for battery capacity (Nothing UK).
Which is lighter?
The Nothing Phone (3a) is lighter on paper, but not by a gap you’d notice: weight, 208 g against 211 g (both Nothing UK).
Which has the brighter screen?
Neither: both state 3,000 nits for peak brightness (Nothing UK). Both state 800 nits for typical brightness (Nothing UK).
Which gets updates for longer?
The Nothing Phone (3a) Pro gets security updates for longer: until March 2031, against March 2031 for the Nothing Phone (3a). Sources: dates from Nothing UK.
Which is cheaper?
The Nothing Phone (3a) is £70 cheaper at UK RRP (£329 against £399). Prices from Nothing Phone (3a) Pro: Nothing UK store; Nothing Phone (3a): Nothing UK store.
Other comparisons
The pairs a buyer of either phone would also weigh. Any two phones in the catalogue can be compared from the chooser.