Head to head
Nothing Phone (4a) ProvsGoogle Pixel 10
The short answer
Choose the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro for the larger screen, peak brightness, battery life per charge and battery lifespan. Choose the Pixel 10 for typical brightness. The Nothing Phone (4a) Pro is £180 cheaper at UK RRP (£519 against £699). The Pixel 10 gets security updates for longer: until August 2032, against March 2032 for the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro.
- Released
- 2026-03-05GSMArena — Nothing Phone (4a) Pro specifications, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Price
- £519Nothing UK store — Phone (4a) Pro, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Security updates until
- 2032-03-05Nothing UK — Phone (4a) Pro, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Released
- 2025-08-28endoflife.date, retrieved 2026-08-20
- Price
- £699Google Store UK, retrieved 2026-09-11
- Security updates until
- 2032-08-01endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20
4 wins for Nothing Phone (4a) Pro1 win for Pixel 102 gaps borderline2 differences you won’t notice£180 apart at RRP
Verdict: Nothing Phone (4a) Pro ahead on 4 rows, Pixel 10 on 1 row
On the makers’ published figures, the Phone (4a) Pro wins on display size (6.83 in against 6.3 in), peak brightness (5,000 nits against 3,000 nits), battery per charge (63.4 h against 49.38 h) and battery lifespan (1,400 cycles against 1,000 cycles); the Pixel 10 wins on typical brightness (2,000 nits against 800 nits). 2 gaps are borderline, differences most people would not notice: RAM (12 GB against 8 GB) for the Pixel 10 and fast charging (50 W against 30 W) for the Phone (4a) Pro. The differences in weight and battery capacity are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same storage (base). The other 35 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
Display
Platform
Memory
Camera
Battery
Connectivity
Benchmarks
6 attributes neither phone has a sourced figure for
OS versions supported · Google Mobile Services · Claimed video playback · AnTuTu benchmark · 3DMark Wild Life Extreme · DXOMARK camera score. Rows appear as sources are cited — a gap in our data, not a statement about either phone.
Questions
Is the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro better than the Pixel 10?
On the figures, neither is better overall: the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro wins on display size, 6.83 in (Nothing UK) against 6.3 in (Google), peak brightness, 5,000 nits (Nothing UK) against 3,000 nits (Google), battery per charge, 63.4 h against 49.38 h (both EU energy label) and battery lifespan, 1,400 cycles against 1,000 cycles (both EU energy label); the Pixel 10 wins on typical brightness, 2,000 nits (Google) against 800 nits (Nothing UK). Every other row is borderline, too close to notice, or not ranked.
Which has the better battery?
The Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, by a gap you’d notice: battery per charge, 63.4 h against 49.38 h (both EU energy label). The Nothing Phone (4a) Pro is ahead on paper, but not by a gap you’d notice: battery capacity, 5,080 mAh (Nothing UK) against 4,970 mAh (Google).
Which is lighter?
The Pixel 10 is lighter on paper, but not by a gap you’d notice: weight, 204 g (Google) against 210 g (Nothing UK).
Which has the brighter screen?
The Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, by a gap you’d notice: peak brightness, 5,000 nits (Nothing UK) against 3,000 nits (Google). The Pixel 10, by a gap you’d notice: typical brightness, 2,000 nits (Google) against 800 nits (Nothing UK).
Which gets updates for longer?
The Pixel 10 gets security updates for longer: until August 2032, against March 2032 for the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro. Sources: dates from Nothing UK and endoflife.date.
Which is cheaper?
The Nothing Phone (4a) Pro is £180 cheaper at UK RRP (£519 against £699). Prices from Nothing Phone (4a) Pro: Nothing UK store; Pixel 10: Google Store UK.
Other comparisons
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