Should I upgrade my Phone (3)?
The Nothing Phone (3) went on sale on 15 July 2025. The Nothing UK store price is £699 (read 20 August 2026). It has a 6.67-inch display, a weight of 218 g, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8S Gen 4 chip, a 50 MP main camera and 256 GB of storage to start. Security updates are committed until 15 July 2032. Every figure in the Nothing Phone (3) specifications below links the page it came from and the date it was read.
1.2 years oldPatched until 2032-07-15Read
Is it still supported?
Yes. Nothing has committed to security updates for the Phone (3) until 2032-07-15. A phone that is still patched is not a phone you have to replace.Nothing UK — Phone (3), retrieved 2026-08-20
What the Phone (4a) Pro changes
This line has nothing newer on this site; the newest Nothing phone within a year of it is the Phone (4a) Pro at £519, released 5 March 2026. Judged row by row against our published thresholds; the full table is at Phone (4a) Pro vs Phone (3).
On the makers’ published figures, the Phone (4a) Pro wins on peak brightness (5,000 nits against 4,500 nits) and battery per charge (63.4 h against 56.38 h); the Phone (3) wins on storage (base) (256 GB against 128 GB). 2 gaps are borderline, differences most people would not notice: RAM (12 GB against 8 GB) for the Phone (3) and fast charging (65 W against 50 W) for the Phone (3). The differences in weight, display size and battery capacity are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same typical brightness and battery lifespan. The other 33 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
- Peak brightness: 4,500 nits → 5,000 nits
- Battery per charge: 56.38 h → 63.4 h
- RAM: 12 GB → 8 GB borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Fast charging: 65 W → 50 W borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
Other makers at the price
Phones from other makers released within a year of the Phone (4a) Pro and priced within a quarter of its £519, nearest price first, each judged the same way against your Phone (3) — or, where that pair is not one this site indexes, against the Phone (4a) Pro.
What yours is worth
Our reading of the figures
The Phone (3) is committed to security updates until 15 July 2032, so nothing forces a move yet.
The Phone (4a) Pro clears our noticeable threshold on 2 rows: peak brightness, battery per charge. 2 more gaps are borderline, which most people would not notice. You would give up storage (base).
At £519 new, less the £289 CeX was paying for a grade A Phone (3) on 2026-09-11, the move costs about £230.
Every sentence above is built from the figures on this page by a rule, not written for this phone: a support date, the rows that clear a published threshold, a price and a trade-in. There is no score and no recommendation. The methodology page has the thresholds and where they come from. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All upgrade questions.