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Nothing Phone (3a) Lite

First reviewed November 2025 · Full specs on GSMArena · Updated Nov 17, 2025

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✓ Reviewers agree · spread ±4

Consensus of 2 reviews. How this is calculated.

SmartWorld66
Wired60
Each dot is one review, adjusted for how that publication usually scores; the line is our consensus. The closer the dots sit to the line, the more the reviewers agree.

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Key specs

Launch price (Europe)
€249
Form factor
Standard
OS
Android
Display
6.8″
Main camera
50 MP
Telephoto lens
No
Battery
5,000 mAh
Wired charging
33 W
Chipset
MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Pro
Base storage
128 GB
Weight
199 g
Water resistance
IP54
Software updates
6 years
Sold in
Europe

What the reviewers said

SmartWorld IT

7.5/10Nov 17, 2025

Nothing's first budget phone keeps the brand's design and clean NothingOS software, with some compromises in software, camera and update support. Acceptable at its price, especially once discounted.

  • Well-built body with convincing plastic that feels metallic
  • Good 120Hz AMOLED display, bright and readable
  • Clean, fluid NothingOS with useful Essential Space
  • Balanced hardware with 8GB RAM and microSD slot
  • Strong battery life, around a day and a half to two days
  • Third rear camera is practically useless
  • Starts on Android 15 with only three major updates
  • Lock screen shows revenue-generating news links
  • Mono audio and no eSIM support
  • Video stabilization imperfect, ultra-wide limited to 1080p
Read the full review at SmartWorld →

Wired US

6/10Nov 13, 2025

A competent budget phone with nice design and battery life, undercut by bloatware, lockscreen ads, a weak camera setup, and a confusing place in Nothing's lineup.

  • Distinctive transparent back and retro styling
  • Good 6.77-inch 120Hz OLED screen
  • Good battery life, around two days light use
  • Slick software with pleasing animations
  • Expandable storage via microSD slot
  • Bloatware including Facebook preinstalled
  • Lockscreen ads via Lock Glimpse
  • Disappointing ultrawide and macro cameras
  • Mono bottom-firing speaker is tinny
  • Camera app slow to open at times
Read the full review at Wired →

Verdicts, pros and cons are short summaries in our words of each publisher's review; scores are as the publisher gave them. Specs are taken from the reviews' spec boxes — where they differ, we show the value most of them give; price is the US launch price of the base model. Read the originals for the full picture.