CompareForgeNothing Phone (3a) vs Pixel 9a
Nothing Phone (3a) vs Pixel 9a — $379 vs $499, 12GB vs 8GB RAM, 50W vs 23W charging and 3 years vs 7 years of updates compared.
Updated 2026-09-25View Comparison →
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Nothing Phone (3a)
Nothing's 2025 mid-ranger adds a 2x telephoto, 3,000-nit display and 50W charging with Glyph lights.
$379
Released March 11, 2025
Pricing
| Storage | RAM | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 128GB | 8GB | — |
| 256GB | 8GB | — |
| 256GB | 12GB | $379 |
Where it sits in this database
CompareForge tracks 47 phones. The median below is the middle value of those records — our own database, not a market survey — so it shows how Nothing Phone (3a) sits against the phones we actually publish, not against everything on sale.
| Measure | Nothing Phone (3a) | Median of our 47 phones | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery capacity | 5,000 mAh | 5,000 mAh | the same as the median |
| Weight | 201 g | 200 g | 1 g above the median |
| Starting price | $379 | $799 | $420 below the median |
| Screen size | 6.8 in | 6.7 in | 0.1 in above the median |
A figure above the median is not better by definition — a heavier phone may carry a larger battery — but it tells you where this model sits among the records on this site before you read the specification table.
Specifications
Display
- Size
- 6.77"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2392
- Panel
- AMOLED
- Refresh Rate
- 120 Hz
- Peak Brightness
- 3,000 nits
- HDR
- Yes
- Protection
- Panda Glass
Performance
- Chipset
- Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
- Fabrication
- 4nm
- CPU Cores
- 8
- GPU
- Adreno 810
- RAM
- 12 GB
- RAM Type
- LPDDR4X
Camera
- Main
- 50 MP
- Main Aperture
- f/1.88
- Ultrawide
- 8 MP
- Telephoto
- 50 MP
- Optical Zoom
- 2x
- Front
- 32 MP
- Max Video
- 4K @ 30fps
Battery & Charging
- Capacity
- 5,000 mAh
- Type
- —
- Wired Charging
- 50W
- Wireless Charging
- —
- Reverse Wireless
- No
Design & Build
- Weight
- 201 g
- Frame
- —
- Back
- Glass
- Water Resistance
- IP64
- Colors
- Black, White, Blue
Software
- OS at Launch
- Android 15
- UI Skin
- Nothing OS 3.1
- OS Updates
- 3 years
- Security Updates
- 6 years
- AI Features
- Essential Space
Storage
- Options
- 128GB, 256GB
- Expandable
- No
- Type
- UFS 2.2
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB-C 2.0
- SIM
- Dual Nano-SIM
- Satellite
- No
Sources
- 9to5Google — pricing(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Nothing Europe — display(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- GSMArena — camera(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Nothing Europe — battery(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Nothing Europe — software(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- GSMArena — design(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
Last verified: 2026-09-25