Nothing Phone 4a and 4a Pro launched: Glyph Bar, new design, and better cameras

After a rather complicated outing No phone 3new phone form without any recovery No phone 4a Nothing Phone 4a Pro is the successor to last year’s critically acclaimed Nothing Phone 3a and Nothing Phone 3a Pro. Both phones come with polished internals, and the Pro model’s camera setup is a notch above similar phones.

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Here are the key details including India price, availability and more information about Nothing Phone 4a and Nothing Phone 4a Pro.

As for the Nothing Phone 4a Pro, its price has also gone up, and it’s going to go up $39,999 for 8+128GB model, $42,999 for the 8+256GB model, $45,999 for 12+256GB model.

The 4a will be available in black, white, blue, and pink, while the 4a Pro will be available in black, silver, and pink. Nothing also comes with bank offers where you can take advantage of bank discounts $4a and below 3,000 $Some partner banks have 4,000 on the 4a Pro. There are also Gundam redemption rewards $Phone 4a and below 4,000 $1,000 for Phone 4a Pro.

Both Phone 4a and Phone 4a Pro come with free EMI for up to 9 months and 12 months. There are also credit card EMI discounts $4,000 on Nothing Phone 4a $5,000 for Nothing Phone 4a Pro.

As for the availability, the phone will go on sale in India from March 13 and will be available through Flipkart, Reliance Digital, Vijay Sales, Croma, and other retail stores. You can also buy the Nothing Phone 4a on March 7 at 6 pm IST at the Nothing store in Bengaluru, which opened last month in February. If you’re one of the first 100 customers, you’ll get a Nothing Phone 4a replica, plus free Nothing Ear A earbuds or CMF Buds 2 Plus $999.

The Phone 4a, on the other hand, features a 6.78-inch panel with a 1.5K resolution, a peak brightness of 4,500 nits, and a 120Hz refresh rate. It’s also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i.

In terms of chipset, Phone 4a Pro is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset paired with up to 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and up to 256GB UFS 3.1 storage. There is nothing to indicate that BGMI will run at 120Hz and PUBG will run at 90Hz. Phone 4a is powered by Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 with LPDDR4X RAM and up to 12GB and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. It can also run BGMI at 120Hz and PUBG at 90Hz.

In terms of battery, both Phone 4a models are equipped with a 5400mAh battery, which is said to provide 17 hours of mixed use. It supports 50W fast charging, which is said to charge the battery to 60% in 30 minutes. There is nothing to suggest that a battery will retain 90% of its capacity after 1200 charge cycles.

As for optics, the Phone 4a Pro comes with a Sony LYT700C main camera, which is a 50MP shooting camera. For telephoto, you have a 50MP 3.5x OIS camera that offers 140x ultra-zoom, which Nothing says is the longest zoom on a Nothing phone. The ultra-wide angle is an 8MP shooter. For selfies, you can use the 32MP front camera. 4a is equipped with a 50MP OIS main camera, a 50MP 3.5x telephoto lens, an 8MP Sony ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 32MP wide-angle selfie camera.

Design-wise, the Phone 4a is similar to last year’s Phone 3a, but with some meaningful changes, especially in the new Glyph bar. It replaces the Glyph light and features 63 mini LEDs and 7 square light zones. This is significantly different from the Phone 4a Pro’s glyph matrix, which is similar to the Nothing Phone 3.

Coming to the software, both phones run Nothing OS 4.1 based on Android 16, and both phones are guaranteed three years of Android updates and six years of security patches.