A Lite version of Nothing Phone (3a) exists. It debuted back in October, and we hear it may be coming to Pakistan this month. Most of the phones this company makes are premium, even in the budget segment. Nothing Phone (3a) Lite is technically their entry-level model, but it still competes in the upper class. You’ll find its specs and price below.
Nothing stays true to its transparent design philosophy with this one. The camera layout is odd. The sensors are pushed right to the border and placed unevenly. It looks suspiciously similar to their CMF Phone (2) Pro, with just a new transparent skin and colors.
The Lite version doesn’t have a Telephoto camera. But otherwise, it’s just the same old CMF 2 Pro at heart. There’s an AMOLED 6.77” panel on the front. You get a small punch hole with a 16MP selfie. The screen itself is 120Hz, and it peaks at FHD+ resolution with 3000 nits local peak brightness.
They installed the fingerprint on the screen, and it’s an optical sensor. The camera on the Nothing new Lite model is not fancy; just your garden variety 50MP (OIS) main shooter with 8MP Ultrawide and 5MP macro. It’s the same setup Samsung uses for its $150 Galaxy A17.
The battery on this handset is 5000mAh, which is serviceable but nothing too impressive. It can be recharged at a 33W maximum input. The cell will take almost 20 minutes to reach a 50% charge. The phone’s chipset is quite efficient, so the battery should last a full day.
The Phone (3a) Lite drops you straight on an Android 15 homescreen. There’s also 3 years of OS support. The UI is based on Nothing OS 3.5, by the way. It’s all running on the Dimensity 7300 Pro chip, which is a midrange 4nm 2.5GHz octa-core platform.
There’s WiFi 6 built into the Phone (3a) Lite. But the newcomer doesn’t seem to have dual speakers or an Infrared port. At least, they managed to secure an IP54 rating for this handset. Nothing is still behind on the durability front, sadly. Now, the phone’s price in global markets has been roughly $250 (~PKR 70,000). Phone (3a) Lite’s cost in Pakistan should be in the ballpark.
