Nothing has unveiled the Phone 4a Pro, alongside the more affordable Phone 4a and over-ear Headphone A, all featuring a subtle pink color option and the company's signature minimalist aesthetic. The Phone 4a Pro starts at $499 and includes an advanced Glyph Matrix display and upgraded cameras. These products emphasize transparent materials, LED indicators, and affordable pricing.
Nothing revealed its latest midrange smartphone lineup and audio accessory during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Phone 4a Pro stands out with a thinnest full-metal design at 7.95mm thick, featuring an aluminum unibody and a redesigned oblong camera housing that replaces the protruding circular unit from previous models. It retains Nothing's retro-clear hardware touches and introduces a Glyph Matrix composed of 137 mini-LEDs, which are 100 percent brighter at around 3000 nits compared to the Phone 3. This matrix supports functions like displaying timers, battery levels, or even a playful Magic 8-ball predictor, though accessing modes requires navigating settings rather than a dedicated button.
The Phone 4a Pro boasts a 6.83-inch display with 144Hz refresh rates and up to 5,000 nits brightness for HDR content, making it 66 percent brighter than its predecessor. Powered by a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chip, it offers 30 percent improved graphics performance and 27 percent faster CPU speeds, paired with LPDDR5X memory. The camera system includes a new 50-megapixel Sony LYT-700C main sensor, 24 percent larger than the one in the 3a Pro, a 50-megapixel telephoto lens from the Phone 3, and a 32-megapixel ultrawide. A triple 12-bit Image Signal Processor enables 140x ultra zoom, 120fps full HD super-slow video, and Action Mode for capturing up to 30 Ultra XDR images, co-developed with Google to handle challenging lighting by combining 13 RAW frames.
The base Phone 4a, not available in the US, features a 6.78-inch display, Snapdragon 7S Gen 4 processor, 50-megapixel main sensor, and 50-megapixel telephoto with 3.5x optical zoom. Both phones run Nothing OS with refinements like customizable home screen widgets, smoother animations, Essential Search for device-wide queries, and cloud access for the Essential Space app. Available in silver, black, and pink, pre-orders for the 4a series are open now at nothing.tech and retailers, with Phone 4a Pro sales starting March 27.
Complementing the phones, the Headphone A offers active noise cancellation, transparent materials, 3.5mm cable support, and sound quality praised for its $199 price, undercutting the previous model's $299. The announcements highlight Nothing's balance of premium features and affordability, positioning the 4a Pro against devices like the Pixel 10a.
