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We've got our hands on the latest smartphone model from Nothing, which combines essential and advanced features with a stunning and memorable appearance.
"Hello everyone and welcome to another Gamereactor Quick Look.
If you are watching this just at the time we're dropping these videos, well then nothing will have just unveiled a couple of new products."
"The main one is obviously the brand new Nothing Phone 4A.
The A series obviously tends to stand for different things depending on which kind of manufacturer is launching an A model, but we think that it probably means affordable or affordability, meaning that being more budget friendly is the most important aspect of that particular phone."
"So the 4A is the fourth version of Nothing's attempt at making an even cheaper device than their already pretty cheap regular flagship series is.
So as you can see, it maintains a lot of the same sort of design notes that Nothing Phones of old have used in recent years, and that means that if you don't like this futuristic transparent-esque design, then you're probably not going to like this phone either."
"But for people that do, and I promise you sales numbers indicate that there's a lot of people that likes it maybe because it looks the way that it does, or maybe just because it looks slightly different than others, well, they're going to get more of it with the 4A.
And that also pertains to the OS now, where Nothing has tinkered with their particular version of an Android skin for years to deliver something a little bit more distinct that goes in line with the aesthetic lines of the exterior of the phone."
"It is very much an entry-level phone.
At current, when we're just recording this, we are not comfortable talking about exact pricing in your territory, but what we will say is that this is coming in cheap, cheaper than you probably think it's going to be."
"There is obviously, at the back here before we move on, glyph bars.
So glyph bars, it's three LED light strips on the back, which is app-specific, meaning that if you put your phone down, it'll automatically begin to utilize its glyph bars, meaning that you can set it for an alarm, a charging indicator here, bunch of different things that are also app-specific."
"So that is all good.
This particular screen here is an AMOLED 120 Hertz display at 6.78 inches.
So a large phone that will peak at 4,500 nits, which is incredible.
It has Android 16 loaded through the Snapdragon 7S Gen 4, and you're set to get several big Android platform upgrades."
"Not sure how that compares to something like Samsung that now puts out seven major Android platform upgrades with their S26 Ultra, but it is competitive enough as far as I could tell from the spec sheet.
Apart from that Snapdragon 7S Gen 4, you get eight gigs of RAM, 128 gigs of storage starting, and that will be, at least in the Euro version, 379 Euros, which is pretty incredible."
"Towards the back here, to go back there, we have a triple camera setup.
Unclear whether or not they're good yet, we don't know, but it's a 50 megapixel standard wide, a 50 megapixel telephoto with 2X optical zoom.
That is pretty useless, but at least you have optical zoom, alongside an eight megapixel ultra wide."
"That is a tiny sensor, but still, maybe you'll get good shots from it.
And as you can see in a hole-punch camera here mounted at the top, you get a 32 megapixel selfie camera.
These cameras will do up to 4K 30fps video, which is great, but obviously I don't think you'll be coming to the Nothing 4A for exquisite shots."
"You're probably looking at photos that are competent enough, which our history and experience with Nothing phones will totally confirm that they are.
They are, more important than not, just fine most of the time.
Inside, they've put a pretty big 5080mAh battery with pretty fast charging, so that is 50% in 18 minutes."
"We don't know the actual wattage there, but that sounds like 40, 50 watt wired.
There is, however, no wireless charging, and that is a concern, because that is being offered by competing cheap phones, something like the Pixel 10a, that offers that in spades, which is a shame."
"There is, I've been told, pretty great loudspeakers here.
You can see one of the grills right down here, alongside a physical SIM tray, which is great, but the overall construction feels very cool to me, particularly for 379 euros.
Again, at the time you're watching this, we'll have a full review ready, so stay tuned for that."
