Nothing, the startup behind distinctive clear wi-fi earbuds and the polarizing Telephone 3 cellphone, is swimming downstream to the finances market, and it’s not by means of its CMF subsidiary. As teased earlier this week, the corporate has simply introduced the Telephone 3a Lite, a lower-priced Android cellphone with a 6.77-inch display screen that begins at 249 euros (about $290 USD).
In case you didn’t just like the Telephone 3’s oddball digicam array, you could not just like the Telephone 3a Lite. The rear design is toned down, however the triple-lens digicam system and all of the uncovered screws should still set off your trypophobia (that’s concern of a cluster of holes). No less than you’ll get an aluminum body and an IP54 score. There’s additionally an Important Key that makes use of AI to floor all of the screenshots, notes, and audio recordings you’ve saved within the Important Area.
Specs-wise, the Telephone 3a Lite seems first rate on paper. It has a 6.77-inch AMOLED show with a 120Hz refresh fee; the display screen decision is 2,392 x 1,080 and helps 10-bit coloration and a pair of,160Hz PWM (pulse width modulation) dimming, which reduces flickering at decrease brightness ranges.
For the cameras, there are three lenses: a 50-megapixel essential digicam on the rear, an 8-megapixel ultrawide, and a macro digicam with an unspecified decision. There’s a 16-megapixel selfie digicam on the entrance.
Below the hood, the finances cellphone is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Professional chip with an 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, and as much as 256GB of storage. And get this—there’s a microSD card slot for storage growth as much as 2TB. Huzzah! What we’ll want to check is how properly the cellphone expertise comes along with the Nothing OS 3.5 software program expertise. Nothing likes to tout quick and easy efficiency, and I’m wanting to see how far that goes on a cellphone with cut-back specs.
Nothing additionally says the 5,000mAh battery “comfortably lasts nearly 2 days with blended use” and helps 33W quick charging. Funnily sufficient, the Telephone 3a Lite helps 5W reverse wi-fi charging for juicing up equipment, however not full Qi wi-fi charging for the cellphone itself.
Positioned close to the underside of the cellphone’s again panel is a “Glyph Mild.” This spherical LED shouldn’t be the identical Glyph lighting first launched on the Telephone 1 after which later scrapped within the newest Telephone 3 for the Glyph Matrix display screen. It’s extra like a return to the LED notification lights on early Android telephones with a number of new upgrades. Nothing says you’ll be able to flip the cellphone over for silent notifications, have the Glyph Mild glow for important contact and app notifications, and flash when counting down for timer-based pictures. The Glyph Mild can be personalized for gentle sequences synced to Nothing’s personal sounds.
The Telephone 3a Lite is obtainable beginning in the present day, Oct. 29, in white or black fashions. An 8GB RAM + 128GB storage mannequin prices €249 within the EU and £249 within the U.Ok. A model with the identical 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage is €279 within the EU and £279 within the U.Ok. That’s about $290 and $330 USD, respectively, based mostly on the change fee from euros; pricing will probably be barely increased transformed from British kilos.
For us Individuals, there’s no phrase on pricing or availability. Not at the same time as a part of a beta program.
