What you have to know
- Nothing has launched the Cellphone 4a and Cellphone 4a Professional with a refreshed design, new Glyph Bar, and improved mid-range specs.
- The Cellphone 4a Professional provides a 50MP periscope telephoto digital camera with 3.5x optical zoom, a primary for Nothing’s mid-range lineup.
- Each telephones function AMOLED shows with 1.5K decision, whereas the Professional mannequin bumps refresh charge as much as 144Hz.
- Nothing Cellphone 4a begins at £349 whereas the Cellphone 4a Professional begins at £499, with world gross sales starting in mid-March.
After weeks of hypothesis and buildup, Nothing has lastly taken the wraps off the Nothing Cellphone 4a and, for the primary time, the Cellphone 4a Professional at its launch occasion in London.
Nothing CEO Carl Pei had confirmed earlier this 12 months that the corporate wouldn’t launch a flagship cellphone in 2026. That doesn’t imply the model is sitting out of the market, although. Nothing has now launched its newest mid-range telephones.
The corporate already teased the design of the Cellphone 4a at MWC 2026 in Barcelona, but it surely has now totally launched each the Cellphone 4a and its pricier sibling, the Cellphone 4a Professional.
Final 12 months’s Nothing Cellphone 3a Professional took a really completely different design method, with cameras organized asymmetrically and Glyph LEDs across the round digital camera module. This time, Nothing seems to have refined the look considerably. The corporate has introduced the Glyph Matrix from its earlier flagship, the Nothing Cellphone 3, to the mid-range lineup with the Cellphone 4a Professional.
Android Central’s take
I am not completely positive in regards to the design language Nothing goes with for the Cellphone 4a Professional. The corporate had a really distinctive industrial design type earlier than, however the Cellphone 4a Professional’s digital camera plateau, specifically, feels a bit too acquainted. It jogs my memory of design we’ve got seen from a selected model… I ponder which one?
It is also the corporate’s first cellphone to undertake a steel unibody design much like many flagship Android telephones, whereas nonetheless sustaining the signature industrial design that Nothing units are recognized for. The cellphone encompasses a clear rear panel with a raised digital camera plateau on the prime that homes the digital camera system together with the Glyph Matrix.
Nothing Cellphone 4a Professional design feels acquainted, however not boring
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Sturdiness has additionally been improved this time, with the Cellphone 4a Professional transferring up from an IP64 ranking to IP65. The cellphone is pretty slim as nicely, measuring simply 7.95mm thick.
The usual Nothing Cellphone 4a, which we already noticed earlier, drops the Glyph LEDs across the digital camera module that had been current on the earlier technology. As a substitute, Nothing has launched a brand new Glyph Bar to the correct aspect of the digital camera module. This Glyph Bar is a brand new addition with the Cellphone 4a and options seven LED zones that may gentle as much as present various kinds of data.
For instance, the Glyph Bar can gentle up whereas the cellphone is charging to indicate the battery proportion. Nothing additionally says there are progress based mostly indicators for calls, messages, charging, timers, and extra. The corporate even claims the Glyph Bar can assist illuminate scenes when taking pictures or recording movies.
Android Central’s take
I’ve by no means totally understood Nothing’s obsession with Glyph LEDs, however the brand new Glyph Bar truly appears extra sensible, no less than to me. It appears like a extra helpful implementation than the earlier lighting system.
Nothing says the Glyph Bar consists of 63 mini LED zones which might be as much as 40 p.c brighter than earlier than, reaching as much as 3,500 nits. The corporate additionally claims there is no such thing as a gentle leakage, no yellow edges, and smoother gentle diffusion. The Cellphone 4a retains the identical IP64 ranking because the earlier Cellphone 3a.
the remainder of the specs, the Nothing Cellphone 4a Professional encompasses a 6.83-inch AMOLED show with 1.5K decision and a 144Hz refresh charge. The usual Cellphone 4a has a barely smaller 6.78-inch show with a 120Hz refresh charge however retains the identical 1.5K decision. Each telephones use Corning Gorilla Glass 7i for show safety.
On the again, each units function a triple-camera setup. The massive improve this time is that the Cellphone 4a Professional features a 50MP telephoto periscope lens with assist for 3.5x optical zoom.
The Cellphone 4a additionally features a 50MP 3.5x optical zoom digital camera, paired with a 50MP principal sensor with OIS and an ultra-wide digital camera. Nothing has but supplied full particulars in regards to the ultra-wide sensor.
Snapdragon 7 sequence chips energy each Cellphone 4a fashions
Beneath the hood, the Cellphone 4a Professional is powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 processor, whereas the usual Cellphone 4a runs on the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4. Efficiency good points for the bottom mannequin are modest, with Nothing claiming round 7% quicker CPU efficiency and about 10% higher effectivity in comparison with the earlier technology.
Android Central’s take
I really like how Nothing is asking the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 a “flagship-inspired chipset.” Simply name it a mid-range chip, Nothing. Everyone knows it’s not wherever near one thing just like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
The Cellphone 4a Professional, nevertheless, will get a extra noticeable increase with a 27% quicker CPU, 30% higher graphics efficiency, and improved AI capabilities.
Talking of AI options, each telephones run Nothing OS 4.1 based mostly on Android 16 out of the field. The most recent model brings a number of enhancements, together with resizable Fast Settings, a customizable lock display screen, upgraded Stay Notifications, and quicker app launches.
Nothing says each the Cellphone 4a and Cellphone 4a Professional will obtain three main Android updates, together with as much as six years of safety updates.
For battery, each units pack a 5080mAh cell with assist for 50W quick charging. Nothing additionally claims its new battery administration system helps preserve as much as 90% battery capability even after 1,200 cost cycles, whereas most manufacturers sometimes declare round 80% retention over the identical interval.
The Nothing Cellphone 4a will probably be obtainable in black, white, blue, and pink, with the bottom 8GB/128GB variant beginning at £349 / ₹31,999 / €349. The Cellphone 4a Professional begins at £499 / ₹39,999 / $499 / €479 for the bottom 8GB/128GB mannequin and will probably be obtainable in black, silver, and pink.
Each telephones are obtainable for pre-order beginning immediately. The Cellphone 4a will probably be obtainable first from March 13, whereas the Cellphone 4a Professional will go on sale globally beginning March 27.
