Tech Desk 
Feb 13, 2025
Nothing is set to launch its new smartphone, Nothing Phone 3a series, in the market. Ahead of the launch, the company has shared key information about the upcoming smartphones.
Nothing CEO Carl Pei revealed that the smartphones will be featured with a Snapdragon chipset. Moreover, the company highlighted that the upcoming series will receive significant CPU and neural processing unit (NPU) upgrades.
The latter will enhance the on-device artificial intelligence (AI) processing.
Nothing Phone 3a key specs
In a community post, Pei announced to move away from MediaTek for the upcoming Nothing Phone 3a series. He said: “I'm happy to announce that we are going back to the Qualcomm Snapdragon series with the Phone (3a).”
However, Pei did not reveal any details about the mobile platform that could be used for these phones, he did claim that the CPU will be 25% faster and the NPU will be 72% faster than the Phone 2a Plus.
According to an earlier report, the Nothing Phone 3a is likely to be featured with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset. Additionally, it is said to sport a 6.8-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate.
The handset could also launch with Nothing OS 3.1 based on Android 15. It is likely to retain the Glyph interface as well.
The company has also stated that the Nothing Phone 3a series will be assembled at its manufacturing plant in Chennai. Nothing claimed that the facility has more than 500 employees, among which women make up 95% of the workforce.
It is unclear whether the assembled units will be sold exclusively in India or will also be exported to other markets.
Nothing Phone 3a series launch date
According to the company, the Nothing Phone 3a series will be launched on March 4.
