After struggling to get any traction in the premium smartphone market with the Phone 3 earlier this year, Nothing goes back to its roots of relying on affordable phones to keep the cash registers active. The Phone 3a Lite is Nothing’s new attempt at luring budget smartphone buyers into its ecosystem, taking the challenge to names like Samsung, Motorola, Xiaomi and iQOO.
Made available in select international markets, Nothing is yet to reveal the price of the handset in India. However, being a reskinned version of the CMF Phone 2 Pro, the Phone 3a Lite is expected to come with a starting price of less than Rs 20,000 in India. The new handset gets features like the Essential Key — a dedicated, customisable physical button, and a simplified Glyph Light notification system.
The Phone 3a Lite slots under the Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro, with the Phone 3 completing Nothing’s 2025 smartphone lineup.
Nothing Phone 3a Lite price in India
The Phone 3a Lite comes in white and black colourways, with pricing starting at a highly accessible EUR 249 (approximately Rs 25,600) for the base model featuring 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The higher-end 8GB RAM with 256GB storage variant is priced at EUR 279 (approximately Rs 28,700). You can expect the Indian prices to be more competitive, sitting under Rs 20,000.
Nothing Phone 3a Lite: Specifications at a glance
Under the hood, the Phone 3a Lite is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Pro chipset built on a 4nm architecture. This chip is coupled with 8GB of RAM, and while the base storage is 128GB, users can expand it up to 2TB using a MicroSD card slot. The phone runs on Nothing OS 3.5, based on Android 15. Nothing is promising three years of major Android updates and six years of security updates.
As far as the display is concerned, you get a 6.77-inch Full-HD+ AMOLED panel with an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz, protected by Panda Glass on both the front and back panels. For optics, the Phone 3a Lite is equipped with a triple-rear camera unit, headlined by a 50MP primary sensor with OIS and EIS, an 8MP ultrawide camera with 119.5-degree FOV, and a 2MP macro camera. For selfies and video calls, the front houses a capable 16MP camera.
Completing the spec sheet is a 5,000mAh battery with support for 33W wired fast charging and 5W wired reverse charging. Security is handled by an in-display fingerprint sensor. Nothing has provided an IP54 rating for dust and splash resistance.
