On March 4, Nothing is launching a new device – the Phone 3a series. This is a year after the London-based company released the Phone 2a, which is a budget version of the Phone 2 model released in 2023. Models with the letter “a” are usually cheaper versions of models without it – for example, Ear a headphones are also cheaper than Ear – but there is no Phone 3 for which the 3a would serve as a budget alternative. Most likely, the Phone 3a is simply named that way because it would be in the same price range as the 2a, which sold for at least $349 at launch.
“For the (a) series, we have a different set of users,” says Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis. “When people buy a smartphone, some are looking for the best features, they want the latest innovations and processors. But there are other users who are equally passionate about technology, but are satisfied with just a great user experience – that’s what the (a) series is for. We really focus on the basic needs of users in terms of camera, screen, processor and of course design.”
If you’d like to be notified when the Nothing Phone 3a is unveiled on March 4 at 5 a.m. ET, you can sign up for notifications on the company’s website. We will, of course, also keep you up to date. In addition to announcing the upcoming launch of the Phone 3a, the company also announced that since its founding in October 2020, its lifetime revenue has exceeded $1 billion, half of which Nothing earned in 2024.
