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Nothing Phone 3A and 3A Pro Are Fun, Flashy and Affordable

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Nothing Phone 3A and 3A Pro are light-up Android phones that provide some much-needed frivolity in a world full of plain, gray smartphones that take themselves too seriously.

The LED lights -- which Nothing calls the Glyph -- are strewn around the camera units on both phones and light up to alert you to incoming notifications.

Nothing promises a total of six years of software and security support, which is good.

The base Phone 3A has a 32 -megapixel front-facing camera, while the 3A Pro has a 50 megapixel periscope camera.

Both phones offer a solid overall experience at a genuinely reasonable price.

At $ 379 , it's a great deal for a phone that can handle almost anything -- especially when Apple considers $ 599 "affordable" for iPhone 16E.

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