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I have owned the Nothing Phone 3 A for 9
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months now and it served me quite well.
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The distinctive transparent back design
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and the glyph lighting is quite
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interesting and catchy.
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I've been at a number of events and
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places where someone sees the lights
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come on when I get a notification and
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they immediately walked up to me and
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said, is that a Nothing Phone?
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So, it's a very distinctive feature of
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the Nothing Phone 3 A. Now that the
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Nothing Phone 4 A Pro has been released
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and is available not only in Europe but
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also in North America, I wanted to do a
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video to showcase to those who might be
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considering or who might be wondering
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whether the Nothing Phone is a good
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The software is up to date and at least
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95% of what obtains on Nothing Phone 4 A
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Pro. So, my comparison will be mostly
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software related. There are differences
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in the camera setup, screen size and all
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of that but the software is essentially
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the same for the most part minus a few
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differences. So, let's get started. The
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hardware of the Nothing Phone 3 A
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is something that I loved at first sight
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but the software had to grow on me.
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You see this black and white user
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I didn't like it initially.
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For all that I tried, I did not like it.
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As a matter of fact, I preferred the
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Android icons and this is what they look
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like. This is what I have been used to
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everything screaming for your attention.
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But I have after I switched to the
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which is black and white or gray scale,
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depending on what you want to call it,
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it was just a matter of weeks before I
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fell in love with it. Now, I find those
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colorful icons a little bit too gaudy
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If I ever switch away from Nothing phone
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to another brand, say Samsung or Google
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it'll probably take me a bit of
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to get used to the bright colorful
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icons, the default colorful icons of
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Android OS. I love how
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The phone is there. It's not yelling for
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my attention. It's not crying for me to
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pick it up. And I still use my phone
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helps keep the phone from becoming
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Let's get to the Glyph interface. The
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Nothing Phone 4A Pro does not mirror
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transparent back design anymore, but it
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has lights at the back that you can also
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use for notifications. And one of the
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beautiful things about that Glyph
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interface is that I can set it to notify
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me of messages and calls from different
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in different [clears throat] ways, so
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who is calling, at least for for those
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that I customize their notifications, so
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I can tell when it's my wife who has
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sent me a message without picking up the
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phone. This light flashes in a different
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the way I have set it up for her. I can
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tell when it's a particular business
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partner who has sent a message or is
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calling from how the light flashes.
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It's quite extensive. In Nothing OS,
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there is a whole section dedicated to
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the Glyph interface. You can pick all
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manner of ringtones, mute some, your
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You can select how intense or bright the
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light is. I have set it to the lowest
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brightness. And then, flip to Glyph
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allows you to enable a feature where
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once I flip my phone face down on a
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table [clears throat] or on a desk, the
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Glyph interface kicks in.
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And without picking up the phone,
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when a notification comes in,
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the light flashes. Like I said,
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depending on how you customize it, you
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can tell who is sending you a message or
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who is calling. And that's a a nifty
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tool. You don't have to pick your phone
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for messages and calls that are not
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You can compose your own ringtone sound
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pack. This reminds me of the years of
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Nokia when we used to compose
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So, you can if you have the time,
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you can do this. If you do not have the
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time, you can go online and search for
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people who have created ringtones from
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this and then download.
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So, I have a library here. Every single
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thing here, I downloaded from somewhere
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to use. Okay, so you can import from
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If you have downloaded any custom Glyph
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ringtones to your phone, you just pick
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>> highly customizable and it's lovely.
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You can also use the Glyph interface as
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a volume indicator. You can use it to
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follow progress on maps, calendar,
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I haven't found it useful, but you just
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You can also turn this on as music
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visualization, so that as music is
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playing, let's see if I can demonstrate
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it's cool. I don't have much use for it.
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You just might enjoy it.
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And then, you can also set your bedtime
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The Glyph interface is quite
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interesting. You can turn it on quickly
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by tapping this in the drop-down menu.
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You can turn it off anytime it feels
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like an inconvenience. There's a quick
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Let's look at Essential Space. Below the
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power button here, there is another
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button. It's called the Essential Key.
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When you tap on it three times, it opens
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what is called Essential Space.
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All the events and tasks you have
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captured will appear here in your
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I haven't found it useful, either.
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I've captured a few things, but I just
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use my gallery and calendar for all of
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those. You might find it useful. Files
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here can include audio recordings,
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screenshots, notes, etc. etc. I haven't
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used it much. Essential recording,
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if you tap the button twice, it takes a
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screenshot of what's on your screen, and
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you can add a voice note or
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And then, you save. And it's saved to
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your Essential Space. If it's something
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you will find useful, I'm not sure it
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has gained traction a lot among Nothing
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phone users, but it's an attempt and
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nothing says it's AI powered blah blah
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Nothing says that ChatGPT is integrated
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You can use a ChatGPT widget.
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It offers a similar switch to access
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ChatGPT aligned to send a voice note. I
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I didn't particularly like the widgets.
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But I know there are others who
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appreciate it. ChatGPT interaction. When
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you capture a screenshot, you can edit
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that screenshot directly using ChatGPT.
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Let me give you an example. So when you
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take a screenshot like this
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Now you can tap on the ChatGPT icon
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and it immediately takes you into
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ChatGPT and then you can ask what you
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want, ask a question, ask it to edit the
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image, change the size, blah blah blah
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blah remove the background, clean up the
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Whatever you want to do with the image.
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This is the AI chatbot generation and
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you've been using ChatGPT and other AI
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chatbots. Just use it as normal.
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So you don't first have to manually go
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open ChatGPT to do all that. So it saves
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you one or two seconds.
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One of the experimental features in
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Nothing OS you can change the font
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titles, the font of titles in the phone
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to dot matrix. I have not liked it. This
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>> So I have just left it turned off. I
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I mentioned about glyph progress
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earlier. It's an integration of the
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glyph interface with third party apps
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like Google Maps, ride-hailing apps and
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all that to follow your progress.
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There's a mode. You have a number of
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settings here that you can play with for
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when you game. I don't game on my
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phones. I hardly play any games on my
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phones, but if you play games, you
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should take note of that. There's RAM
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If you want to boost the RAM of your
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phone. Again, RAM booster is not as
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potent as hardware RAM, but if you do
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need it, the option is here to improve
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performance of your phone.
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Circle to search is here, and I have it
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enabled as well. Nothing Technologies is
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committed to providing timely software
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updates. The Nothing Phone 3A launched
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with Android 15 has already received
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Android 16. It's going to receive 17 and
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18. Nothing says that this phone is
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going to get three major Android
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updates. So, I'm I'm expecting when
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Android 17 rolls out, it's going to get
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it quickly. When Android 18 rolls out,
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it's going to get it quickly.
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>> The Nothing Phone 4A Pro was launched
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with Android 16 on it. Nothing has
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promised just 3 years of updates for
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that model as well. So, the experience
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is going to be similar to this.
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Software side, what are the key
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differences between the 3A and the 4A
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As you can see here, the 3A uses a
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Snapdragon 7S Gen 3 chipset, and there
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is 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage
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The 4A Pro uses Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
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chipset. It's a fairly significant
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upgrade to the 7S Gen 3.
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which is where the biggest difference
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between the 4A Pro and the 3A come in.
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The 3A has a telephoto camera at the
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back. The 4A Pro has a periscope
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telephoto camera at the back. Periscope
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telephoto cameras are an advanced type
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of telephoto cameras and you can expect
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improved zoom levels and details from
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that camera. Personally, I consider the
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4a Pro a significant upgrade to the 3a.
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And then, that device comes with AI
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Eraser. If you've been wanting to you
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use AI Eraser on your phone, this is
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great. You take a picture, there's
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somebody in the background somewhere
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that's an object you don't want there.
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In editing, you circle that object, the
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AI Eraser tool removes it and leaves you
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with a clean image. It's fantastic. It
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hasn't arrived on the 3a yet, but it's
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on the 4a Pro. That's another reason why
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you should get the 4a Pro.
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The 3a has a 5,000 mA power battery with
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50 W wired charging. The 4a Pro has a
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It's a minor difference. It has the same
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50 W wired charging and then it has
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reverse wired charging as well, so you
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can use it as a power bank to charge
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AirPods, some other phone, some other
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device. The Nothing Phone 4a Pro is
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officially available in the US and you
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can pick one directly from Nothing's
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website or from carrier or from Amazon.
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What does the 12 GB RAM and 256 storage
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version cost? About $540
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at the time that I am making this video.
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I have a direct link in the description
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that you can use to make your purchase
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and get one of these. That price is
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discounted from the launch price of
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So, if you're looking for a good deal on
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a powerful, competent mid-range
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smartphone with excellent software,
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great camera, a great build and design,
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it's difficult to go wrong.
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Thanks for watching this video. Do like
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