Carl Pei: No flagship for 2026, Nothing Phone (4a) to offer flagship experience Comments
- Anonymous
- gEJ
Considering how they priced Nothing Phone 3, probably nothing of value is lost.
- justasmile
- uQx
PhoneFreak45, 02 Feb 2026I don't miss them, because I still have them. I just miss when people actually saw the ut... moreUnfortunately this is completely unrelated to my point still.
- PhoneFreak45
- 7AY
justasmile, 01 Feb 2026I don't care about how much you miss those two features. I already stated I am not goi... moreI don't miss them, because I still have them. I just miss when people actually saw the utility instead of acting like we're the insane ones :)
- justasmile
- uQx
PhoneFreak45, 01 Feb 2026And my LG v60 served me faithfully for 3 years, after already being used for 2 years by the pr... moreI don't care about how much you miss those two features.
I already stated I am not going to address them.
Sorry if my tone sounds blunt
- PhoneFreak45
- 7AY
justasmile, 30 Jan 2026I'm not going to address your rant about the two classic features, but I want to address ... moreAnd my LG v60 served me faithfully for 3 years, after already being used for 2 years by the previous owner.. This is what I mean. The glyph crap doesn't matter to me, and neither does basically anything else but the features I actually use. I want to be able to plug in my headphones, I want to avoid paying for cloud storage, and I want affordability. As much as people complain about the price of Sony phones, a 1 VII + a 2TB sd card will always be cheaper than an iPhone 17 pro max 2TB. The math ain't mathing on internal storage and it never has when 90% of what I use storage for is not speed-critical.
- Jakob
- m0c
I'm still sooo impressed by my 3(a) Pro! The speed is absolutely ok (not something I dive into), and the CAMERA - it's a true wow experience for me. If the camera is even better on the 4(a) Pro I'm probably sold :)
- justasmile
- uH{
TheEgoIko, 31 Jan 2026In Galaxy A07/A17 4G is Helio G99 which is 4 years old, but Tecno or Infinix use the same chip... moreThis comment seems out of context
- Furkan
- pT4
TheEgoIko, 31 Jan 2026Not the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 level outdated SoC... The performance is a lot behind, shouldve at... moreI think all people will buy Nothing 4a pro if get snapdragon 8s gen 3
- TheEgoIko
- sqq
justasmile, 31 Jan 2026Well, at least the performance is 3 years old, not 4 unlike Samsung.In Galaxy A07/A17 4G is Helio G99 which is 4 years old, but Tecno or Infinix use the same chips like Helio G100/G200
- justasmile
- uRF
TheEgoIko, 31 Jan 2026Not the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 level outdated SoC... The performance is a lot behind, shouldve at... moreWell, at least the performance is 3 years old, not 4 unlike Samsung.
- TheEgoIko
- sqq
justasmile, 29 Jan 2026Rumours are pointing to an 8s Gen 3 for 4a Pro, so yes a flagship experience Not the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 level outdated SoC... The performance is a lot behind, shouldve atleast used 8s Gen 4
- Furkan
- pT4
mqondy, 30 Jan 2026The 8sgen 4 is more powerful than the 8gen 3 of last year , so it's definitely a flagship... moreBut snapdragon 8s gen 3 is same like Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Furkan
- pT4
Anonymous, 30 Jan 20268gen3 is a chip from 2 generation ago. 8s gen4 is not meant to be a flagship chip, it's f... moreI hope Nothing 4a pro get snapdragon 8s gen 3 so i buy
- Anonymous
- uBM
mqondy, 30 Jan 2026The 8sgen 4 is more powerful than the 8gen 3 of last year , so it's definitely a flagship... more8gen3 is a chip from 2 generation ago. 8s gen4 is not meant to be a flagship chip, it's for flagship killers that cost $400-500.
And don't even bring tensor into the conversation, that is an entry level chip.
- mqondy
- NuU
Tranquillow, 30 Jan 2026Nothing hasn't ever released a flagship.The 8sgen 4 is more powerful than the 8gen 3 of last year , so it's definitely a flagship device, it's even more powerful than the current pixel tensor chips, so by your statement the pixel isn't a flagship also
- Trax
- phj
"snapdragon 7+ gen 4" soc does not exist, the phone is rumored to feature incrementally better 7s gen 4 or 7 gen 4 at best.
- Anonymous
- AfM
Flagship experience? You mean it's overpriced and boated with features and software I don't want and will depreciate faster than a custom painted RV? Got it.
- justasmile
- uRF
PhoneFreak45, 30 Jan 2026When nothing first stated they were going to come to market with the phone 1 claiming it was g... moreI'm not going to address your rant about the two classic features, but I want to address this point (not) briefly:
"Glyphs and quirky interfaces aren't exciting, reliable hardware and software is."
Glyphs are meant to be a way to be aware of notifications and progresses without turning your phone. They can be exciting at first, but also functional too. Software is still pretty good, mini bloat aside.
I had a Nothing Phone 2; I still managed to find a use case for the glyphs—glyph timer. Too bad, whole phone spoiled on me because I recorded under the warm weather too much for the phone to handle. It was not even 2 years old then.
- Pumpino
- t4U
Furkan, 30 Jan 2026Because Hyper Os is bugs like MiuiYep, but bugs have been present in MIUI for over a decade and it's still being used.
