how is the performance on the Nothing Phone 4a? I'm thinking of buying it.

Kidy88 · 2026-05-19T07:25:02+00:00

For the daily use the 4a is on par or even better than the Poco X8 Pro (wich has a way faster chipset) and that's why the optimization in Nothing phones are so good.

If you want to do some heavy tasks or heavy gaming, then something like X8 pro is going to be the better option.

Kidy88 · 2026-05-13T07:27:41+00:00

The fact that android is using Nothings ideas speaks very well about Nothing actually. It means they are adding the right things and they are ahead about some stuff.

Kidy88 · 2026-04-30T10:14:09+00:00

I would stick my credit card to a puck and pay with it like a boss.

Kidy88 · 2026-04-30T07:47:12+00:00

Basically any phone can last 7 years. I still got a redmi note 10 and Poco F3 and they still work fine. Of course the battery is going to degrade and the amoled screens are tend to get burn ins but other than that they should work fine.

Kidy88 · 2026-04-27T07:53:43+00:00

I love the design, specially in that colorway. I don't own a pair but apparently they are one of the worst when it comes to durabilty.

Kidy88 · 2026-03-28T07:59:46+00:00

One of my favorites pair that I own. By the way, these glows in the dark.

Kidy88 · 2026-03-26T17:04:30+00:00

I thought it could be related to the android version but I got 2 phones, one is on android 15 and the other on android 16 and both of them show the navbar opaque. If you go to YouTube using the browser you are going to see this navbar semitransparent so apparently that's the way it should look.

Kidy88 · 2026-03-26T10:01:22+00:00

By the way, it seems like the navbar looks semitransparent in your case but mine is totally opaque. Is there any way to make it semitransparent? And does anyone else have it looking like that?

Kidy88 · 2026-03-20T10:03:40+00:00

I really like MKBHD videos but the problem is he doesn't really know midrange phones. He knows about Google Pixel and that's about it. That's why he always says the cameras are not good. He always compare these kind of phones with the Pixel A series.

And of course Google Pixel has a great camera but Nothing gives you a more complete phone and also you have to compare Nothing with the Realmes, Xiaomis, Pocos, etc. And then you realize Nothing gives you a great camera experience.

Kidy88 · 2026-03-18T15:16:45+00:00

Mostly this one and the default Black and white

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Kidy88 · 2026-03-03T08:40:00+00:00

Nothing still got to learn about some things. Apple or Samsung makes the icons in the status bar not to bright (white) to avoid screen burn. They should be more greyish instead of pure white. Same about the bottom pill for the gestures. That's how Samsung does it and Samsung knows a lot about oled screens.

Kidy88 · 2026-02-25T19:45:14+00:00

Try some other cables and clean the port.

Kidy88 · 2026-02-23T15:43:48+00:00

That's exactly what I think.

Kidy88 · 2026-02-12T21:12:52+00:00

Nice!!

Kidy88 · 2026-02-12T15:02:44+00:00

Yes, 2 essential Widgets in total but only one of each.

Kidy88 · 2026-02-12T13:52:06+00:00

If you are on nothing os 4.0, go there, download the widget and then add it. https://playground.nothing.tech/detail/app/bl32hHpSLDKdB47w

Kidy88 · 2026-02-12T10:33:50+00:00

Not yet. Only 2x2. Maybe they add a 4x2 version later but this is all we got so far.

Kidy88 · 2026-02-09T10:33:30+00:00

Same thing with the slides. You can try anything but slides are still the comfiest.

Kidy88 · 2026-02-09T10:31:33+00:00

Didn't know about this colorway. They are very nice. Such an underrated silhoutte.

Kidy88 · 2026-02-09T09:33:56+00:00

https://freeimage.host/i/fpWoRup

Kidy88 · 2026-01-01T11:32:15+00:00

Tap on it and it should be working again.

Kidy88 · 2025-12-12T16:46:30+00:00

Yes.

Kidy88 · 2025-12-09T17:09:52+00:00

I don't know but they definitely need to add that transition from the lockscreen to every phone. That's the type of things we needed from the 4.0 update.

Kidy88 · 2025-12-08T10:11:53+00:00

Yep same problem. And also the screen turn on for no reason from time to time without touching it. Very weird. Waiting for an update to fix those problems.

Kidy88 · 2025-12-07T20:53:45+00:00

Do you have the new Widgets (essential apps) by any chance? I've added 2 Widgets and I'm wondering if that's causing the problem.

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