Nothing Phone 3a Pro leaked design leaves fans unimpressed, netizens call it ‘hideous’

Carl Pei led Nothing has been know for its uniquely designed smartphones that stood out from the competition. While Nothing brought the the glyph interface with its number series devices, the company brought a hint of modularity with its budget CMF series last year. However, the upcoming Nothing Phone 3a series doesn’t seem to be living up to the expectations of the users with leaked design images getting mostly negative response on social media.

Notably, Nothing will launch its Phone 3a series – likely to include Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro – on 4 March and has been heavily teasing details about its upcoming devices. While the company is yet to officially reveal the design of its 3a series, a new leak arrived recently (via Android Headlines) and tipster Arsène Lupin has provided ample glimpses of the new design on Nothing’s budget smartphone series.

The Phone 3a is seen housing a huge camera ring not unlike the ones we have seen in the past with the OnePlus 13 series and Vivo X200 series. The signature glyph interface of Nothing is present on both sides of the circular ring. Meanwhile, the whole back panel is seen in the signature transparent design that Nothing has come to be known for.

Netizens irked by Nothing Phone 3a Pro’s design:

One user on Reddit who wasn’t pleased by the leaked design of the Phone 3a Pro wrote, “The 3a camera module is just weird. The 3a Pro looks fine.”

“Idk, the 3a Pro’s camera placement looks really haphazard? I still don’t get why Nothing hasn’t figured out how to integrate the flash as one of the Glyph lights” added another user.

“And i thought 2a looks bad. i am wanting a nothing 3 due to it being flagship but 3a pro? really?” another user chimed in. 

“I like the way they both look, but that camera module on the 3a Pro is hideous and triggers my trypophobia.” added another Redditor.

Nothing Phone 3a Pro specifications:

As per the leaked video, Nothing Phone 3a Pro should come with a 6.77 inch Full HD+ AMOLED LTPS display with 120Hz refresh rate and Panda Glass protection. The phone is said to come with a peak brightness of 3,000 nits and be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 processor. 

It is said to come with up to 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. On the back, the new Nothing device is said to come with a triple camera shooter with a 50MP primary lens, 8MP ultra-wide angle lens and a 50MP 3x telephoto shooter. The Phone 3a Pro is also rumoured to come with a 50MP selfie shooter. 

The phone is also shown to come with an iPhone 16 like Action button which triggers some AI related tasks. The phone is said to run on Nothing OS 3.0 based on Android 15.