Nothing is gearing up for its next wave of mid-range phones. After CEO Carl Pei confirmed the Phone (4a) series and the company teased new color options, the standard Phone (4a) has now appeared on Geekbench ahead of launch.
The listing shows the Phone (4a) will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, a modest upgrade over the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 in the previous model. The chip uses an octa-core setup with one core at 2.71GHz, three at 2.40GHz, and four efficiency cores at 1.80GHz, paired with an Adreno 810 GPU for graphics.
The tested device features 12GB of RAM, though more affordable variants with less memory are likely. It runs Android 16 out of the box. In Geekbench’s AI benchmark, the phone records a single-precision score of 707, a high-precision score of 1077, and a quantised score of 1265.
These early results don’t reveal details like display specs, camera setup, battery capacity, or charging speeds, but they do confirm that Nothing is sticking with a capable mid-range platform and generous RAM. The Phone (4a) is expected to launch alongside the Phone (4a) Pro and a new, more affordable audio product called Headphone (a).
Rumours suggest the new lineup could be up to 30% more expensive than the previous generation, reportedly due to the ongoing DRAM shortage. The devices are expected to debut in March, although Nothing has yet announced an official date.
