Nothing Teases Its First Telephoto Camera, Phone (3a) May Have A Bigger Display

Nothing is prepping for a launch event in March and it’s expected that it’ll see the launch of either Nothing Phone (3), Phone (3a), or perhaps even both. As the rumor mill continues to swirl, a new teaser hints at the first telephoto camera on a Nothing Phone, while the Nothing Phone (3a)’s specs may have leaked including a bigger display.

Every Nothing Phone model to date has had just two rear cameras. One as a standard wide-angle, and one ultra wide-angle. With no telephoto hardware available, zoom on Nothing Phones has always been handled by digital zoom, leaving them far behind most competitors in this aspect.

In a teaser on Twitter/X, Nothing shows a brief video zooming in on Carl Pei, with the distinct side effect of the phone swapping over to another lens a little over halfway through. It’s hard to tell the point where the new lens takes over, but it seems to be around 2-3x.

This could be from the Nothing Phone (3), but it’s increasingly looking like this will be for Nothing Phone (3a) instead.

It was previously reported that Phone (3a) would be swapping over to a Qualcomm chip and that both Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Plus would be adopting telephoto cameras. A further spec leak this week claims that Phone (3a) will be powered by Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, have a larger 6.8-inch display, two 50MP cameras for primary and telephoto lens backed up by an 8MP ultrawide and a 32MP selfie camera, and have the same 5,000 mAh battery as the prior model. Apparently, it may also deliver Nothing OS “3.1,” an update on top of Nothing’s Android 15 skin.

We’ll likely learn more as Nothing’s March 4 event nears.

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