Here it is, the Nothing Phone (4a). I’ve lived with every Nothing phone since the first one blinked into existence, and its transparent, retro-industrial design drew me into a new kind of smartphone that feels tangentially opposite to Apple and Samsung.
Early on, with Nothing Phone 2(a) and Nothing Phone 2, the design did the heavy lifting, as behind the look, the specs were fine, sometimes better than fine, but the story was always the same: look at me. With each release, Nothing tightened the screws on that identity, and Nothing Phone (4a) doesn't really buck the trend, and why should it?
