‘Just flat-out fun’ — I was a Nothing-design skeptic, but 3 things I found when reviewing the Phone (4a) Pro turned me into a believer

A closeup of the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro's camera module and Glyph Matrix, which features a digital clock reading '15:19'.

On occasion, I make the wrong call. Like the time I claimed Disney Plus would never take off, saying, "Who wants to pay yet another subscription for a bunch of kids' movies?" Or the occasion I passed on an interview with Ed Sheeran because I'd "never heard of him", months before he became a household name.

Well, here's another thing I'm happy to add to the list: I've realized I was totally wrong about the design of Nothing's phones. While I once thought the brand's debut phone was more about style than substance, getting my hands on their latest model, the Phone (4a) Pro, has utterly converted me.