Nothing hosted a drop event for the Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro in their London store this past weekend, where you could get hands on and purchase the new lineup ahead of open sales! I attended along with @Derren and @Daniel, and I thought I’d share my experience.

We arrived just after 10am - the sun was shining and a healthy queue forming, which was great as there was still an hour til the store opened. We got straight to chatting with some of those in the queue ahead of the opening and met many great people from various backgrounds - whether a Nothing user already; checking out and upgrading to the latest device, people switching from another Android phone and even quite a few making the switch from iPhones too!

The store opened at 11 and people gradually filtered in. By this point, the queue was snaking around the corner! The atmosphere was great; customers in the store enjoyed being able to see and interact with the Phone (3a) series and test out the capabilities of the new cameras. If a purchase of any Phone (3a) model was made, they also received a free gift of Ear (a)!

There was a Snake Widget tournament which proved very popular; with prizes on offer for those that topped the leaderboard (and a Nothing branded tote bag for everyone that participated!), as well as a special one-day-only opportunity to engrave your new device with a custom message, if you wanted to.

Later in the day, we had a visit from Carl himself to see how the drop was going. He took the opportunity to get his personal Phone (3a) Pro engraved with a meaningful message, a quote popularised by Steve Jobs, which you can see above!

Overall, the store event was a great success - I certainly had fun meeting lots of new and familiar faces and getting to know some more community members.

So I’m interested to hear - did you attend the London drop, or one of the other drop events around the world? How did you find it? Let us know your experience below!

P.S. All of these photos were taken on Phone (3a) Pro, except for the selfie which was Phone (2)

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Incredible event.

It was great meeting community members and discussing the new 3a series phones. A lot of people were making some incredible and meaningful upgrades as you mentioned. Thanks to all those who came along 🔥

Also can’t wait to see what others experience around the world with these drops/new devices.

Congratulations on the launch of Nothing Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro! I’ve read a lot of reviews and the value proposition of the hardware with the low price makes it one of the best smartphones to own in today’s market. Looking forward to my chance to order one!

It is always a pleasure to visit these Drops at the Soho Store and indeed, a pleasure to see some familiar faces again! Thank you Adam, Derren and Daniel for always being welcoming and friendly, also thanks to Hollie and Ben for chatting with myself and @AnnieLou for so long. Really makes this company feel personable and Community Driven! 🔥

For those who haven’t seen it, I made some short-form content of the Launch Day, viewable across most platforms, but a link is here!

Finally, some additional images of the great day! Thanks again and to those who picked up a fresh (3a) Series device, I hope you are all enjoying it!

Phone (2a) Plus - Community Edition vs Phone (3a) Pro 💪🏼

“What we three saw” vs “What Adam saw!”

Always great to see some photos of members from nothing community 🎉

Daniel Just placed my order on their website ( I live in the US), I’m wondering if it’s possible to have my online ordered one engraved…

      Trying to pre-order 3a pro in US Beta! But not finding where to pay 🙁 Help!

        Greetings All

        Wasn’t there but was stoked for the launch. I’m waiting on the 3, just need to convince the wife of another necessary purchase after only have my 2a for 9 months.

        just picked up an open box bus unused 2024 Ear Earbuds from Amazon and they are stellar, although wishing it didn’t default to Chat GPT 4 Omni when I squeeze the stick. Think this might be a limitation of not being able to set a default model in Chat GPT not anything to do with Nothing.

        WadeWen Still on wait list. Wondering if I should wait for 3a pro at this point BETA?