Phone (3a) Series Battery Life Discussion

AyushKumar_JZuatP7eh3 · 2025-03-20T12:56:24+00:00

I recently purchased the Nothing Phone 3a and have noticed that the battery drains very quickly during WhatsApp video calls. Even with a full charge, the battery percentage drops significantly within a short period. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Are there any settings or optimizations that could help reduce battery consumption during video calls? Any suggestions would be appreciated!

WasGfx

I am new to the Nothing community. Two days back, I purchased my new phone Nothing Phone (3a) Pro.

For anyone facing heavy battery drain issues, please watch this video:

My daytime usage is very low. I only scroll Instagram, YouTube, and check a few WhatsApp messages when I feel tired after my graphic design work.

In the day, my phone uses around 30–40% battery, and at night it uses another 20–30%, so my total daily usage is around 70–80%.

I am using Nothing’s original 45W fast charger, which charges super quick.

I charge my phone only once a day, around 8:00 PM.

At night, I use my phone for 3–4 hours, and during that time, it only drops 10–20% from 100%.

Anonymous1123

I travelled and took videos at 1080p60, listened to music, and gamed. 120 hertz, 5G, and nearly full brightness (set by auto brightness itself).

(Call of duty usage is from night time which accu put in the same day)

Nothing launcher shoupd be ignored because it’s usage is just the other apps running background processes that accubattery doesn’t differentiate

If you ignore ZZZ and CODM, I’ve spent 55% of battery to get 3 hour 27 minutes of usage. So on a full charge I can get 6 hour 23 minutes.

Other than those two I’m not using any draining apps.

Anonymous1123

Anonymous1123 Merged and buried under a swarm of other posts as always 🫠

I used the phone till it died (and for some reason 1-3% took a lot longer thsn expected) and left it on charger overnight.

Getting 4750 mah when just a month back was 4940 is extremely concerning. I might have to get a battery replacement 🥲

@themountofmint can you share your stats on this page after a full charge?

Edit: I literally just woke up and dismissed my alarm and came here to post. Dropped 4%

FabioR 🇩🇪

Anonymous1123

Aha, I see you are a man of culture as well.

You are the first person I know, who also plays ZZZ 😃

Cheers brother

_ankyyyt

AyushKumar_JZuatP7eh3 Brother, maybe iPhone is just infamous for its battery. My iPhone XS 2750 mAh used to give 6-8 hours of backup and my 5 year old Vivo Y20G still gives 5-6 hours of backup.But ever since I bought the Nothing 3a Pro, I have to charge the phone 3 times a day for backup and it has only essential buttons in the name of features. Nothing developers, please fix this.Otherwise, if the first experience of something is so bad, then who will think of making a product of something else again? Please, I am requesting from my heart, it was a very bad experience. 🥲 Please fix it as soon as possible. I have done all the settings so that the battery consumption is less, still it is not working and the system apps are consuming a lot of battery.Get it fixed soon, I will be happy with you

JP

Anonymous1123 that mah value is not accurate… you should charge it from 1-100% … and keep it plugged in after 100% … it will show charging watts after 100%… let it come to 0 and then check what is the mah value…my cmf phone 1 is at 96% after 1 year of usage with 185 charge cycles

themountofmint

Anonymous1123 I can’t show the same as your second picture actually, but I can show this…

As from my side the number of mAh calculated by the app is growing a bit

_ankyyyt

Brother, maybe iPhone is just infamous for its battery. My iPhone XS 2750 mAh used to give 6-8 hours of backup and my 5 year old Vivo Y20G still gives 5-6 hours of backup.But ever since I bought the Nothing 3a Pro, I have to charge the phone 3 times a day for backup and it has only essential buttons in the name of features. Nothing developers, please fix this.Otherwise, if the first experience of something is so bad, then who will think of making a product of something else again? Please, I am requesting from my heart, it was a very bad experience. Please fix it as soon as possible. I have done all the settings so that the battery consumption is less, still it is not working and the system apps are consuming a lot of battery.

It was not worth it at all to buy N3AP for ₹30,000 It was not worth it at all to buy N3AP for ₹30,000 and the developers are ruining it instead of fixing it. Good processor, android features, many things in 30k which are absolutely nothing but if I choose it and the performance is so bad from the starting day then what should I do even though I have an EMI of ₹14k still pending And since the first day the phone is working very poorly, it feels completely dirty.

Get it fixed soon, I will be happy with you 🙂

Anonymous1123

FabioR 🇩🇪 Of course I play ZZZ. They’ve got adorable and slightly crazy characters ❤️

TanayJain_fFlZjYG4Gw

AyushKumar_JZuatP7eh3 same man 😭

Babubhaiya_vTyLoSLx7i

I face high battery consumption on my nothing Phone 3a and also charging time i face heating issue adapter and phone also

IrfanHSajid

I am a user of the Nothing Phone 3a Pro and would like to clarify some concerns regarding its battery performance.

Under regular, light usage (no gaming or heavy tasks), I am currently getting around 6–7 hours of screen-on time. I am charging the device with a OnePlus 80W charger.

Some users claim that using different chargers results in different battery backup durations. If this is accurate, I would like to understand scientifically how a charger can impact battery endurance after the device is fully charged.

My understanding has always been that battery backup mainly depends on usage patterns rather than the specific charger used. Therefore, I would appreciate it if you could explain whether charger type can affect battery performance on the 3a Pro, and if so, how this mechanism works.

Any clarification or guidance on this matter would be very helpful.

themountofmint

I charged mine for 93% and left. So this is what I’ve got🤪🤪🤪

Well, that second screen is not right, of course, don’t even try this

Also, a few updates on battery health. It was 91, then became 92 once and then 91 again. Seems that’s the current health.

Anonymous1123

themountofmint Lucky. I already get max 3 hours while gaming but even if I just watch youtube or whatsapp my battery dies in 6 hours

It’s getting worse day by day. Doing another full charge tonight to recalibrate 🫠

themountofmint

Anonymous1123 I did today. Will watch how it goes.

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