Plan to replace my NP4A Pro to NP3

FredKick · 2026-08-03T04:55:38+00:00

Hi, I recently buy the Nothing Phone 4A Pro and really loved it due to its OS which really near in stock android, yes, it lacks a lot of features but over all I'm okay with it, specially I'm from Xiaomi/Redmi Phones which comes with bloatware and ads (Redmi Note Series from note 7 to Note 12 turbo). what makes me think to get the NP3 is due to the storage because I usually have games in my phone such as CODM, Wilf rift, fallout, townsmen and Many emulator games along-side it's may Rom (Citra, PPSSPP, Drastic and My boy). But after researching I notice that there's a lot of ongoing issue that the NP3 face such as battery, Display issue (tint), Optimization and OS Update being left out. Note that i don't usually buy new phone yearly Hope y'all help me to decide.

Daniel

UpawNothing Also, when you test this, use an unregistered finger so that you can spam the test haha

UpawNothing

Daniel

Not very usable with the brightness turned all the way down. Wouldn’t really use it like this.

Daniel

UpawNothing thanks for testing!

UpawNothing

Daniel No worries, is that the only time the green tint appears? I thought people were seeing a green tint all the time?

I would still like the proximity sensor issue when making calls fixed… 😃

Daniel

UpawNothing No worries, is that the only time the green tint appears? I thought people were seeing a green tint all the time?

It also appears when brightness level is above 46%, for example, see this video https://nothing.community/en/d/48173-phone-3-display-shows-green-tint-and-poor-black-colours/84

Til21 🇩🇪

Daniel

I have some more very obvious footage:

I love that Phone so much but at night there’s always that slightly cheap feeling due to that tint 🙁

You mentioned it many times yourself so for you it’s obvious but I wanted to point it out for other people 🙂

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I don’t have any of the issues you say on my np3

UpawNothing

Til21 🇩🇪 Does this only occur when logging in with the finger print sensor? Is this maybe the high intensity light from the optical sensor bleeding into the rest of the display? Wonder if this occurs on other phones with optical sensors?

RiyanR

Til21 🇩🇪 @Danielle I also have this issue man😭

Daniel

Til21 🇩🇪 I love that Phone so much but at night there’s always that slightly cheap feeling due to that tint 🙁

Exactly my feeling, I’m using (4a) Pro just because of this green tint issue.

Til21 🇩🇪

UpawNothing

No it’s only on Phone (3).

Here is my 4a; I have chosen a grey background to detect colour shifts easier but it’s perfectly fine as a Phone should be:

UpawNothing

Til21 🇩🇪 Thank you for the clarification. 👍 As you say a clear differentiation there.

Daniel

UpawNothing You don’t have any of those issues?

UpawNothing

Daniel I can replicate the fingerprint issue in a very dark room. Never really noticed it before as I always use the correct finger to unlock my phone. I can’t say it’s really affecting me at all and is really the first time I have tried to replicate it based on the videos uploaded to this thread. I have auto brightness enabled so in darker spaces the brightness automatically drops below 60 percent and outside this issue is not noticeable at all. It’s really a non issue for me. The proximity sensor issue during calls though is a big issue for me. Hopefully Nothing will fix both with a software update, not holding my breath though… 😊

RiyanR

Daniel can you share this with the nothing team pls

Daniel

RiyanR It was already shared and currently being investigated.

RiyanR

Daniel let’s hope this issue will be fixed in next update