Nothing Phone (3a) Pro vs Fairphone 6
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.77-inch Nothing Phone (3a) Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) that was released on March 4, 2025, against the Fairphone 6, which is powered by the same chip and came out 4 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Delivers 78% higher peak brightness (1317 against 741 nits)
- Water-resistant body (IP64 classification)
- Has a 0.46 inch larger screen size
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports higher wattage charging (50W versus 30W)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 6
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- 11% higher pixel density (431 vs 387 PPI)
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
- Weighs 18 grams less
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.77 inches | 6.31 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2392 pixels | 1116 x 2484 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 387 ppi | 431 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 1400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3000 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Panda Glass | Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.4% | 83.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 97.2% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 2 ms |
| Contrast | - | β Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Phone (3a) Pro
6.77β³ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
Fairphone 6
6.31β³ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.52 mm (6.44 inches) | 156.5 mm (6.16 inches) |
| Width | 77.5 mm (3.05 inches) | 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) | 9.6 mm (0.38 inches) |
| Weight | 211 g (7.44 oz) | 193 g (6.81 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP64 | IP55 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gray | White, Black, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | - | Excellent (4.77/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) Β· 300 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720) - 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720) - 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 810 | Adreno 810 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1050 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~537.6 GFLOPS | ~537.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4459 | 4823 |
| Single-core score | 1182 | 1161 |
| Multi-core score | 3357 | 3390 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 412882 | 417057 |
| GPU | 181358 | 181597 |
| Memory | 195833 | 192786 |
| UX | 273036 | 235585 |
| Total score | 1063109 | 1027025 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 380 | 413 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11321 | 13557 |
| Video editing | 6246 | 7169 |
| Photo editing | 20223 | 21690 |
| Data manipulation | 10284 | 11111 |
| Writing score | 16850 | 16942 |
Recent User Tests
Nothing Phone (3a) Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-15 (Floyd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1054677 |
| π 2026-08-04 (Chicha | #LYT-600) | AnTuTu 11 | 1059547 |
| π 2026-08-01 (Ghost) | AnTuTu 11 | 1075398 |
| π 2026-06-13 (Wal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1078269 |
| π 2026-05-30 (Syed Shahzaib Subhani) | AnTuTu 11 | 1040961 |
Fairphone 6
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 2048 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | Nothing OS 4.0 | - |
| OS updates | 3 years | 8 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 8 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4415 mAh |
| Max charge power | 50 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | Yes |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (60% in 15 min) | Yes (50% in 25 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:09 hr | - |
| Watching video | 16:21 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:48 hr | - |
| Standby | 131 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 3) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung GNJ | Sony LYTIA-700C |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | - |
| Focal length | 70 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-600 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung KD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/3.42" (β 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 1440p at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2025 | June 2025 |
| Release date | March 2025 | June 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $459 | $599 |
| Successor | - Nothing Phone (4a) Pro | - |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.48 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.38 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the battery life, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro. But if the sound is more of a priority β go for the Fairphone 6.
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