Nothing Phone (4a) Pro vs Apple iPhone 17e
72
out of 100
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79
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch Nothing Phone (4a) Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4) that was released on March 5, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 17e, which is powered by Apple A19. 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 (4a) Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Has a 0.73 inch larger screen size
- Delivers 90% higher peak brightness (1554 against 818 nits)
- Comes with 1075 mAh larger battery capacity: 5080 vs 4005 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (50W versus 25W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17e
- 68% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2272K versus 1355K)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- 2.7x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3595 and 1332 points
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 41 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.1 mm narrower
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.83 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1260 x 2800 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 440 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-144 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 5000 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 98.7% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Phone (4a) Pro
6.83″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
iPhone 17e
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~23% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 210 g (7.41 oz) | 169 g (5.96 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Metal | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Pink | White, Black, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Average (2.99/5) | Average (2.79/5) |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 100 drops | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 | Apple A19 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-520) - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-720) - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-720) |
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 722 | 4 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1150 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1177.6 GFLOPS | ~2073.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4719 | 31620 |
| Single-core score | 1332 | 3595 |
| Multi-core score | 4146 | 9245 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 472802 | 694087 |
| GPU | 312151 | 750153 |
| Memory | 226990 | 238765 |
| UX | 343282 | 589170 |
| Total score | 1355225 | 2272175 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1752 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 31 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 34 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 31 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 8032 |
Recent User Tests
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-16 (KJIUKU) | AnTuTu 12 | 1523984 |
| 📘 2026-08-03 (Petros@n) | AnTuTu 11 | 1355225 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (Razvan589) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 4719 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (Razvan589) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1332 / 4146 |
Apple iPhone 17e
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-14 (kpvas) | AnTuTu 11 | 2134388 |
| 📘 2026-06-10 (Cocoon) | AnTuTu 11 | 2272175 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (Cosgun) | AnTuTu 11 | 2060838 |
| 📘 2026-05-31 (Cosgun) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3595 / 9245 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iOS 26.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | Nothing OS 4.1 | - |
| OS size | 37.3 GB | 20 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5080 mAh | 4005 mAh |
| Max charge power | 50 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | - |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (68% in 30 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:01 hr | 1:34 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1400 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:55 hr | 11:40 hr |
| Watching video | 21:01 hr | 16:33 hr |
| Gaming | 06:05 hr | 06:37 hr |
| Standby | 132 hr | 135 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (80th and 87th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.5x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX896 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.9 | - |
| Focal length | 80 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KKD1 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.3 |
| 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2026 | March 2026 |
| Release date | March 2026 | March 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $599 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone 17e is definitely a better buy.
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