Nothing Phone (3a) vs vivo X300 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - €330 12GB/256GB - $379 | €379	€1049

Design

Dimensions
6.44 x 3.05 x 0.33 inches 163.52 x 77.5 x 8.35 mm	5.93 x 2.83 x 0.31 inches 150.57 x 71.92 x 7.95 mm
Weight
7.09 oz / 201.0 g	6.70 oz / 190.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP64	Yes; IP69
Biometrics
Optical in-screen fingerprint	Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key, Other	Left: Other; Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White, Blue

Display

Size
6.8-inch, 87.32% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 49.19% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 120Hz, 3000 nits	AMOLED, 120Hz
Resolution
2392x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 388 PPI	264x1216px, 19.5:9 ratio, 197 PPI
Protection
Panda Glass

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
1184 (Average)	2480 (Excellent)
Bright Min
2.2 (Average)	1.9 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SM7635 (4 nm)	Mediatek Dimensity 9500 MT6993 (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1x2.5GHz Cortex-A720 3x2.4​GHz Cortex-A720 4x1.8​GHz Cortex-A520	Octa-core 1x4.21GHz Lumex C1-Ultra 3x3.5GHz Lumex C1-Premium 4x2.7G​Hz Lumex C1-Pro
GPU
Adreno 710	Mali G1-Ultra MC12
Memory
8GB/128GB 12GB/256GB	12GB (LPDDR5X)/256GB (UFS 4.1) 12GB/512GB 16GB/256GB 16GB/512GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (15)	Android (16)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1174	3239
GeekBench 6 Multi
3337	9348
3D Mark High
1060	6852
3D Mark Low
1055	3800

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh	6040 mAh
Charging
Fast charging Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
Wired: 50.0W	Wired: 90.0W Wireless: 40.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

7h 38min

Browsing

17h 4min

Video

11h 6min

Gaming

11h 21min

Battery Life Estimate

8h 3min

Browsing

19h 46min

Video

11h 10min

Gaming

10h 39min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Triple camera
Main camera
50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/1.57"	200 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.4" Pixel size: 0.56 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide)	50 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal Length: 15 mm Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Third camera
50 MP (Telephoto) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/2.74"	50 MP (Telephoto, Periscope) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.6 Focal Length: 70 mm Sensor size: 1/1.95"
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps)	Yes
Front
32 MP	50 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

126

Overall

135

Photo

117

Video

143

Overall

155

Photo

131

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.4	5.4
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Multiple antennas, MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6	5G Ready
LTE Bands
1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
TDD Bands
38, 39, 40, 41, 42
3G Bands
1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM

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Memory	12GB/256GB

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