Deals: Nothing Phone (3a) launches in the US, Apple releases new iPad, iPad Air and Macs

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Deals: Nothing Phone (3a) launches in the US, Apple releases new iPad, iPad Air and Macs

Nothing is one of the promising new brands to emerge recently and, unlike most others, it has an official presence in the US. This week its first phone with a telephoto camera became available.

The Nothing Phone (3a) is a mid-ranger and is available in two configurations, both under $500. Nothing doesn’t do small phones, so this one is equipped with a 6.77” 1080p+ display (120Hz, 10-bit, HDR10+, 3,000 nits). Instead of a Dimensity chip, the company picked a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 this time around. The battery is a 5,000mAh cell with 50W wired-only charging.

The camera setup includes a 50MP main (1/1.57”, OIS) and now a 50MP 50mm telephoto (2x), plus an 8MP ultra-wide and a 32MP selfie. Check out our hands-on review for camera samples. If that isn’t enough camera for you, you may want to wait a couple of weeks for the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro to arrive (it launches on March 25).

Apple released its new tablets and computers this week. The new basic iPad now flaunts 128GB base storage, but not enough RAM or chipset performance to run Apple Intelligence. The A16 chipset still offers a performance boost over the 2022 model, but this and the storage are the only things that Apple changed.

Despite upgrading the iPad Air duo last year with the M2 chip, Apple decided not to leave another 2-year gap and released new 11” and 13” iPad Air slates with the M3 chip. This is a generation behind compared to what’s inside the iPad Pros from last year, but better than the M2 inside the 2022 Pros. Like with the basic iPad, the chipset is the only notable upgrade this generation.

If you want M4 power while maintaining portability, the new MacBook Air laptops are an option. Available in 13.6” and 15.3”, these weigh 2.7lbs and 3.3lbs, respectively. This is compared to 1.3lbs for a 13” iPad Pro, but keep in mind that the matching Magic Keyboard adds 1.46lbs (yes, it’s heavier than the iPad itself).

Finally, with no new Mac Pro in sight, the 2025 Mac Studio is the most powerful Apple computer right now. It’s available with an M4 Max or an M3 Ultra. Note that the latter costs double, but that’s mostly the RAM and storage – the M3 Ultra model comes with a whopping 96GB of RAM! This is compared to 36GB on the M4 Max.