Motorola recently dropped another smartphone in India this month. The company launched the Motorola Edge 60 Stylus at a starting price of Rs 22,999 earlier this week. This newly launched smartphone comes with a built-in stylus, which is what sets it apart from its competitors, including the Nothing Phone (3a) (review). The latter arrived in India last month at a starting price of Rs 24,999.
In this article, we will compare the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion with the Nothing Phone (3a) and let you vote for the best mid-range smartphone based on their specifications!
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Motorola Edge 60 Stylus vs Nothing Phone (3a): design
The Motorola Edge 60 Stylus and the Nothing Phone (3a) are totally different in design language. The Motorola Edge 60 Stylus comes with a plastic chassis and a vegan leather back panel. It sports a square shaped camera module and it comes with a built-in stylus – a feature that remains missing in the competition. Contrary to that, the Nothing Phone (3a) comes with aluminium chassis and a glass back with a pill-shaped rear camera module. It also sports a customisable Glyph interface that is unique to Nothing’s smartphones.
Beyond this, the Motorola Edge 60 Stylus measures 161.25 x 74.78 x 8.29 mm and it weighs 191 grams. It comes in Pantone Surf the Web and Pantone Gibraltar Sea colour variants and IP68 dust and water resistant coating. The Nothing Phone (3a), on the other hand, measures 163.52 x 77.50 x 8.35 mm and is heavier at 201 grams. It is available in Black, White and Blue colour variants and IP64 dust and water resistant coating.
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Motorola Edge 60 Stylus vs Nothing Phone (3a): display
While both the phones measure almost the same, Motorola’s smartphone offers a better resolution than Nothing’s smartphone. The Motorola Edge 60 Stylus comes with a 6.67-inch pOLED 2.5D display that with a resolution of 2712 x 1220 pixels, 120Hz of screen refresh rate, 3,000 nits of peak brightness and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
The Nothing Phone (3a) has a bigger 6.77-inch flexible AMOLED display with a resolution of 2392 x 1080 pixels, 120Hz of screen refresh rate, 3,000 nits of peak brightness, Panda Glass protection on top and HDR10+ support.
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Motorola Edge 60 Stylus vs Nothing Phone (3a): performance
As far as the core specifications are concerned, the Motorola Edge 60 Stylus is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset that is coupled with 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. This chipset was announced in September 2023.
The Nothing Phone (3a) houses an upgraded Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset that is coupled with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage space. It is available in 128GB and 256GB storage space, which gives buyers more options to pick from.
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Motorola Edge 60 Stylus vs Nothing Phone (3a): camera
The Motorola Edge 60 Stylus has a dual camera setup at the back while the Nothing Phone (3a) comes with a triple rear camera setup. The Motorola Edge 60 Stylus has a 50MP primary lens with Sony Lytia 700C sensor and Optical Image Stabalisation (OIS) technology and a 13MP ultra-wide-angle lens. On the front, it has a 32MP selfie shooter.
The Nothing Phone (3a) has a 50MP primary lens with a Samsung sensor, OIS and Electronic Image Stabalisation (EIS) technology, a 50MP telephoto lens with Samsung sensor and 2x optical zoom, and an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens. On the front, it has a 32MP selfie camera.
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Motorola Edge 60 Stylus vs Nothing Phone (3a): software
While both the smartphones run Android 15 mobile operating system, the Nothing Phone (3a) offers a longer software support compared to the Motorola Edge 60 Stylus. It runs Android 15-based Nothing OS 3.1 and it offers three years of OS updates and six years of security updates. This means it will get OS updates until Android 18.
The Motorola Edge 60 Stylus, on the other hand, runs Android 15 out-of-the-box. It offers two years of Android updates and three years of security updates. This means, it will get OS updates until Android 17.
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Motorola Edge 60 Stylus vs Nothing Phone (3a): battery and charging
Lastly, the battery. Both the phones, that is, the Nothing Phone (3a) and the Motorola Edge 60 Stylus come with a 5,000mAh battery. However, Motorola offers better fast charging capability than Nothing. It comes with 68W TurboPower charging capability as opposed to the Nothing smartphone’s 50W support.
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