The phone universe continues to expand. On Wednesday, the company introduced the fourth model in the Phone 3 LineUp: A Lutho 3A Lite. The cheapest model in the series, the phone 3a lite has spoiled the unique style of the product with speal all-pares specs of the entry handset. However, with the company saying its non-flagship devices will soon feature pre-installed apps and lock screen ads, there may be a trade-off.
First, nothing told Engedget that the phone won’t come to the US. Therefore, Americans only have the previous trio of third-party handsets. That’s not phone 3, nothing 3a 3a, and nothing 3a pro.
The ALT POFF 3A Lite uses a Panda Glass Casing over an aluminum inner frame. As you can see, it retains some familiar design strokes, although it has been scaled down to match its €249 price. As the company explains, “the asymmetric, transparent appearance and nano-coating create a good balance of matte and gloss.” (Poetry!) Telephone ships in a variety of white and black. Whether or not design language is your cup of tea or not, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more elegant and bold design language on a budget model.
The handset features a key, a multi-purpose physical button found on all phone models 3. The phone is rated for dust and water resistance.
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Nothing beats a different glyph system (while keeping costs down) by using a notification LED. (Remember those on the original Android phones?) This “Glyph Light” model allows Flip Lineup to feature a glyph, which switches to light alerts when the device is face down. The LED can house “important contact and action notifications” and work as a timer for the camera. You can also customize its light sequence for calls and specific contacts.
The handset has a 5,000 Mah battery. No advertising 22 hours of YouTube playback or 9.5 hours of playback. It supports 33W fast charging, reaching 50 percent in about 20 minutes.
Phone 3A Lite has a triple camera system. That includes a 50mp main camera with 1 / 1.57-inch sensors. Joining it is an 8MP Wide-Wide and Macro Lens. The rear camera system shoots 4K video in the app at 30 FPS. On its front is a 16MP lens.
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ALPOL 3A Lite The 3A Lite has many specifications to show the specs of a budget phone. It uses a 6.77-inch flexible panel with 1,080 x 2 2,392 Resolution (387 PPI). It has a consistent 120hz refresh rate and a 1,000hz sampling rate. It can reach a maximum of 3,000 nits for HDR Helk and 1,300 nits for Clinks Outdoor.
The processor of the handset is 4NMM Mediatek Cimensity 7300 Pro 5G. The 8-Core CPU can reach 2.5 GHz. No chip does better than the mediatek 7200 silicon for a post-day 2A phone. The company claims that its CPU is 15 percent faster, its GPU supports 20 higher FPS, and its NPU delivers better AI performance.
The phone also uses a liquid cooling system, which can help during extensive gaming sessions. It ships with 8GB of RAM and comes in 128GB and 256GB tiers.
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The phone comes with nothing OS 3.5 UI on top of Android 15. The company says nothing OS 4.0 will arrive in the first half of 2026.
And that brings us back to those trade-offs. At the beginning of this week, nothing has been confirmed 9to5Google That its strategy going forward will include “lockdown.” This lock screen background feature includes text with links to external content owned by a Chinese advertising company. (That company, boyuan, says it offers a “rich mix of content” to help its partners “sell mobile traffic.
Fortunately, the lock screen is turned off by default in the current Iltholi OS 4.0 Beta. Nothing written will give users “full control over features like glow-in-the-dark keys.” However, that promise doesn’t necessarily mean that the feature will always be there by default.
Another cost-effective way to make money is not (guaranteed) accepting pre-installed apps. The company said that its “carefully considered” third-party applications that “many people install per day, such as Instagram.” To be fair, that’s a common practice among Android phone manufacturers. And nothing that will make third-party apps get removed.
But again, the rhyme here works against one aspect of the product’s Ethos: clean, free software. And if compelling business considerations compromise this area, it makes you questionable
ALP POFF 3A Lite is available now in Europe on the Company’s website. The 128GB model costs €249 (EU) / £249 (UK). Meanwhile, the 256GB model will set you back €279 (EU) / £279 (UK).
Update, October 29, 2025, 11: 20 AM et: This story has been updated to add information from the lack of US availability and additional information from public posts that are not available.
