Nothing’s Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Plus Smartphones Spotted on India’s BIS Database

The UK-based smartphone maker, Nothing, has already teased its upcoming Nothing Phone (3a) model just recently, and based on the previous hints shared, it is expected to hit the market in April 2025. Now, as we are nearing this expected launch time frame, the Nothing Phone (3a) and Nothing Phone (3a) Plus models have made it to the BIS certification database of India.
Read more about the update below.
Nothing Phone (3a) and Nothing Phone (3a) Plus – BIS Certification
The Nothing Phone (3a) and Nothing Phone (3a) Plus models bear the model numbers of ‘A059’ and ‘A059P’ respectively, and these two have been included on the BIS database as of on the 22nd of January 2025. Nothing about their specs or features have been revealed via the BIS listing, but it has now been confirmed that both these models will also be debuted in the Indian market as well.
Speaking more, Nothing as mentioned teased its upcoming Phone (3a) model by sharing the image of its assigned Pokémon code – Arcanine, whereas the Phone (3a) Plus is said to be assigned with the Pokémon code – ‘Hisuian Arcanine’. These two have also appeared on the GSMA IMEI database, with codenames of ‘asteroids’ and ‘asteroids_plus’ respectively. Other than the Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Plus models, reportedly the Phone (3) and CMF Phone 2 models are also in work.
Apart from the BIS and IMEI listings, the upcoming Phone (3a) model has also received the UL Demko certification and was listed on the Geekbench database. While the UL Demko listing suggested a 4290 mAh battery (not yet sure), the Geekbench database revealed that it may use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset.
Probably more updates are going to be shared in the coming days, and it will likely reveal more about Nothing’s upcoming smartphone models and their expected specs and features. Stay tuned.