Phone comparison · UK prices · October 2026
Nothing Phone (3) or Pixel 10: which should you buy?
The short answer
The Nothing Phone (3) leads on battery life and the screen, and has the bigger screen. The Pixel 10 leads on toughness and software updates, and is smaller. The Nothing Phone (3) costs £8 more than the Pixel.
Comparing 2 phones
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Nothing Phone (3)Overall score 86/100
Pixel 10Overall score 85/100
What the extra money buys
The Nothing Phone (3) costs £8 more than the Pixel.
You get: faster charging by cable, a brighter screen, a sharper selfie camera and a bigger screen.
You give up: a longer zoom, better water resistance, a smaller body and more years of Android upgrades.
Worth it if you want faster charging by cable and a brighter screen. Keep the money if a longer zoom matters more to you.
Differences in daily life
Battery and charging
Best: Nothing Phone (3)The Nothing Phone (3) charges faster by cable (65 W vs 30 W on the Pixel), so it tops up quicker with a compatible charger.
Screen
Best: Nothing Phone (3)The Nothing Phone (3) has the brighter screen (4,500 nits vs 3,000 nits on the Pixel), so it is easier to read in strong sunlight.
Camera
Depends on youThe Pixel 10's zoom lens reaches further (5x vs 3x on the Nothing Phone), for closer shots of faraway subjects.
The Nothing Phone (3)'s selfie camera has more megapixels (50 MP vs 10 MP on the Pixel), so selfies and video calls can look more detailed.
Speed
EvenBoth have similar benchmark results, close enough not to matter much day to day.
Toughness
Best: Pixel 10The Pixel 10 has the better water and dust rating (IP69 vs IP68 on the Nothing Phone), so on top of surviving a dunk it is also rated against high-pressure water jets.
Size and weight
Depends on youThe Pixel 10 is smaller overall (152.8 × 72 mm vs 160.6 × 75.6 mm on the Nothing Phone), so it is easier to reach across with one hand.
The Nothing Phone (3) has the bigger screen (6.67 inches vs 6.3 inches on the Pixel), which gives more room for videos, maps and reading.
Software updates
Best: Pixel 10The Pixel 10 promises more major Android upgrades (7 vs 5 on the Nothing Phone), so it should get new Android versions for longer.
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Scores
| Score | Nothing Phone (3) | Pixel 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 80 | 72 |
| Screen | 91 | 89 |
| Camera | 85 | 86 |
| Speed | 83 | 80 |
| Toughness | 85 | 96 |
| Connections and extras | 90 | 88 |
| Overall | 86 | 85 |
How these scores are made: Each score is calculated from the maker's published specs and benchmark results, using one fixed formula for every phone. We have not tested these phones in the hand. How we score phones
Specs side by side
Display
- Type
- OLEDLTPO OLED
- Size
- 6.67 inches6.3 inches
- Resolution
- 1260×2800 pixels1080×2424 pixels
- PPI
- 460422
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 88.5 %86.1 %
- Display features
- 1 billion colors Capacitive Touchscreen HDR10+ Multi-touch displayCapacitive Touchscreen HDR10+ Multi-touch display
- Max rated brightness
- 4500 nits3000 nits
- Screen protection
- Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Mohs level 5Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, Mohs level 4
Core Specifications
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4Google Tensor G5
- Fabrication Technology
- 4 nm3 nm
- CPU max frequency
- 3210 MHz3780 MHz
- Microarchitecture
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A7201x 3.78 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-A725 2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex-A520
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno 825IMG PowerVR DXT-48-1536
- RAM
- 12GB, 16GB12GB
- Storage
- 256GB, 512GB128GB, 256GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 4.0N/A
Software
- Operating System
- Android 15 (Vanilla Ice Cream) , with up to 5 major Android upgradesAndroid 16 (Baklava) , with up to 7 major Android upgrades
Main Camera
- Matrix
- 50 MP48 MP
- Video Resolution
- 2160p @ 30/60 fps 1080p @ 30/60 fps2160p @ 24/30/60 fps 1080p @ 24/30/60/120/240 fps
- Video Features
- Gyro-EIS, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS)10-bit HDR, Gyro-EIS, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS)
- Features
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) PanoramaPanorama
- Lenses
- 50 MP , ƒ /1.7, 24 mm ( Wide-angle ), 1.0 μm , 1/1.3" Sensor size - Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) - PDAF 50 MP , ƒ /2.7, 50 mm ( Periscope telephoto ), x3 optical zoom, 1/2.75" Sensor size - Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) - PDAF 50 MP , ƒ /2.2, 114° ( Ultra-Wide angle ), 0.64 μm , 1/2.76" Sensor size48 MP , ƒ /1.7, 25 mm ( Wide-angle ), 0.8 μm , 1/2.0" Sensor size Dual-Pixel PDAF Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) 10. 8 MP , ƒ /3.1, 112 mm ( Telephoto ), x5 optical zoom, 1/3.2" Sensor size - Dual-Pixel PDAF - Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) 13 MP , ƒ /2.2, 120° ( Ultra-Wide angle ), 1/3.1" Sensor size - PDAF
Selfie camera
- Matrix
- 50 MP10 MP
- Lenses
- 50 MP , ƒ /2.2, 81° ( Wide-angle ), 1/2.76" Sensor size5 MP , ƒ /2.2, 20 mm , 95° ( Ultra-Wide angle ), 1.22 μm , 1/3.1" Sensor size - PDAF
- Video Resolution
- 2160p @ 60 fps 1080p @ 60 fps2160p @ 30/60 fps 1080p @ 30/60 fps
- Features
- High Dynamic Range (HDR)High Dynamic Range (HDR) Panorama
General
- Announced
- Wednesday, 02 July 2025Wednesday, 20 August 2025
- Released
- Tuesday, 15 July 2025Thursday, 28 August 2025
Battery
- Capacity
- 5150 mAh4970 mAh
- Type
- Si/C Li-IonLi-Ion
- Wired charging power
- 65W30W
- Features
- Reverse wired charging, Reverse wireless charging,Qi2 wireless charging, Reverse wired charging,
Battery Life Test
- Browsing
- 14:45 hh:mm16:11 hh:mm
- Video watching
- 10:36 hh:mm10:40 hh:mm
- Playing games
- 9:31 hh:mm10:13 hh:mm
Design
- Height
- 160.6 mm152.8 mm
- Width
- 75.6 mm72 mm
- Thickness
- 9 mm8.6 mm
- Weight
- 218 g204 g
- Resistance certificate
- IP68IP68, IP69
Network
- Network Type support
- 5G, LTE, HSPA5G, LTE (CA), HSPA
- Network_5G bands
- 5G: n1 (2100), n2 (1900), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n28 (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (2100), n71 (600), n77 (3700), n78 (3500 MHz)N/A
- Network_4G bands
- LTE: b1 (2100), b2 (1900), b3 (1800), b4 (1700), b6 (800), b7 (2600), b8 (900), b12 (700), b17 (700), b18 (800), b19 (800), b20 (800), b25 (1900), b26 (850), b28 (700), b30 (2300), b34 (2000), b38 (2600), b39 (1900), b40 (2300), b41 (2500), b42 (3500), b48 (3800), b66 (1700), b71 (600 MHz)LTE: b1 (2100), b2 (1900), b3 (1800), b4 (1700), b5 (850), b7 (2600), b8 (900), b12 (700), b13 (700), b14 (700), b17 (700), b18 (800), b19 (800), b20 (800), b21 (1500), b25 (1900), b26 (850), b28 (700), b29 (700), b30 (2300), b32 (1500), b38 (2600), b39 (1900), b40 (2300), b41 (2500), b42 (3500), b46 (5200), b48 (3800), b66 (1700), b70 (2000), b71 (600 MHz)
Connectivity
- WiFi support
- Yes ( Wi-Fi 7 )Yes ( Wi-Fi 6 )
- USB ports
- USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go,USB Type-C 3.2,
- GPS features
- BDS, GALILEO, GLONASS, GPS (L1 & L5), NavIC, QZSS, SBASBDS, GALILEO, GLONASS, GPS (L1 & L5), NavIC, QZSS
- Wi-Fi standards
- 802.11/a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be802.11/a/b/g/n/ac/ax
- Wi-Fi features
- Tri-band, Wi-Fi DirectDual-band