One of the biggest battery drainers for any smartphone is the always-on display. Companies regularly tell you that this display setting only drains about 1% to 2% an hour, but let's be honest -- it's always way more. It may be nice to glance at your phone while it sits on a table to check the time, but it's probably not worth sacrificing battery life.
The Nothing Phone (4a) has an excellent 6.78-inch 120Hz display with a 1224x2720px resolution and a peak brightness of 4,500 nits. Ticking inside is a 4nm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, a newer-gen SoC than the 7s Gen 3 in this phone's predecessor, offering around 7% CPU and GPU performance improvements and a 10% efficiency improvement.