{"id":664852,"date":"2025-04-24T01:26:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T22:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T01:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T22:26:04","slug":"nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Phone (3a) Iridescent Community Edition Concept Might Be the Prettiest Tech Drop This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d82125c9b1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d82125c9b1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-548023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/23\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Nothing Phone (3a) Iridescent Community Edition Concept Might Be the Prettiest Tech Drop This Year\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter how young or grown-up you are, I\u2019m sure you find iridescence fascinating. Whether it\u2019s the swirling colors on a floating bubble, a pool of gasoline on the road, the shimmering back of an insect, or the reverse face of a CD, iridescence evokes a sense of wonder and childlike joy regardless of age.<\/p>\n<p>Designers Naorem Arlex and Vivek Mahajan bring that same unique joy to the Phone (3a) with their \u2018Carpe Diem\u2019 community edition concept. Designed with shiny, colorful iridescent components, this Phone (3a) concept has the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal of a compact disc \u2013 positively hypnotic!<\/p>\n<p>Designers: Naorem Arlex and Vivek Mahajan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-548024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/23\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Nothing Phone (3a) Iridescent Community Edition Concept Might Be the Prettiest Tech Drop This Year\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-548024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/23\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Nothing Phone (3a) Iridescent Community Edition Concept Might Be the Prettiest Tech Drop This Year\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"6f9cd47e1b5a0dba27339326-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"6f9cd47e1b5a0dba27339326-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nothing launched the Community Edition competition for the Nothing Phone (3a) earlier this month, flagging off a contest between its legions of fans to design a uniquely eye-catching limited-edition version of the phone, mainly through exploring color finishes and graphical variations. Arlex and Mahajan\u2019s concept does just that, quite like last year\u2019s glow-in-the-dark Phone (2a) community-edition device.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-548025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/23\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Nothing Phone (3a) Iridescent Community Edition Concept Might Be the Prettiest Tech Drop This Year\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-548025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/23\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Nothing Phone (3a) Iridescent Community Edition Concept Might Be the Prettiest Tech Drop This Year\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The phone features two interesting design upgrades. First, the camera bump and the faux circuit boards both get an iridescent upgrade, but secondly (and more interestingly), a s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> on the bottom left of the phone acts as a color-based thermal indicator, changing hues when the phone heats up. Playing with the iridescent color-change in metals when they go from regular to hot, this little strip acts as a thermometer of sorts, letting you know when your phone heats up, but in a way that aesthetically ties into the phone\u2019s colorful design.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-548026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/23\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Nothing Phone (3a) Iridescent Community Edition Concept Might Be the Prettiest Tech Drop This Year\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-548026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/23\/nothing-phone-3a-iridescent-community-edition-concept-might-be-the-prettiest-tech-drop-this-year\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Nothing Phone (3a) Iridescent Community Edition Concept Might Be the Prettiest Tech Drop This Year\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/nothing-phone-3a-community-edition-concept-explores-iridescent-backplate\/nothing_phone_3a_community_edition_4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"6f9cd47e1b5a0dba27339326-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"6f9cd47e1b5a0dba27339326-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arlex and Mahajan\u2019s concept shows a variety of color explorations within the iridescence concept. Each of them taps into that wonderful \u2018eye-catching\u2019 factor of an iridescent object, whether a bubble or a CD. Just like last year\u2019s glow-in-the-dark phone, this one stops you in your tracks and invites you to inspect it, admire it, and feel like a bit of a curious child again.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/community-edition.nothing.tech\/gallery\/991285\/240785\/746300275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carpe Diem<\/a> Community Edition Phone (3a) concept is among over 300 other fan-made concepts. You can check them <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/community-edition.nothing.tech\/gallery\/991285\/240785\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all out here<\/a> (and vote for your favorite).<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SHARE\"><\/span>SHARE<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"sd-content\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-x\"><span>X<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-linkedin\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pocket\"><span>Pocket<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\"><span>Email<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-end\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"sharing-hidden\">\n<div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-telegram\"><span>Telegram<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-threads\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><span>WhatsApp<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-mastodon\"><span>Mastodon<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-bluesky\"><span>Bluesky<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-nextdoor\"><span>Nextdoor<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-end\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n                            <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                <span>Sarang Sheth<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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