Nothing Phone (4b) launches at £299 — but its own sibling makes that a tough sell
Nothing has officially launched the Phone (4b), its new entry-level Android, priced at £299 in the UK and €329 in Europe. The phone goes on sale at Nothing's Soho store in London on July 11, with wider retail availability from July 14. It fills the gap left by the cancelled CMF sub-brand — and arrives at a moment when budget Android prices are quietly climbing across the board.
The phone
The Phone (4b) carries Nothing's signature look: exposed screws, a translucent back, and a redesigned Glyph Bar — now a compact horizontal strip rather than the larger interface seen on pricier models. It reacts to calls, notifications, and select app alerts.
Nothing Phone (4b) with its redesigned compact Glyph Bar.
The screen is a 6.77-inch OLED running at 120Hz with a peak brightness of 2,000 nits. Under the hood sits Qualcomm's Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 — a 4nm chip that delivers around 11% better CPU and 29% better GPU performance than its predecessor — paired with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and either 128GB or 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The main camera is a 50MP sensor with optical image stabilisation, backed by an 8MP ultrawide and a 16MP front camera. One headline trick: the phone can record simultaneously from both cameras.
Battery capacity is 5,200mAh (boosted to 6,000mAh for India), with 33W wired charging. Connectivity covers 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 6.0, and NFC. The phone ships with Android 16 and NothingOS 4.1, and Nothing promises three years of OS updates and six years of security patches — longer than most phones in this price bracket.
The Phone (4b) is available in black, white, and blue at launch.
The pricing problem
At £299, the Phone (4b) is only £50 cheaper than the Phone (4a) at £349. That gap is narrow enough to make potential buyers pause — the (4a) offers more for marginally more money, per 9to5Google. The (4b) was essentially forced into existence after Nothing cancelled its CMF sub-brand in 2026, a move driven by RAM costs doubling since March of this year. As Gagadget reported, co-founder Carl Pei has warned that smartphone prices will rise roughly 13% in UK and US markets by the end of 2026 — so don't expect a discount to materialise.
The £250–350 bracket is also crowded. The Motorola Edge 70, OnePlus Nord CE, and POCO devices all compete here, some with faster charging or more capable processors.
The Phone (4b) comes in black, white, and blue. It is not currently announced for the US market.