Nothing Phone 4b Announced, Skipping Canadian Launch

Nothing is launching its new affordable Phone 4b phone today. Drawing core inspiration from the Phone 4a and Phone 4a Pro, the Phone 4b is positioned as the company’s cheapest tier of devices. Unfortunately, it appears as though Phone 4b won’t arrive in Canada or the US.

The company revealed the Phone 4b after extensively teasing the device for a few weeks. The Phone 4B appears to replace last year’s Phone 3a Lite, introducing a brand-new ‘B’ series of devices. It takes design aspects from the 4a phones, which were released in March. The body of the Phone 4b looks similar to the 4a Pro, with a version of the Glyph Bar notification LEDs from the standard 4a.

Nothing Phone 4b offers a 6.77-inch OLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate support. Under the hood, the Phone 4b sports Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 processor. It also features 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. As for the camera array, Nothing is providing a dual-camera setup with a 50-megapixel main lens and a secondary camera, though the secondary camera’s resolution is strangely not listed. Compared to the Phone 3a Lite, Nothing is upgrading the battery in a major way. The Phone 4b features a 5,200mAh battery (6,000mAh in India). This is the largest battery in a Nothing phone thus far.

Nothing 4b also ships with Android 16, with the company promising three years of OS updates and six years of security patches provided.

The unfortunate news is that despite how tantalizing the Nothing Phone 4b may sound, North Americans won’t have access to the device at launch. The company is launching the Phone 4b only in the UK, Europe, and India for £299 / €329 (around $568 CAD). The Phone 4b will be available in white, black, and blue colour options in these markets. If a cost-efficient Nothing device is something you’re in the market for, the Phone 4a is still available in Canada for $649.