Nothing's Phone (4b) undercuts every flagship on the market

Nothing launched the Phone (4b) on 7 July at £299, roughly $400, with sales starting at its Soho store in London on the 11th and wider retail availability from the 14th. It's a rare thing this year: a mid-range phone that doesn't feel like it's cutting corners to hit the price.

The spec sheet is the story here. A 6.77-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chip, 8GB of RAM, up to 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage, and a 5,200mAh battery, all running Android 16 with three years of OS updates and six years of security updates. That support window alone beats plenty of phones costing twice as much.

There's a catch worth knowing before you get excited: it's not coming to the US. Nothing is keeping the Phone (4a) Pro as its cheapest device in America, which means this one's a UK and Europe story only for now.

It keeps Nothing's transparent design language and glyph lighting, which still divides opinion, but at this price the compromises are easy to live with. It won't out-camera a Galaxy S26 or out-chip an iPhone, and most people replacing a three-year-old phone don't need it to.

Should you care? If you're in the UK or Europe and your current phone is on its last legs, this is the mid-range pick to beat right now. If you're in the US, this launch isn't for you, yet.