Nothing’s first B-series phone is also skipping the US

Nothing is shaking up the branding of its cheapest phones, following up last year’s Phone 3A Lite with a new Phone 4B. Combining design elements of the 4A and 4A Pro, it follows Nothing’s previous cheaper handsets in skipping the US market.

The company already uses the “A” branding to market its cheaper tier of products, and the first “B” phone sits another level below that. The 4B seemingly replaces the naming convention used for last year’s Phone 3A Lite.

Design-wise, it borrows a little from the two 4A phones, which launched in March this year. The unibody look is similar to the 4A Pro, though now in plastic rather than metal, but it pairs that with a “refined” version of the Glyph Bar notification LEDs seen on the regular 4A. The Phone 4B will be available in white, black, and blue colors, and has an IP64 rating for dust and water protection.

The specs are typical for a budget phone. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 powers the phone, paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. The 6.77-inch display is a 120Hz OLED, but the cameras sound basic: a dual rear camera with a 50-megapixel, OIS main sensor; and an ultrawide with no listed resolution. The battery is more of a highlight, as the 5,200mAh capacity — 6,000mAh in India — makes it Nothing’s biggest yet. The phone ships with Android 16, and Nothing promises it will get three years of OS updates and six of security patches.

While the Phone 4A Pro is on sale in the US, the 4B follows other cheaper Nothing phones in limiting its launch to the UK, Europe, and India. It will cost £299 / €329 (around $400) when it launches on July 17th, a £50 / €80 increase on the similarly specced Phone 3A Lite. It’s joined by the launch of the $99 Ear 3A earbuds, which by contrast are getting a US release.