Nothing today introduced the affordable Nothing Phone (4b) smartphone and the premiere TWS Nothing Ear (3a) headphones.
The Nothing Phone (4b) has replaced the affordable CMF smartphone and become the most affordable smartphone in the brand's lineup. The Nothing Phone (4b) combines the styling of the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro and the Nothing Phone (4a).
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The camera island and the outline of the back panel are borrowed from the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, although unlike it, the cheaper model has a housing made entirely of plastic. The casing and screen are flat, and the wide camera bezel is made of transparent plastic, revealing the Glyph interface strip, familiar from the Nothing Phone (4a). Equipped with 45 individually controlled mini-LEDs with a brightness of up to 3500 nits, it provides clear notifications, charging progress information, recording indicators, and personalized alerts. The casing is available in white, black, and blue, but a limited edition in red is available in India, featuring the logo of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricket team. The casing offers IP64 waterproofing.
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The Nothing Phone (4b) has a Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 processor, 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM, and 128 or 256 GB of UFS 2.2 internal memory. Furthermore, the Nothing Phone (4b) is equipped with a 6.77-inch Flexible AMOLED screen with Full HD+ resolution, up to 2000 nits brightness, and a 120 Hz refresh rate, behind Dragontrail Pro glass. It's powered by a 5200mAh battery (6000mAh in India) with 33W charging. The Nothing Phone (4b) features an under-screen fingerprint reader, stereo speakers, and NFC (except in India). It also comes with an eSIM in Japan. The device runs on Android 16 with Nothing OS 4.1 and will receive three system updates and six years of patch support. The Phone (4b) delivers the full Essential AI experience. This includes native ChatGPT integration across the UI, clipboard, and widgets, as well as support for Google Gemini, Circle to Search, and Hey Google. A dedicated Essential Key gives users instant access to Essential Space, Essential Search, Essential Voice, Essential Apps, and Playground, making it easier to capture, organize, search, and create content. The Nothing Phone (4b) has a 50-megapixel camera (f/1.8, 1/2.76") with optical image stabilization, an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera (f/2.2, 1/4", 119.5 degrees) and a 16-megapixel selfie camera (f/2.4, 1/3", 81.8 degrees). The smartphone runs the Android 16 operating system with the Nothing OS 4.1 overlay. The 8+128 GB variant is priced at 329 euros, while the 8+256 GB variant is currently available only in India for 38,000 rupees, i.e. 349 Euro.
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The Nothing Ear (3a) in-ear headphones also debut alongside the new smartphone. They are housed in a striking case with a transparent exterior and a colorful interior. The case is available in black, white, yellow, or pink, just like the earphone bodies themselves, a significant portion of which is also transparent. The Nothing Ear (3a) feature 12mm drivers and support lossless LDAC and Hi-Res Wireless Audio over Bluetooth 6.0 with AAC, SBC, and LDAC. The audio frequency response is 20 Hz - 40 kHz, and they are powered by 55 mAh batteries in the earphones and 500 mAh in the case, which are expected to provide 45 to 6 hours of listening time on a single charge. The headphones feature touch controls and 45 dB active noise cancellation (ANC) with a sleep mode. Transparency. Additionally, they are equipped with an interesting "Audio Snapshots" feature, allowing you to take voice notes and later transcribe them into text in the Nothing X app. Each earbud weighs 4.53 g, and the housing is IP54-rated. The price is 99 euros.
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