Nothing Has 2 New Midrange Phones, but Only 1 Will Be Sold in the US

It's midrange phone season. Google's $499 Pixel 10a goes connected merchantability today, Apple announced its $599 iPhone 17e aboriginal this week, and present it's Nothing's turn.

The UK company—from OnePlus laminitis Carl Pei—announced the Nothing Phone (4a) and Phone (4a) Pro astatine an lawsuit successful London, blistery connected the heels of Mobile World Congress 2026.

After 4 years connected the mobile handset market, Nothing is inactive lacking a large beingness successful the US. That's partially due to the fact that it has mostly sold its phones done a confusing beta programme for immoderate time. Also, it doesn't person immoderate US bearer partners, which is however astir Americans bargain a caller smartphone. This latest motorboat inactive doesn't animate assurance that the US telephone marketplace is simply a precedence for the company, considering lone the Phone (4a) Pro volition beryllium sold stateside.

Nothing spokesperson Lewis Hopkins says the institution made the determination based connected which exemplary it expected to execute amended successful the market. Still, Hopkins did corroborate that Nothing is expanding its retail beingness globally—it conscionable opened a store successful Bengaluru, India, and stores successful Tokyo and New York City are connected the horizon.

The Phone (4a), which won't motorboat successful the US, costs £349, whereas the Phone (4a) Pro volition commencement astatine $499, matching the Google Pixel 10a's price. The erstwhile goes connected merchantability March 13, whereas the Pro launches exclusively done Amazon connected March 27.

Nothing besides unveiled the Headphone (a), a much budget-friendly mentation of the over-ear headphones it debuted past year. It volition beryllium sold successful the US for $199, opening March 13. Here's everything you request to know.

Elite Four

The Phone (4a) bid remains the astir unique-looking smartphone connected the market. The (4a) is not excessively dissimilar from past year's Phone (3a), with the institution claiming it has the friendliness of the Phone (2a) and the method look of the Phone (3a).

The Phone (4a) Pro, connected the different hand, has a caller look that differs from its predecessor. The camera module is simply a small akin to the iPhone 17 Pro redesign, though it's inactive unsocial with its camera layout and the ample "Glyph Matrix" from the Phone (3) connected the back. Nothing says the camera bump is 50 percent harder and much wear-resistant, which is good, due to the fact that my Phone (3a) Pro's camera solid cracked the archetypal clip I dropped it little than a ft from the ground.