Nothing has confirmed it will continue on its sporadic flagship release schedule with no sequel to last year’s polarizing Phone (3) coming in 2026.
In a video with Nothing CEO Carl Pei, Nothing confirms that it has no plans for a flagship-tier smartphone release in 2026. The company will rather focus efforts on over-ear headphones and the upcoming Nothing Phone (4a) series.
Pei said:
We’re not just going to churn out a new flagship every year for the sake of it, we want every upgrade to feel significant. Just because the rest of the industry does things a certain way it doesn’t mean we will do the same.
Nothing’s first Phone (1) released in 2022, with a sequel Phone (2) launching in 2023. With no budget-focused models at the time, these served as Nothing’s “flagship” releases, with 2024 bringing the first Nothing Phone (2a) which was followed by the Phone (3a) series in early 2025. It wasn’t until mid-2025 that Nothing finally tried its hand at a “flagship” again with the Phone (3), which arrived to mixed reactions.
It shouldn’t come as a major surprise that Nothing is sticking with its budget models because, after all, those are what has worked best so far. Nothing also says that Phone (4a) will be a “complete evolution” with some “bold” new color experiments.
For the time being, though, Phone (3) remains for sale as the company’s “flagship” phone.
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- Nothing Phone (4a) Pro surfaces with bigger battery as launch nears
- Nothing will raise smartphone prices in 2026 due to RAM shortages, Carl Pei confirms
- Nothing removing lockscreen ‘ads’ from most of its phones, but it might come back eventually
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