Nothing Phone (4b) Lands With Longest Battery Yet, Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

The Nothing Phone (4b) launches today, July 7, 2026, and Nothing calls it the phone with the longest-lasting battery the company has shipped to date. The new device sits in a budget tier Nothing has not formally named the (b) line, slotted between the Phone (3a) Lite and the Phone (4a) in the lineup. It runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chip, ships with 8GB of RAM, and keeps the Glyph Bar that defined earlier Nothing handsets.

Pre-orders open at Nothing.tech from today, with an 11:00 BST launch livestreamed on YouTube, an in-person event at Nothing’s Soho store on July 11, and general availability in India from July 14. The July 7 launch window was first locked in by the first confirmation of the July 7 launch date, then echoed across coverage from T3 and Forbes on launch day.

A New ‘B’ Line, Slotted Between Two Existing Phones

Nothing did not position the (4b) as an upgrade over the (3a) Lite or a cheaper (4a). Forbes’s first-look review published on launch day puts it “closer to the Phone 3a Lite than the 4a,” sitting below the (4a) series in the lineup. The launch date confirmed by T3 lines up with the July 7 global reveal, and the company framed the phone as its first attempt at a true entry-level handset carrying the signature Nothing design language.

Phone (4b) blends a unibody design and clear camera bump of Phone (4a) Pro with the Glyph Bar from Phone (4a) to create a minimal rear design that feels distinctly Nothing and smooth in your hands.

Nothing published that description on its community forum the week before launch, in Nothing’s official Phone (4b) design reveal. The body uses a high-strength polycarbonate with a coated top layer that Nothing says reduces fingerprints. The (4b) comes in Black, Blue, and White globally, with a limited Royal Challengers Bengaluru edition sold only at the Nothing Store in Bengaluru.

The frame keeps the SIM tray, speaker, and USB-C port on the base, the power and volume rocker on the right, and the Essential Key on the left. The Essential Key still opens Essential Space, Nothing’s hub for AI-driven captures and voice notes. The phone weighs 210 grams and measures 8.6mm thick. The polycarbonate unibody back is transparent enough to show the edges of the inner frame.

The Biggest Battery Nothing Has Shipped

In India, the (4b) ships with a 6,000 mAh cell; in every other market, a 5,200 mAh cell. The global 5,200 mAh figure is the largest battery Nothing has put in a non-India handset, and the India cell pushes past anything in the (4a) or (3a) Lite. Forbes reported on launch day that Nothing names the (4b) as its longest-battery phone yet. Nothing’s own claim, reported directly in the same Forbes piece, sets the bar against every previous Nothing handset.

Nothing says it has the longest-lasting battery of any phone it has shipped to date.

Forbes’s review also notes Nothing’s separate claim that the (4b) lasts “up to an hour more than the Phone 4a” and retains 90% of its capacity after 1,200 charges, the equivalent of roughly three years of regular use. Wired charging tops out at 33W, with 7.5W reverse wired charging for accessories. Beebom’s full spec sheet records Nothing’s claim of 1% to 50% in around 27 minutes and a full charge in about 80 minutes.

The IP64 rating means the (4b) is officially protected against splashes but not rated for full submersion. Nothing internally tested submersion at 25 cm for 20 minutes, per the launch-day briefing reviewed by Forbes.

The Glyph Bar Grows Brighter

The Glyph Bar on the back is the single most recognizable Nothing design element, and the (4b) keeps it with one quantified upgrade. Forbes reports the Glyph Bar is “claimed to be 40% brighter than previous Glyph Interfaces,” a figure from Nothing’s own launch materials.

EFTM’s two-week review breaks the bar down further. It runs a grid of 45 mini-LEDs arranged over five squares: four white and one red. The red LED signals when the camera or a voice note is recording. Nothing lets users assign the bar to timers, delivery tracking, custom caller patterns, volume, and sport scores. The Glyph Bar on the (4b) is functionally identical to the bar on the (4a), with the brightness bump the only published change. The reviewer calls it a useful throwback to old-school Android notification LEDs.

Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, 8GB of RAM, and a Vapor Chamber

The chip is the one Qualcomm launched in the budget mid-range tier earlier in 2026, and Nothing confirmed it on the spec sheet. Forbes’s hands-on lists “Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chip, paired with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB/256GB of UFS 2.2 storage.” Nothing’s own performance claims, carried in the same review, are 15% greater CPU performance and 25% better GPU-intensive tasks compared to the Phone (3a) Lite.

Connectivity runs to Wi-Fi 6 dual-band and Bluetooth 6.0. Beebom’s full spec sheet confirms a vapor chamber cooling system inside the frame, a real step up from the (3a) Lite’s passive cooling. Storage is fixed at the configured tier with no published expansion path. The phone ships in 128GB globally and adds a 256GB option in India. The optical in-display fingerprint reader lights up the panel briefly to scan in low light, which EFTM’s review flags as a small flash in dark rooms.

One performance caveat is structural: the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 is the same silicon as the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 in the (4a), downclocked, which is how Nothing hits the (4b)’s lower entry price. EFTM’s review notes the 8GB of RAM shows strain under multitasking and that larger games are slow to load before they run smoothly once open.

Camera and Display Choices

The screen on the (4b) is a 6.77-inch Super AMOLED panel running at 120Hz adaptive refresh, with a 2,344 × 1,080 resolution, 600 nits typical brightness, and 1,200 nits in outdoor mode. Peak brightness reaches 2,000 nits. The panel is flat with non-uniform bezels that Forbes’s review describes as having “odd curvature at the corners.” The display is paired with dual stereo speakers and an optical in-display fingerprint reader.

The rear camera is a dual setup. The main 50 MP sensor sits behind an f/1.8 lens with optical image stabilization; Beebom’s teardown identifies it as Sony’s LYT-710. The 8 MP ultra-wide sits next to it, behind an f/2.2 lens with a 119.5° field of view. The selfie camera is 16 MP, with an f/2.4 lens and an 81.8° field of view. There is no dedicated night mode in the camera app.

The default tuning is “too contrasty with fewer details,” and Forbes recommends the in-house filters as the workaround: Urban for harsh lighting, Soft for portraits, Wide-Angle for the ultra-wide. Digital zoom tops out at 10x with no optical zoom on offer. EFTM’s two-week review found indoor shots looked clean but noted outdoor shots tend to over-saturate colours.

Software, Updates, and the Android 17 Caveat

Nothing OS 4.1 sits on top of Android 16, and the update commitment is the standard Nothing package. Beebom’s full spec list records “3 year(s) of Software updates and 6 year(s) of Security updates.” EFTM’s two-week review confirms the May 2026 security patch pre-installed at unboxing, and the company has now committed to taking the (4b) through to Android 19.

The wrinkle, raised by the first-look Phone (4b) review from launch day, is that Android 17 is already out as a stable release. A three-year OS promise from a 2026 phone shipping on Android 16 effectively means two more named Android releases for users, not three. Forbes’s reviewer calls this out as the same strategy Xiaomi has used on the Redmi Note line, and notes it carries the same trade-off at the (4b)’s price tier.

Price, Markets, and the Bengaluru Cricket Edition

India is the headline market for the (4b), and Forbes’s first look pegs the launch price at INR 34,999 for the 8GB / 128GB variant. The same offer structure that ran on earlier Nothing launches applies here: INR 29,999 with launch offers. The 8GB / 256GB variant lands in India at INR 39,000, available through Flipkart.

Australia is the only other market where launch pricing is on the record at the time of writing, with EFTM pegging the 8GB / 128GB version at AUD $629. UK and EU pricing has not been confirmed in any of the source material for this piece. General availability in India opens on July 14. Nothing’s Soho store in London stocks the (4b) from July 11.

• India (128GB): ₹34,999 (₹29,999 with launch offers)
• India (256GB): ₹39,000 (Flipkart exclusive)
• Australia (128GB): AUD $629
• UK / EU: not confirmed in sourced material at publication
• North America: not in launch plans, per Android Authority’s July coverage

The Bengaluru RCB edition, limited to in-person purchase at the Nothing Store from 4 PM on July 7, is the company’s first phone co-branded with a cricket franchise. T3 frames the drop as a local-fan play, covered in RCB edition and India launch coverage the day before launch.

The Hard Question Against the (4a)

The (4b)’s value case depends on what you compare it to. The Phone (4a) starts at £379 in the UK, per T3’s launch-week coverage. EFTM’s review puts the (4b) “only $20 cheaper than the RRP for the Nothing Phone (4a),” and the (4a) ships with a Snapdragon 7s processor and a triple-camera array including a 3.5x optical zoom. The (4b) responds with the larger battery and the (4a) Pro-style design language at a lower entry price.

The trade-off is real: the (4a) gives you a faster chip and a real optical zoom, the (4b) gives you a bigger cell and a slightly newer unibody design. Phonerena’s launch-week coverage raised the theory that the (4b) effectively replaces the slot the cancelled CMF Phone 3 would have filled, in a Nothing design wrapper at a slightly higher price.

Context matters here. Co-founder Akis Evangelidis said publicly that Nothing cancelled its next CMF phone because rising RAM prices made the planned step-up unworkable at a CMF price point. The (4b)’s budget-mid-range positioning is, in that light, a workaround for the same memory-cost pressure pushing the rest of the industry. Forbes’s review notes that “the rising memory costs aren’t helping” as a framing for why the (4b) sits where it does in the lineup. EFTM’s two-week review puts the (4b) in the same context, pointing out that the phone lands “at a tough time in tech” for component prices.

The (4b) earns its slot for buyers who want the Glyph Bar and the longest battery Nothing has put in a phone, a value case the two-week Nothing Phone (4b) review with battery findings confirms in everyday use. The (4a) at £379 wins for everyone else, given the Snapdragon 7s chip and the triple-camera array with 3.5x optical zoom.

Frequently Asked Questions

When did the Nothing Phone (4b) launch?

The Nothing Phone (4b) launched on July 7, 2026, with a global livestream at 11:00 BST. India general availability opens on July 14, while Nothing’s Soho store in London stocks the phone from July 11.

How much does the Nothing Phone (4b) cost?

India pricing starts at ₹34,999 for the 8GB / 128GB variant and ₹39,000 for the 8GB / 256GB variant (Flipkart exclusive). Launch offers drop the 128GB version to ₹29,999. Australia is the only other market with a confirmed launch price in this report, at AUD $629 for 128GB. UK and EU prices were not in sourced material at publication.

What chip powers the Nothing Phone (4b)?

The Nothing Phone (4b) runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, paired with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB or 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 is the same silicon as the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 in the (4a), downclocked.

How big is the Nothing Phone (4b) battery?

India gets a 6,000 mAh cell. Every other market gets a 5,200 mAh cell. Both support 33W wired charging and 7.5W reverse wired charging. Nothing claims the 6,000 mAh India variant charges from 1% to 50% in around 27 minutes.

Will the Nothing Phone (4b) get Android updates?

Nothing promises 3 years of OS updates and 6 years of security patches. The phone ships with Nothing OS 4.1 on Android 16, and Nothing has committed to taking the device through to Android 19.