Nothing Phone 4(b): Sleeker rear LEDs & refined design

Nothing just announced the Nothing Phone 4(b). It reimagines the brand’s iconic Glyph Bar into a more sophisticated design that looks nothing like its predecessors, the Nothing Phone 4(a) series and Nothing Phone 3(a) series.

Nothing Phone 4(b)’s signature Glyph Bar gets a sleek makeover

The defining feature of the Nothing Phone 4(b) is a remodelled Glyph Bar with 45 individually controlled mini-LEDs delivering 3,500 nits of brightness. Functionally, the Glyph Bar still pings with notifications, indicates charging progress, and displays customised alerts.

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From its promotional video, Nothing Phone 4(b)’s Glyph Bar is visibly much sleeker and tidier than past iterations. It retains functionality through a subtler design language while staying true to its counterculture aesthetic. The Nothing Phone 4(b) is still very different from the cookie-cutter phone builds we’re used to seeing on premium Android handsets, despite also adopting a unibody look.

From its announcement, we know that its an entry-level phone that has several perks that punches above its weight class. The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chipset (which is more modern than the Samsung Galaxy A27 5G’s processor). 

Little premium details for an entry-level phone

Yet, the Nothing Phone 4(b) still squeezes in IP64-rated resistance against dust and water, has a 5,200mAh battery, 33W wired charging, a 50MP main camera, an 119° ultrawide camera, a 6.77-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, and dual stereo speakers.

Since it has programmable LEDs, the phone naturally runs on Nothing OS 4.1 (based on Android 16). Another key software feature is Live Notifications, which cuts across the lock screen and always-on display.

Like other AI-forward phones, Nothing Phone 4(b) also packs in common tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, including Circle To Search.

Nothing Phone 4(b) pricing and availability

We’ll update here if the Nothing Phone 4(b) makes its way to Singapore.

For now, we know that the phone is available for pre-order in other markets, with retail beginning on 17 July at the following prices:

• 8GB RAM + 128GB storage: £299, €329, ₹34,999 before discounts (~S$473 to S$517)
• 8GB RAM +256GB storage: ₹38,999 before discounts (~S$527.08)

Source: Nothing (Community)