Nothing casually made a new phone: Phone 4b sketch teaser precedes a July reveal
- Nothing drops a Phone 4b sketch teaser, stating the phone will be revealed on July 3.
- The device features a new take on its camera bar design with a vertical camera array and what looks like Nothing's Glyph Bar.
- The company's co-founder says the Phone 4b is a "continuation of our naming system" with its own distinct voice.
Nothing's walking us through the alphabet this week with a major phone teaser that has us entering a new series.
Early this morning (June 23), Nothing continued its streak of teasers for a new product, and this one is the most substantial we've gotten yet. The company officially teased the Phone 4b, set to debut July 3. True to Nothing's brand and sense of humor, the post states, "Kept sketching the Phone (4a) series and accidentally made a new phone." The post on X features a cropped schematic with various sketches of the Phone 4a series that we know.
The top left features the Phone 4a, while the bottom, sliding into view, is the Phone 4a Pro. However, the center of the sketchboard offers a glimpse at a phone's camera bar we've yet to see. From what's been shown, it looks like the Nothing Phone 4b features a vertical camera system, which could hold two lenses. Beside it appears to be its LED flash.
The bottom of the camera bar seems to host the phone's Glyph Bar, which is the company's new take on the Glyph Matrix or Lighting system. Giving us more to think about is Nothing's co-founder, Akis Evangelidis. In a recent post, Evangelidis says, "What does (b) stand for? Nothing." He says this isn't some major departure from what consumers are accustomed to, but rather a "continuation of our naming system." This new Phone 4b will build upon what we've received through Nothing's a-series, but with its own clear voice.
Evangelidis adds that the A series will continue to be Nothing's "most premium line" below its flagship segment. It's not clear how the Phone 4b will line up price-wise, but if the A-series is premium below the flagships, then perhaps this next device sits under both.
4b or not 4...
Nothing's been teasing this new product on its account for India for a few days now. Things started with a couple of Pokemon images, which is textbook Nothing, as it often teases new devices with the powerful monsters. Nothing used images of Jumpluff and Blastoise. That wasn't the kicker. Nothing also announced the Community Review Program, aimed at bringing in consumers passionate about its brand and devices to get devices early for feedback.
In that post, Nothing featured a photo of Jumpluff, the same Pokemon it used to begin its new streak of teasers. We now know that Nothing's been teasing the Phone 4b; however, on its India account, what got the teasers started was Blastoise. There's a chance that Jumpluff is code for another device entirely. July 3 is when we'll see the Phone 4b revealed and have all of our answers.
Android Central's TakeNothing really wants to have a hand across every price point for consumers, don't they? If you consider the Phone 3 is its flagship, then the Phone 4a series is its "premium line" under that, which settles somewhere around mid-range. What will the Phone 4b satisfy? I'm curious. I'm always pretty curious about what Nothing does. Its designs are always different, and it generally makes pretty interesting phones to begin with. July 3; remember it.