British technology company Nothing is preparing to launch the next two devices in its ever-expanding product portfolio on July 7. In the phone category, Nothing is expected to launch the Phone 4B, the successor to the Phone 4A, which it just announced in March. In the audio space, its latest offering will be the Ear 3A – likely its next pair of in-ear headphones, building on the success of the Ear 3.
Nothing teased the Phone 4B launch last week, then confirmed over the weekend that the phone was on the way and gave us a series of photos and a bunch of details to whet our appetite for the upcoming launch. The company’s phone strategy is very focused on releasing a single flagship phone every two years, while offering a range of budget and mid-range alternatives in the meantime.
The upcoming Phone 4B, shown in blue, has a unibody design that Nothing says is both sturdy and smooth. The Glyph Bar, which also featured on the Phone 4A, will now flash with over-the-air updates, and the phone will ship with a slimmed-down version of its predecessor’s transparent bump.
Nothing Ear 3A is also scheduled to launch on July 7.
NothingOn Tuesday, Rien said it will also launch the Ear 3A on the same day as the Phone 4B. In a teaser image, the company listed four colors – white, black, yellow and pink – presumably letting us know the shades it has chosen for the upcoming buds.
Nothing has always had a distinct design language that differentiates itself from its relatively bland competitors in the Android phone market, which since the company’s inception has been defined by its transparency. But throughout 2026, we’ve seen the company experiment more and more with color, particularly blue, pink, and yellow.
Charlie Smith, Nothing’s chief brand officer, told me last March at Mobile World Congress that the company’s embrace of color was an important part of its culture of “rebellious creativity.” “If we want to make technology fun,” Smith said, “we can’t do that by just making gray, black and white things.”
The Phone 4A’s pale pink hue was one of CNET editor-in-chief Andrew Lanxon’s favorite things about the phone when he reviewed it in May. “It’s a fun color that doesn’t take itself too seriously — and that’s refreshing,” he said. “Would I like to see the next model become a melting magenta? Absolutely.”
In its Ear 3A teaser release, the company included lighter tones, but the color of the blue Phone 4B closely resembles that of the blue iteration of the Phone 4A. Bolder tones for the headphones would make sense, especially since the launch tagline on Nothing’s website describes them as “your new party pill.”
With July 7 just a week away, we won’t have long to wait to find out exactly what that means.
