Looking back at the launch gap between Nothing’s Phone 2 and Phone 3, I wouldn’t exactly say that any of us should be surprised that we won’t see a new, flagship-level Phone 4 arrive in 2026. Instead, the company will bring us the Nothing Phone 4a and a potential follow-up to their excellent Nothing Headphone 1. Again, Pei confirmed that “There’s no new flagship this year” and that “Phone 3 is our flagship for 2026.” His thought is that they don’t need (or want) to “churn out a phone, a flagship phone every year just for the sake of it to be on that schedule or calendar.” For those not familiar with Nothing’s calendar, they gave us Phone 2 in 2023 and then Phone 3 in 2025. I think most of us assumed no new flagship this year, with a Phone 4 likely arriving in 2027. That said, they will deliver Nothing Phone 4a this year and it’ll be closer to a flagship than any a-series before it.