{"id":258318,"date":"2026-01-29T22:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/258318\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:23:08","slug":"carl-pei-no-flagship-for-2026-nothing-phone-4a-to-offer-flagship-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/258318\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Pei: No flagship for 2026, Nothing Phone (4a) to offer flagship experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing has uploaded a new YouTube video to its channel where CEO Carl Pei discusses the company\u2019s upcoming products for 2026. In the video, Pei confirms that there will be no new flagship launch this year, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/nothing_phone_(3)_5g-13969.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phone (3)<\/a> set to continue as Nothing\u2019s flagship for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The company will, however, introduce a new model in its (a) series. Pei revealed that Nothing plans to launch a significantly upgraded Phone (4a) later this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769725388_433_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"Carl Pei: No flagship for 2026, Nothing Phone (4a) to offer flagship experience\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to Pei, the Phone (4a) aims to deliver a flagship-like experience, complete with premium materials and a bold new design where the brand will experiment with new colors. It is also said to bring notable upgrades to the display, cameras, and overall performance.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/nothing_phone_(3a)-13672.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phone (3a)<\/a>, the upcoming Phone (4a) is being described as a \u201ccomplete evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nothing Phone (4a) is expected to launch soon as it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/nothing_phone_4a_gets_certified_ahead_of_launch-news-71249.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently received<\/a> a TDRA certification in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing Phone (3) 5G<\/p>\n<p>Nothing Phone (3a)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nothing has uploaded a new YouTube video to its channel where CEO Carl Pei discusses the company\u2019s upcoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-258318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}