New budget Android phone revealed with a Marmite | Tech News

If you might be within the market for a respectable however inexpensive smartphone, you might be most likely taking a look at getting an Android phone. Thanks to so many producers offering gadgets at varied costs, you may normally bag a discount that you simply may not discover if you need an iPhone.

One British model flying the flag for cheaper Android telephones is Nothing. The design-led firm has simply revealed the design of its upcoming Nothing Phone 4a, and similar to Marmite, you’re going to both adore it or hate it.

The Phone 4a launch occasion had already been confirmed by Nothing for March 5, however the firm merely couldn’t wait to show off the design in full on its social media:

The Phone 4a is set to be less expensive than the £799 Phone 3 that Nothing launched final yr. The ‘a’ collection telephones are priced a lot more affordably, with final yr’s spectacular Phone 3a retailing from a pocket-friendly £329.

I reviewed that phone and known as it “the best budget phone you can buy” and I stand by that. For the money, you get splendidly distinctive design and considerate, minimal software program. Sure, the processor and digital camera high quality is a peg under the best, however it additionally prices a whole bunch much less than an iPhone 17, Samsung Galaxy S26 or Google Pixel 10, and appears far more fascinating, in my ebook.

But of course you may not care what your phone seems to be like, otherwise you’ll stick it in a case and overlook what color it was within the first place. The Phone 4a is set to make use of a barely totally different model of the firm’s famend ‘Glyph’ interface, which has used both LED strip lights or a dot matrix show to alert customers to notification, timers and different features.

Before posting the product image, Nothing additionally revealed on X that Phone 4a may have a “Glyph Bar” with “9 individually controllable mini-LEDs, 40% brighter than previous (a) series. Patented tech for a more natural, neutral, bleed-free glow.”

Nothing normally drip-feeds details about its upcoming {hardware} releases like this to feed the hype machine, and it seems to be working, with feedback flooding its social media channels.

While the image of the Phone 4a exhibits a white model, earlier social posts have hinted we is also getting the system in blue and pink variations. The Phone 3a got here in black, white or blue, however the addition of a pink phone can be a departure for Nothing, a model that principally offers in stark monochrome, each in its {hardware} and software program.

As the post on X says, the total reveal of the Phone 4a is coming in an announcement at 10:30am UK time on March 5. Tune in then to seek out out if this Android phone will make its method onto your purchasing checklist.