Nothing launched the Phone (4b) in India on Monday at a starting price of ₹34,999, marking the debut of the company’s new b-series — its most affordable line, slotting below the Phone (4a). The headline for Indian buyers: the retail unit sold here gets an exclusive 6,000mAh battery, up from the 5,200mAh cell in the global version, along with a promise of three Android OS updates and six years of security patches.
Nothing Phone (4b) price in India and availability
The Phone (4b) comes in two variants:
- 8GB + 128GB: ₹34,999 (effective ₹29,999 with introductory bank card and exchange bonuses)
- 8GB + 256GB: ₹38,999 (effective ₹33,699 with the same offers)
Sales begin July 14 in Black, White and Blue via Nothing India, Flipkart, Croma, Reliance Digital and Vijay Sales. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru special edition — a red colourway with team branding, custom wallpapers and collector’s packaging, celebrating RCB’s back-to-back IPL titles — went on a limited flash sale at Nothing’s Bengaluru store on launch day itself and is not sold online.
One note before you decide: the sticker price buys entry-level silicon. The Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 sits with LPDDR4X RAM and UFS 2.2 storage — a combination more typical of phones under ₹25,000 — so the ₹34,999 MRP leans heavily on the design, the Glyph hardware and the long support window. The effective ₹29,999 launch pricing softens that considerably, but if raw performance per rupee is your priority, this segment has faster options.
A brighter Glyph Bar and a bigger battery for India
The rear keeps Nothing’s two-part look — a semi-transparent section around the camera module over a matte polycarbonate unibody — and carries a new Glyph Bar with 45 mini-LEDs arranged in five squares, which Nothing says is 40 percent brighter than its earlier budget implementations. It handles notifications, delivery tracking, camera countdowns and live scores without waking the screen.
The India-specific 6,000mAh battery uses what Nothing calls Safe Cell technology, rated to hold 90 percent health after 1,200 charge cycles. Charging is 33W wired (0–50 percent in about 27 minutes) with 7.5W reverse wired charging for accessories. The update commitment — three OS upgrades through Android 19, plus six years of security patches — is a meaningful step up from the shorter run the original Phone (1) received before its support ended this month.
Nothing Phone (4b) specifications
- Display: 6.77-inch FHD+ AMOLED, 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, 2,000 nits peak brightness
- Chipset: Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (4nm), Adreno 810 GPU
- RAM/Storage: 8GB LPDDR4X, 128GB or 256GB UFS 2.2
- Rear cameras: 50MP main (f/1.8, OIS) + 8MP ultra-wide (119.5° field of view)
- Front camera: 16MP, 1080p/60fps video
- Battery: 6,000mAh (India), 33W wired charging, 7.5W reverse wired
- Software: Nothing OS 4.1 on Android 16; 3 OS updates, 6 years of security patches
- Other: Glyph Bar with 45 mini-LEDs, stereo speakers, in-display fingerprint sensor, IP64 rating
Nothing Ear (3a) launched alongside
The same event introduced the Ear (3a) earbuds globally at $99, with 12mm drivers, LDAC support, adaptive ANC rated up to 45dB, and a built-in call recording feature that stores clips on the buds’ 32MB memory and syncs them to the Nothing X app. Battery life is rated at up to 10 hours per charge (ANC off) and 42 hours with the case. They come in Black, White, Yellow and Pink; Nothing has not yet announced India pricing or a sale date for the Ear (3a) — we will cover it when it lands.
Source: Nothing India
