Waiting for CMF Phone 3 Pro? You might be waiting for Nothing

https://www.androidauthority.com/nothing-cmf-phone-canceled-3679247/

Publish Date: 2026-06-19 04:43:00

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority

TL;DR

Due to skyrocketing RAM and memory costs, Nothing has canceled its planned successor to the CMF Phone 2 Pro, meaning no new CMF phone will launch this year.
However, the company has confirmed that a Nothing Phone is in the pipeline and has already started teasing two new products.
Leaks suggest existing CMF phone projects have moved to the main Nothing brand. This could mean that the teased “Blastoise” device, which could launch as the Nothing Phone 4, could be a rechristened version of the now-canceled CMF Phone 3 Pro.

Soaring RAM and memory prices have wreaked havoc across the smartphone industry. Phones are getting expensive across the board, with Nothing co-founder Carl Pei noting that RAM now costs more than the SoC and display combined (these were historically the most expensive components). The ripple effect of this exorbitant price increase is that brands are now reassessing their launch plans, with the next CMF Phone being the latest casualty.

Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis took to X to be transparent about the company’s launch plans on the next CMF Phone. The company was working on a successor to the CMF Phone 2 Pro, but with steep memory prices, the company can no longer build a phone that makes sense for the CMF brand. Consequently, there won’t be a new CMF Phone this year.

There are still other products in this year’s CMF brand lineup, including new product categories, but nothing more in the main smartphone lineup.

In the post comments, Akis added further context, mentioning that if the CMF Phone 2 Pro launched now with the exact same specifications, it would cost around Rs. 30,000 – Rs. 35,000 (~$318-$370). For context, the CMF Phone 2 Pro launched in India in April 2025 for Rs. 18,999 (~$200) for the 8GB/128GB variant and Rs. 20,999 (~$222) for the 8GB/256GB variant. The 8GB/256GB variant was also launched in the US for $279.