Nothing’s subsequent price range cellphone is the newest sufferer of RAMageddon. As 9to5Google stories, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis introduced in a post on X {that a} follow-up to the CMF Phone 2 Pro received’t be coming this yr:
We have been engaged on a successor however with reminiscence costs the place they’re proper now, we are able to’t construct a cellphone that appears like a real step ahead at a worth that is sensible for CMF. Consequently, we’ve determined to not launch a brand new CMF cellphone this yr.
Final week, Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei additionally mentioned the RAM shortage has impacted the price of the corporate’s mid-range cellphone, stating, “For Cellphone 4A, reminiscence prices doubled between once we determined to construct the system and when it launched. They’ve doubled once more since.” In keeping with Pei, “reminiscence is now the most costly part in a smartphone.” Nothing is much from the one firm going through RAM pricing challenges — earlier this week, Tim Cook dinner introduced Apple will be raising pricessaying “the scenario has change into unsustainable.”
Whereas there received’t be a brand new CMF cellphone this yr, Evangelidis added in his publish that CMF nonetheless has “a number of new merchandise launching in addition to some solely new classes.” He additionally hinted that “the smartphone launch season at Nothing isn’t over but.”
