Nothing Scraps Next CMF Phone After Memory Prices Make It Too Expensive
Nothing says rising RAM prices, driven by AI data center demand, make budget phones unviable and leave the CMF line without a new model this year.
- Nothing confirmed it has canceled the planned CMF Phone 3 Pro, halting the CMF Phone series for the year due to rising component costs.
- Skyrocketing RAM costs, driven by AI data center demand, have made building affordable smartphones increasingly difficult. Akis Evangelidis noted that memory prices prevent creating a device that feels like a genuine step forward.
- Nothing CEO Carl Pei explained that RAM is now the most expensive smartphone component, accounting for "more than 50%" of the total hardware bill. A new device would cost around 50% more to produce.
- Counterpoint previously predicted that low-end devices could face "permanent removal" in certain markets due to these economic pressures. The CMF Phone series will not release a new model this year, though other CMF products will continue.
- While the CMF Phone series remains paused, Nothing will continue developing other smartphone models and non-phone CMF products. Rising material costs disproportionately impact budget-focused devices more severely than premium hardware.
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Thanks, RAM Shortage! Nothing Axes Upcoming Budget CMF Phone
Akis Evangelidis, co-founder of Nothing, said the company had been working on a follow-up to the CMF Phone 2 Pro, but high memory prices meant it couldn't 'build a phone that feels like a genuine step forward at a price that makes sense for CMF.'
Nothing scraps next CMF phone after memory prices make it too expensive
Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis, the executive behind the CMF line, said the firm had been working on a successor to the CMF Phone 2 Pro, but current memory costs made the device impossible to release without undermining the point of the brand.Read Entire Article
Nothing cancels this year’s CMF phone due to RAM prices
Nothing's next budget phone is the latest victim of RAMageddon. As 9to5Google reports, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis announced in a post on X that a follow-up to the CMF Phone 2 Pro won't be coming this year: We were working on a successor but with memory prices where they are right now, we can't build a phone that feels like a genuine step forward at a price that makes sense for CMF. As a result, we've decided not to launch a new CMF pho…
Nothing CMF Phone is a RAMageddon casualty, memory now the most expensive component
Nothing’s CMF Phone series has released two models thus far and, at least for now, won’t be getting a third, as the rising cost of materials has essentially left the series dead in the water.
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