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 phone this year.

Last week, Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei also said the RAM shortage has impacted the cost of the company’s mid-range phone, stating, “For Phone 4A, memory costs doubled between …

But let’s break it down: is RAM really the villain here? Sure, a few bucks more per gigabyte can sting, but did Nothing really need to quadruple its bill for that extra RAM boost? Maybe they were aiming for a flagship-like experience with mid-range pricing—sounds like a noble goal, but perhaps a bit ambitious.

Additionally, the article suggests that RAM prices alone sank the CMF Phone. But what about other factors? Could software optimization have saved the day? Or maybe Nothing was just too busy chasing after the next shiny tech trend to notice its own budgeting blunders. After all, if RAM doubled in cost, perhaps they could have trimmed some features or gone with a slightly slower processor—still plenty snappy for most users!

And let’s not forget the bigger picture: RAM shortages are a global issue, but they’ve been around longer than this one-year delay suggests. Other brands soldiered on despite similar price hikes. Did Nothing just get too comfortable, expecting every bump in memory costs to spell immediate doom for its lineup?

In conclusion, while RAM may indeed be the bogeyman of 2026 mobile tech, Nothing’s CMF Phone saga could benefit from a bit more grit and less reliance on silicon ghosts. Perhaps next year they’ll launch a CMF Phone that proves RAM isn’t the only thing holding it back—maybe even with a few extra perks to boot!