Affordable Nothing CMF Phone falls victim to DRAM crisis

The DRAM crisis is not only making mid-range and flagship smartphones more expensive. The rapidly rising costs of RAM and flash storage are even more noticeable in cheaper models. Nothing is now responding by removing the affordable CMF Phone 2 Pro from its lineup. The device can still be found at some retailers, but it is no longer listed on Nothing's official website.

Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis also confirmed in the X post embedded below that no new CMF Phone will launch in 2026. Nothing had been working on a successor to the CMF Phone 2 Pro, but given the very high prices for DRAM and NAND, the company simply would not be able to bring a smartphone to market that offers better specs than the CMF Phone 2 Pro while still being priced appropriately for Nothing's budget CMF sub-brand.

Instead, Nothing plans to focus on other product categories and launch several new CMF products that are not as heavily affected by the DRAM crisis. This change in plans only affects CMF Phones, not Nothing Phones, which are usually positioned at somewhat higher prices and therefore have more room to offset higher memory costs either through hardware compromises or a price increase. The DRAM crisis is expected to last for several more years, so anyone looking for an affordable mid-range smartphone in the coming months may be better off considering last year's models rather than waiting for new ones.