{"id":9924,"date":"2026-06-13T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9924"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:00:57","slug":"nothing-ceo-says-phone-prices-are-going-to-keep-going-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9924","title":{"rendered":"Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Stevie Bonifield<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 12, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Nothing Phone 4A Pro on a green cutting mat showing the camera module with an unhappy smiley face on the Glyph Matrix\" data-caption=\"Nothing Phone 4A Pro | Photo: Dominic Preston \/ The Verge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Dominic Preston \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/nothing-phone-4a-pro-5.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tNothing Phone 4A Pro | Photo: Dominic Preston \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">If you&#8217;re thinking about upgrading your phone, &#8220;the best time was yesterday,&#8221; according to Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei, echoing a message <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/888354\/smartphone-manufacturer-ram-xiaomi-light-tcl\">we heard during MWC<\/a>. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/carl-pei-smartphone-price-warning-3677030\/\"><em>Android Authority<\/em><\/a> reports, Pei said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/getpeid\/status\/2065316004293681187?s=20\">post on X<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/839353\/pc-ram-shortage-pricing-spike-news\">the RAM shortage<\/a> has already impacted Nothing&#8217;s less expensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/882983\/nothing-phone-4a-official-design-glyph-bar\">mid-range phone<\/a>: &#8220;For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/889769\/nothing-phone-4a-pro-design-opaque-transparent\">Phone 4A <\/a>, memory costs doubled between when we decided to build the device and when it launched. They&#8217;ve doubled again since.&#8221; He warned that &#8220;Phone prices are going up, and they&#8217;ll keep going up into next year.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Pei says RAM can now account for over 50 percent of the cost of a new phone. Nothing&#8217;s just the latest phone maker to warn \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/949403\/nothing-carl-pei-ram-phone-prices\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/949403\/nothing-carl-pei-ram-phone-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stevie Bonifield &bull; June 12, 2026 Nothing Phone 4A Pro | Photo: Dominic Preston \/ The Verge If you&#8217;re thinking about upgrading your phone, &#8220;the best time was yesterday,&#8221; according to Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei, echoing a message we heard during MWC. As Android Authority reports, Pei said in a post on X<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9924\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}