One of the most hotly-anticipated budget camera phones has just been cancelled

Vivo X200 Ultra phone next to a CMF Phone 2 Pro held in a hand.

There's a new casualty of the global NAND flash memory shortage: CMF's next phone. The current CMF Phone 2 Pro offers stunning value for money, being one of very few phones to offer a telephoto camera module in a phone priced at less than $300/£250. That phone launched in April 2025, so we were eagerly awaiting the follow-up - the CMF Phone 3 Pro - to drop very soon.

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