The first smartphone from Essential Products is set to start shipping within the next 7 days. Customers who reserved an Essential PH-1 smartphone are receiving emails letting them know that they can now order the phone for $699 and expect it to ship within a week… at least if they want the “Black Moon” color […]
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Essential PH-1 smartphone hits Best Buy for $700 (still listed as “coming soon”)
Essential Products may not have managed to ship its first smartphone in June, as promised. But it looks like the new company founded by Android co-founder Andy Rubin is inching closer to shipping the Essential PH-1 smartphone. It showed up at the Best Buy website recently, where it’s available as either a carrier unlocked device […]
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Essential Phone coming “in a few weeks” (maybe)
The Essential Phone is the first smartphone from Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s new company. That would probably be enough to get some folks to pay attention, but the phone also has a few unusual features to help set it apart, including support for modular add-ons (starting with a 360-degree camera accessory) and an unusual design […]
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Essential looks to launch Phone in UK, Europe, and Japan
Andy Rubin’s new venture Essential promised to start shipping its first funky phone by June. That didn’t happen, though the Essential Phone did check in with the FCC. That’s not stopping Rubin and Co. from working on expansion plans. In addition to the U.S., Essential is reportedly in talks to bring its first device to […]
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Essential Phone hits the FCC, should begin shipping soon
The Essential Phone is an unusual-looking Android device with premium specs, support for modular accessories, and a pretty strong pedigree: Essential was founded by Andy Rubin, one of the co-founders of Android. First unveiled in May, the Essential Phone is expected to begin shipping soon. So it’s not surprising to see that the phone passed […]
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Essential’s first phone is nearly all-screen, supports modules, sells for $699
The first phone from Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s new company is coming soon. It’s called the Essential Phone, and it has the kind of specs you’d expect from a high-end Android smartphone… plus a few you wouldn’t. It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, plenty of RAM, and Android software. But there are two things […]
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First phone from Android founder Andy Rubin’s new company launching May 30th?
Essential Products has been teasing a new smartphone for a few months, and rumor has it that the company’s first phone will also have special features including a pressure-sensitive display and the ability to add third-party hardware through a special charging port. What makes the upcoming phone interesting is that Essential was founded by Andy Rubin, co-founder of […]
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This is what (part of) Andy Rubin’s new phone looks like
One of the co-founders of Android left Google a few years ago. But earlier this year it was reported that he had a new startup called Essential Products that was developing a new phone. Now we have the first peek at that phone… or at least part of it. Andy Rubin posted this image to […]
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Report: Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s new company to launch a bezel-free phone (and much more)
Comments Off on Report: Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s new company to launch a bezel-free phone (and much more)Andy Rubin co-founded Android Inc, before the company was bought by Google. He continued working at Google until late 2014. Now he’s reportedly planning to unveil a new company called Essential Products which is working on hardware, software, and artificial intelligence that creates an ecosystem shared by multiple devices. Bloomberg reports that Rubin was at CES […]
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From Android to robots: Google’s Andy Rubin spearheads robotics project
One of the driving forces behind a mobile operating system called Android is now trying to build real robots. Andy Rubin stepped down as Google’s head of Android software earlier this year, but he’s still with the company — and now the New York Times has revealed what he’s been working on. Google’s investing in […]