Andy Rubin, developer and developer of Android, is preparing to release their own smartphone called Essential.
O Andy Ruben is the co-founder της εταιρείας Android Inc, η οποία πωλήθηκε στην Google το 2005. Ο ίδιος επέβλεψε την ανάπτυξη του Android στο Google μέχρι το 2014, όταν ξεκίνησε τη διαχείριση του τμήματος ρομποτικής.
After working for nine years on Google, left the company in 2014 and started a hardware company called Playground Global enviroment.
Bloomberg reported today that Rothwin is preparing to launch a new company, to be called Essential Products Inc, which will apparently include the smartphone he already has in the works. The new company has already hired a team 40 people from Apple Inc and Google.
Bloomberg also reports that they are working on a suite of consumer hardware, including mobile and smart devices. homea. The company's main project will be a high-end smartphone with a curved screen at the edges.
Rubin has already registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office goods and services such as smartphones, tablets, accessories and operating software for mobile phones, so it's unclear if its devices will run Android.
Rubin's smartphone will be made of top-quality materials and have a modular design, seeing that there is demand for such devices on the market.
The new phone is expected to compete with Google's Pixel and Apple iPhone. Apparently, Foxconn will be the company responsible for building the new phone. It is expected to hit the market in the middle of this year, at a price similar to iPhone 7.
