The father of Android has a new baby. Andy Rubin, who created the Android software that now runs on 2 billion active devices, has just unveiled the Essential Ph-1 (commonly referred to as the Essential Phone). In a blog post describing why he decided to jump back into the mobile fray, he talked about everything …
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Essential is starting with some pretty bold claims. Considering Google has been the steward of the Android for the past nine years, you’d assume that there’s no one better able to fully utilize the operating system. At least according to Essential Products, you’d be wrong. The Essential Phone “can unleash the full power of Android,” Essential President and Chief Operating …
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Now playing: Watch this: The Essential Phone is almost all screen 1:57 Creating Android wasn’t enough for Andy Rubin. He needed the right phone to go with it. That’s why, on Tuesday, he introduced the Essential Phone. It’s a high-end Android device that could keep alive the hopes for modular phones — an idea that failed to take off with …
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