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05-31-2017, 12:03 AM
New company Essential Products (https://www.essential.com) an**unced its debut products today, including a modular titanium smartphone with an edge-to-edge display and an Amazon Echo competitor. Andy Rubin, the founder of Essential and the original creator of the Android OS platform, an**unced the devices ahead of a talk he is scheduled to give later on Tuesday at the Code Conference.
The company's logo-free Essential Phone (https://shop.essential.com/products/phone) features a 5.71-inch edge-to-edge QHD display that reaches all the way to the top of the phone and runs around the 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The unique design is in contrast to Samsung's Galaxy S8, which retains a minimal bezel to house the camera and associated components.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/05/ph_1_color_black_moon_copy_1000x1000-800x800.jpg
The phone is constructed from titanium and ceramic, allowing it to survive a drop test (https://www.essential.com/#materials) "without blemish, unlike the aluminum competitor devices," the company claims. Apart from the fingerprint sensor and camera lenses, the rear of the device also features a modular accessory system (https://www.essential.com/#accessories) that works via a pair of magnetic pins.
Initially, the "Click" cordless connector pins will hook up to the company's 360-degree camera and phone dock, with more modular products planned that Essential promises will "keep your phone cord-free, future-proof, and always up-to-date". A USB-C connector at the bottom of the phone provides the only other connectivity; ** headphone jack is included.
The Essential Phone is powered by a Qualcomm 835 processor, 4GB of RAM, and has 128GB of storage, while its 13-megapixel rear-mounted dual lens camera includes a mo**chrome sensor and supports 4K at 30 frames per second. The phone runs some form of Android, but the company promises ** extraneous software is pre-installed. Available in black, grey, white, and "Ocean Depths" colors, the phone will launch in the U.S. later this summer and cost $699.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/05/pz5s5zb3.0-800x534.jpg
Onto the company's new Amazon Echo competitor, the Essential Home (https://www.essential.com/home). Details are still scant on the product, but here's what we k**w. The intelligent assistant device has a relatively inconspicuous puck-like shape with a sloping top that's dominated by a round touchscreen, which allows users to control music, ask general interest questions, set times, and control lights. It can be activated with a question, a tap, or even a "glance", according to Essential, suggesting some form of face detection.
The Essential Home will run the company's open platform Ambient OS (https://www.essential.com/home#ambient-os), allowing it to interface with existing smart home products as well as SmartThings, HomeKit, Nest, and other popular standards. The intelligent assistant will also support **tifications and reminders with contextual information displayed on-screen. Processing of user data is said to remain local to the device wherever possible. Pricing is yet to be an**unced, but the Essential Home is expected to ship later this summer.
Wired today published a write-up of Rubin's new Essential venture that provides some interesting background on the company. You can read the article here (https://www.wired.com/2017/05/essential-andy-rubin/).
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The company's logo-free Essential Phone (https://shop.essential.com/products/phone) features a 5.71-inch edge-to-edge QHD display that reaches all the way to the top of the phone and runs around the 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The unique design is in contrast to Samsung's Galaxy S8, which retains a minimal bezel to house the camera and associated components.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/05/ph_1_color_black_moon_copy_1000x1000-800x800.jpg
The phone is constructed from titanium and ceramic, allowing it to survive a drop test (https://www.essential.com/#materials) "without blemish, unlike the aluminum competitor devices," the company claims. Apart from the fingerprint sensor and camera lenses, the rear of the device also features a modular accessory system (https://www.essential.com/#accessories) that works via a pair of magnetic pins.
Initially, the "Click" cordless connector pins will hook up to the company's 360-degree camera and phone dock, with more modular products planned that Essential promises will "keep your phone cord-free, future-proof, and always up-to-date". A USB-C connector at the bottom of the phone provides the only other connectivity; ** headphone jack is included.
The Essential Phone is powered by a Qualcomm 835 processor, 4GB of RAM, and has 128GB of storage, while its 13-megapixel rear-mounted dual lens camera includes a mo**chrome sensor and supports 4K at 30 frames per second. The phone runs some form of Android, but the company promises ** extraneous software is pre-installed. Available in black, grey, white, and "Ocean Depths" colors, the phone will launch in the U.S. later this summer and cost $699.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/05/pz5s5zb3.0-800x534.jpg
Onto the company's new Amazon Echo competitor, the Essential Home (https://www.essential.com/home). Details are still scant on the product, but here's what we k**w. The intelligent assistant device has a relatively inconspicuous puck-like shape with a sloping top that's dominated by a round touchscreen, which allows users to control music, ask general interest questions, set times, and control lights. It can be activated with a question, a tap, or even a "glance", according to Essential, suggesting some form of face detection.
The Essential Home will run the company's open platform Ambient OS (https://www.essential.com/home#ambient-os), allowing it to interface with existing smart home products as well as SmartThings, HomeKit, Nest, and other popular standards. The intelligent assistant will also support **tifications and reminders with contextual information displayed on-screen. Processing of user data is said to remain local to the device wherever possible. Pricing is yet to be an**unced, but the Essential Home is expected to ship later this summer.
Wired today published a write-up of Rubin's new Essential venture that provides some interesting background on the company. You can read the article here (https://www.wired.com/2017/05/essential-andy-rubin/).
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