Essential Phone finally starts shipping "in a few weeks", Andy Rubin says

21 July 2017
The Android co-creator's new smartphone missed its initial shipping deadline, so today we got an update on the situation.

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AnonD-672395, 22 Jul 2017It's Amazing to know this guy ran Apple once. He is the com... moreIt's amazing how a nobody like you can spew so much garbage in one post, dissing someone who's actually worth something in this increasingly self-entitled society we live in today.

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    • 22 Jul 2017

    Anonymous, 22 Jul 2017Apple? This guy is the one created Android. You are confusi... moreHe is confusing Rubin with Sculley, who also dabbled in creating his own phone.

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      • Anonymous
      • tue
      • 22 Jul 2017

      AnonD-672395, 22 Jul 2017It's Amazing to know this guy ran Apple once. He is the com... moreApple? This guy is the one created Android. You are confusing him with someone else.

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        • 22 Jul 2017

        This phone has quite a few deal-breakers & that's why I don't think it's going to be a success.

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          • vIY
          • 22 Jul 2017

          It's Amazing to know this guy ran Apple once. He is the complete opposite of Stave Jobs. The Opposite of a Visionary and an Inventor and Innovator. While he may be able to run a company, he doesn't seem to have any talent required for running a company whose sule purpose is innovation and re-invention.

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            • 22 Jul 2017

            -_- , 22 Jul 2017it will be so nice if you can tell Us which country you are... moreVery true. Its like saying a phone is MADE IN ASIA. Lol. Which part of asia is that?

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              • Anonymous
              • X3$
              • 22 Jul 2017

              Is Andy Rubin relative or friend of Chad Sayers, CEO of Saygus?

                When u cannot ship under 30 days LMAO

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                  • 22 Jul 2017

                  AnonD-450518, 22 Jul 2017Essential Phones made in America? Why can't deliver?it will be so nice if you can tell Us which country you are talking about, you are so confused this is America------, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, United States, Canada, AMERICA IS NOT A COUNTRY!!! so were do you think it was made? as United States OF AMERICA, has the most expensive manual job?? don't make me laugh NO NORTH AMERICAN will work on a mobiles phone company for 1.5$ per hour even a central or south American that has migrated to EUA will not work for less than 8$ per hour, so the answer my friend is that this is NOT MADE IN EUA, could be in a tirth country in central America, India or CHINA simple as that!!!

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                    • 22 Jul 2017

                    AnonD-450518, 22 Jul 2017Essential Phones made in America? Why can't deliver?everuthing made in america are hard to deliver. thats why apple is made in china

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 22 Jul 2017

                      The only thing Essentially there to make Rubin's phone have a modicum of appeal is if Apple really sh*ts the bed on the iPhone 8's price, not that it would matter for the die hards, but saying this as someone who prefers Android over iOS it can only stand out if the iPhone 8 is indeed eleven hundred.

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                        • 22 Jul 2017

                        Essential Phones made in America? Why can't deliver?

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                          • 22 Jul 2017

                          essentially death ... you cant generate hype on something if you are not ready to ship it under a estimated time... I think problem was money ...so don't tell me got a lot because any way invest in this business require a lot of it,.... and he wanted to play with customers money and not with his.
                          good luck guys

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                            • 21 Jul 2017

                            Hopefully not made in china

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                              • AnonD-558092
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                              • 21 Jul 2017

                              Two years later...
                              Andy: " The essential is that you'll get the phone eventually. Please tweet and share on FB so we can sell more ghost phones to foolish people. Hum, please erase that last part EssentiAI. No, I didn't said publish! NOOOOOOOOO"

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                                • AnonD-683536
                                • 4Y0
                                • 21 Jul 2017

                                I preordered and was excited to try it, but this delay will doom Essential. You can't announce a new, unproven phone at the same time as the Note 8, iPhone 8 and V30. At this point, they should delay the phone until the Christmas season after the iPhone/Note 8 hype dies down.

                                  Anonymous, 21 Jul 2017Few weeks= 5 to 6 weeks in Rubin's language.Haha probably.

                                    Well, so at least let's say that better in a few weeks (or so) than much, much more.

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                                      • 21 Jul 2017

                                      They may start shipping when new iphones will b announced
                                      Or may js a few days b4 note 8 is announced

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                                        • 21 Jul 2017

                                        Anonymous, 21 Jul 2017Few weeks= 5 to 6 weeks in Rubin's language.Its few weeks until few weeks