Android co-founder Andy Rubin is working on a high-end bezelless modular smartphone

13 January 2017
His company, Essential, is also developing smart home products, a new report claims.

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Now it's owned by carl. This sucks

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    • Anand21
    • ib6
    • 06 Feb 2017

    Just don't drop it !!!!

      mmmm... magnetic, modular.... steal moto ideas? the only modular phone that people buy it and really working hahahaha

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        • Windows 8 is Ok
        • LaT
        • 15 Jan 2017

        Windows is the 3rd OS
        Not Windows 10 but Windows 8

        Windows 8 works perfectly, Windows 10 is a disaster, and everytime there is an update it fixes one thing and screws up something else

        That is is the reason why there are no more Microsoft 950 being solf simply because Windows 10 causes so many problems even on a phone that runs W10 out of the box

        Windows 10 has so many problems as Microsoft didn't test it ling enough and wanted it running on the 950 ( which puts Google Pixel to shame with its high end specifications)

        The problem is it runs W 10

        Windows 10 if it worksed was supposed to run on ALL Windows 8 devices, that only half the models could "downgrade" to W10 should have been a red flag

        Don't worry as Microsoft surface phone will come back

          AnonD-205566, 13 Jan 2017Of course it will run android. I'm betting on this one, I g... moreSteady on mate, proprietary connectors are awful unless your apple. How do you work that out. Next you'll be saying apple are inventors. Lolol

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            • Anonymous
            • IWQ
            • 14 Jan 2017

            At least things are interesting. iPhone has been pretty much a joke for the last few years.

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              • AnonD-625786
              • 0@p
              • 14 Jan 2017

              Anonymous, 14 Jan 2017High end spec, yes. Android cannot function unless it has h... moreActually, there are well-built Android phones with mid-range and even low-end specifications, and they perform well. Next time, think before you comment. Go back to your horrible iOS.

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                • AnonD-625786
                • 0@p
                • 14 Jan 2017

                AnonD-623717, 14 Jan 2017Android has always been junk. Talk about your rubbish iOS and Windows Phone.

                  AnonD-39937, 14 Jan 2017Ok, so it will be a modular Mi Mix? This doesn't sound good... moreIt's probably ceramic similar to the one used for protethics so it should be resistant enough. There are many types of ceramics ... from porcelain dishes to Brembo brakes for superbikes and supercars and there are huge durability differences between different ceramics used. :)

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                    • Niklex
                    • nbg
                    • 14 Jan 2017

                    [deleted post]I meant modular to be epic fail, not bezelless.

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                      • AnonD-39937
                      • nDQ
                      • 14 Jan 2017

                      Ok, so it will be a modular Mi Mix? This doesn't sound good because it will be veeeery fragile, just think: bezelless, ceramic back and modular magnetic design. Nope, not for me till it gets a sturdy aluminium back and great shock protection being a modular design.

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                        • OnlyTech
                        • t7k
                        • 14 Jan 2017

                        Benboy, 14 Jan 2017At last the next true nexus Next Pixel

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                          • OnlyTech
                          • t7k
                          • 14 Jan 2017

                          Will it be successful......LG and Motorola have already tried out that....It has to be more appealing than those two.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 6jr
                            • 14 Jan 2017

                            Anonymous, 14 Jan 2017And what is not junk? iOS? Lol. If you say Windows then ma... moreWindows is junk. Closed source, no features , no apps, impractical environment a mess of an OS. As all brainchilds of Steven Balmer a failure since birth. No wonder that Nadella ("the smart CEO") low-key disassembles it. Smarter move ever, what a mess of a piece of software.

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                              • Benboy
                              • m5a
                              • 14 Jan 2017

                              At last the next true nexus

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                                • Anonymous
                                • uct
                                • 14 Jan 2017

                                A Note 4 user, 14 Jan 2017come on. modularity certainly can be useful, if they will f... moreModular + Android is too taxing on the specs.

                                It fails, because the OS is junk, since modular again takes away some performance.

                                Better use another OS. Like windows 10.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • uct
                                  • 14 Jan 2017

                                  High end spec, yes. Android cannot function unless it has high specs.

                                  Always need twice the specs to same performance as windows or ios.

                                  Haha junk android.

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                                    • A Note 4 user
                                    • DWh
                                    • 14 Jan 2017

                                    Anonymous, 13 Jan 2017So in other words it's just another junk, disposable, non-r... morecome on. modularity certainly can be useful, if they will figure it out right.
                                    and there more bezelless smartphones are certainly welcome.

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                                      • AnonD-558092
                                      • 6Ba
                                      • 14 Jan 2017

                                      Great. That guy just created the Moto Z Edge and the Moto Mods. Such new concept. It is too advanced for our era.

                                      P.S. : Sarcasm.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • yA8
                                        • 14 Jan 2017

                                        Anonymous, 13 Jan 2017So in other words it's just another junk, disposable, non-r... moreU still can't get over build in battery,that's pathetic