14 DAY TRIAL // A lot of companies are jumping into the smartphone-making game today, companies that you wouldn’t be normally expecting to be in the business of producing such technology.
Let’s take for example China’s LeTV, which is one of the country’s most popular video streaming websites. Well, earlier this year, this company introduced one of the first handsets featuring a USB Type-C port.
Therefore, it shouldn’t be such a big surprise that Nextbit is also gearing up to dab into hardware waters. If the name sounds familiar to you, that’s because Nextbit is a startup that has Google Ventures as a backer. It’s also the brain child of Android veterans Tom Moss, Mike Chan and former HTC design chief Scott Croyle.
A new, awesome Android smartphone is incoming
The startup allows users to employ a cloud-based tool in order to move files and settings between alternate Android devices. And according to a recent report coming out of CNET, it appears that Nextbit is looking to take things to the next level and is currently in the process of prepping its first Android smartphone.
Still, the handset market is known to be oversaturated, so it will be very interesting to see what the company manages to squeeze out. The startup is hopeful nonetheless. The phone will apparently target the premium yet still affordable niche, with an estimated price tag of around $300 - $400 / €270 - €361.
For the time being, the company wouldn’t divulge many aspects related to the upcoming phone, but Nextbit’s CEO did mention that we should expect the handset to be “friggin’ awesome,” whatever that means.
He also said that, unlike most Android devices out there, Nextbit’s phone is hoping to bring something extra to the table. The idea is that the phone will be allowed to improve over time, something that will reportedly be achieved by virtue of continual software updates that will enable the phone to “function at a higher level.”
The mysterious yet promising new smartphone from Nextbit is scheduled to make an appearance on September 1, so you’d better mark the date in your calendar.
