Essential Shows Off Radically Different, Taller Phone; Is it the Essential Phone 2?

Andy Rubin's Essential Phone 2 prototype photos

Essential Telephone two. Is it e'er coming? What'south the future of Essential Phone? What'southward Andy Rubin doing these days, except for dodging allegations of sexual misconduct and rumors nearly Essential shutting down? Well, nosotros have been waiting for an respond to all of these questions and well, it seems like Rubin has kept himself busy with the development of a new telephone, which could be the Essential Phone 2.

Both Essential and Rubin take been serenity post the launch of their start smartphone, the Essential PH-one. The company has regularly been pushing out software updates and not much of anything else. However, Rubin has today cleaved the silence to bear witness off a new prototype device, dubbed Project Jewel. It could either be an entirely new device or Essential PH-1's much-awaited successor.

https://twitter.com/Arubin/status/1181688540540764160

We are unsure of what these devices are because neither Essential or Rubin take used "phone" to depict Project Precious stone. One of the standout characteristics of the devices will have to be the color-shifting design, which is super flashy and presents you a unlike colour at unlike angles. You lot can see how the bluish colour devices on the left changes to yellow, green and then mauve.

If that back panel doesn't brand the device stand out, well, information technology'due south new tall and weird form cistron is certain to get stares from others – while using in public. It's an elongated telephone, which boasts an attribute ratio like no other device on the market. You can see the Gem epitome device in the tweet attached below. It boasts a single rear camera (with LED flash) and physical fingerprint scanner on the back and punch-hole-mode brandish on the front end.

https://twitter.com/Arubin/status/1181688574975983616

Everyone has already started comparing it to an Apple TV remote and how it would exist difficult to blazon on the device. There's currently no discussion on the software running on it, even so, we believe it should exist Android. Rubin wouldn't allow go of the operating system he's helped birth, even so, we encounter a skinned UI in the images fastened higher up. Y'all can notice apps displayed every bit cards or widgets, with tiled icons for sure apps.

The pictures to a higher place raise more questions than they answer. Wouldn't this device be also bad-mannered to hold? How would one utilise the navigation buttons shown upwards-top? Why does Essential feel the need to design a new form cistron? Does it support a SIM menu? Why a skinned UI over stock Android? Will vocalisation assistance be enough to non need a keyboard? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.