Android Father, Andy Rubin will release Essential Phone on 25th August

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Andy Rubin, the Android creator, announced a new high-end smartphone, in May. Essential Products, Rubin’s company, combined the best features from all famous phone models into the sleek looking Essential Phone. Hence, making it worthy of competing with the best-selling phones in the market right now.

Even though, at the time of the announcement of the phone, Rubin said that the smartphone would be launched in a week or two, but we’ve all been waiting patiently for two months for its unveiling. Well, it seems like our wait has finally ended. Earlier today, Essential Products sent out invites for the ‘First Look Event’ that we’ve all been awaiting. The event is going to be held on the 25th of August, in Los Angeles, USA.

First Look Event expectations

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As we can see, the invite seems pretty vague and does not really reveal a lot about the event. The only information made available by the event invitation is the day, date and the RSVP link. The event has limited sign-ups, but we still don’t know who is invited and would be attending this event. We speculate that the list of invitees might consist of people who have pre-ordered or reserved the smartphone. This could be a way to provide some consolation to people who were annoyed by the delay in the smartphone’s release.

It is expected that during the event, the company would unveil the date when the phone would be available for purchase. We’re hoping that the launch will be sooner rather than later, judging by the date of the unveiling event. Droid-life has claimed that the people attending would be able to see and try the smartphone at the event.

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Sprint is going to act as the exclusive carrier of the phone in the U.S and will be creating an Essential space in their stores. Best Buy will probably follow, by doing the same at their stores. On Wednesday, Rubin stated that the phone is in ‘full mass production’. In addition to this, the company also unveiled that the phone will be priced at $699.

Feel free to share with us how you feel about the Essential Phone!