Nextbit, a company founded by ex-HTC and Google executives, has announced the Robin, its first smartphone. It's an Android device, but with a baked-in cloud storage concept that Nextbit thinks is unique.
Turn the Robin over and you'll see an insignia of a cloud, which is hemmed in by a short strip of tiny LED lights. These light up when the phone is either uploading or downloading.
When you run out of storage or if you haven't looked at a photo or used an app for a while, Robin automatically removes the asset ("offloads") from the phone to free up space.
The Robin will be USB 3.0 compatible and also have the usual run of NFC, Bluetooth 30 LE and, in addition to GSM and WCDMA, it'll work across an array of LTE Bands: 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/20/28
The circular design touches extend to the volume button, while the fingerprint scanner is built in to the side power button (like the new Xperia Z5) as opposed to the front-facing home button.
As we said before the proposed delivery is January next year and right now you can get a Robin on the Kickstarter campaign for $349. Read all our first impressions here.
