Android co-creator’s new ‘Essential’ smartphone will probably be revealed next week

Back in March, Andy Rubin, co-creator of Android and former exec at Google, teased the secret smartphone he’s been working on with his new company, Essential. Now it seems we’re finally getting a date for its reveal: May 30. Essential tweeted for the first time earlier today, teasing the announcement: Hi, welcome to our Twitter page. We're here to let you know something big is coming May 30th! Stay tuned… — Essential (@essential) May 25, 2017 Then just a few hours later, it shared what appears to be a sillhouette of the next device, along with some sort of protruding accessory (probably…

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