Nextbit to debut cloud smartphone on Verizon network
The battle wound up aggregating over $1 million, with 13 days to go before it closes. (NYSE:VZ) on board, and is offering Verizon customers an exclusive bonus. (NYSE:T) and T-Mobile US Inc. The company has venture capital, and it will be building its phones at Foxconn, which are all good signs when you’re talking about phone start-ups, PCMag’s Sascha Segan pointed out. The sale will start at 10am Pacific on September 18. Unfortunately, Nextbit offered no information on a Sprint model, and specifically said this is a “Verizon device for the USA only”.
The Robin Kickstarter pledge page shows the amounts that backers can put in, along with the rewards that they will get for their investment. Now even more people can get in on the pre-order bonanza. Once the 300 units are sold out, the price will be $349. The cell phone and charging link costs $349, while clients can likewise get the previously stated vinyl mascot toy and a case by paying $50 additional.
The phones are estimated to ship out in February 2016 at the earliest.
In the beginning of this month, NextBit announced its unique cloud-focused smartphone, NextBit Robin, with 32 GB of internal storage and 100GB of cloud storage. You can give it a shot yourself by downloading the 39MB Photoshop PSD file and tweaking the colors to your liking. All Kickstarter backers of the Robin can suggest colors however Nextbit will trim it down to five and then let the funders vote.