If there’s one man to thank for the success of Android, even if it’s his contemporaries that have really helped it stretch its legs, it’s Andy Rubin. The so-called “father of Android” hasn’t worked at Google since 2014, leaving to start a hardware startup incubator called Playground Global, but rumour has it that Rubin has started searching for employees to help start a new smartphone company. And to make the circle fully complete, it’s pretty obvious that whatever smartphone they make will be running Android.
The funding is likely to come from Playground Global which allegedly has around $300 million banked – more than enough to see what’s what in the smartphone industry. Presumably the idea would be to become a low-margin manufacturer along the lines of OnePlus, which would be a sight to see indeed. Regardless, we’re interested to see whether these rumours are true, and if so, where Rubin takes his new Android hardware crew.
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Source: The Information via Phandroid
