Razer is one of the most recognized brands in the world of gaming and for those peripherals that allow you to give a more special touch to the keyboard, headphones or those mice with a multitude of keys and lights that stand out when you press any of them. A company that seems to want to extend its business to what would be mobile telephony, according to what can be learned from this news.
Nextbit, the startup guilty of making that quirky robin smartphone, has stopped selling the device and has sold its assets to the manufacturer Razer. The terms of the agreement, which was closed last Friday, have not been published, but it is Tom Moss, CEO of Nextbit, who has made it clear that all 30 workers of this startup will begin their journey at Razer to work on mobile devices as part of a new unit at that company.
It is something quite curious due to the fact that Razer has always focused on that more entertainment part of PC gaming, so opens its doors to other possibilities. Nextbit has ceased its own sales of the Robin, having sold all the production made in the month of January.
For those who went through the purchase of that smartphone, Moss has said that Razer has allowed hardware support to be offered for the next six months and software updates for 12. Something that is quite negative for owners of a Robin phone, although a better decision than the one made by Fitbit when it recently acquired Pebble.
Nextbit brought that Robin phone to life with the aim of offering a smartphone in which users could reserve space by keeping photos and apps in the cloud. It was in 2015, when he made the decision to make your own phones with the focus on the mid-range. He reached $ XNUMX million in sales on Kickstarter, which was double his initial goal.
Now they start with another adventure to give wings to Razer to enter the difficult market for mobile devices.