Ngenkathi u-Andy Rubin (umsunguli we-Android) ememezela ukuthi wayesebenza kwi-smartphone leyo kungaphula imakethe, abaningi bebeyizindaba ezidale isasasa elikhulu ngayo, okulindelwe okuphenduke ukudumala ngesikhathi iRubin's Essential ingena emakethe. Umkhiqizo we-Essential, selokhu kuphele u-2020, usuyingxenye yeLutho Technologies, inkampani entsha yomqondisi wangaphambili we-OnePlus uCarl Pei.
Njengoba abafana abaku-9to5Google bekwazile ukuqinisekisa, i-UK Intellectual Property Office ikhombisa ukuthi umkhiqizo obaluleke kanjani ubone ushintsho kubunikazi kusuka kuAndy Rubin kuya kuCar Pei, inqubo ephothulwe ngoJanuwari 6, izinyanga ezimbili ngemuva kokwenza isicelo sangomhla kaNovemba 2, 11.
Kusukela kwahamba uCarl Pei, sekucatshangwe okuningi ngemikhiqizo azoyibeka emakethe ngaphansi komkhiqizo weLutho Technologies, imikhiqizo eqondiswe yenza amakhaya ahlakaniphe.
Kusho ukuthini lokhu?
Zonke izimpawu zokuthengisa ezibalulekile, kufaka phakathi i-logo nokufaka uphawu lokufaka uphawu manje sekuphethwe nguCarl Pei. Akucaci noma ngabe yimaphi amalungelo obunikazi u-Andy Rubin okungenzeka ukuthi abhalisile ngesikhathi senqubo ye-Essential design abesebizweni lenkampani noma lakhe.
Kungacishe kwenzeke zazisegameni likaRubinNjengoba uma inkampani isishintshe igama lomnikazi, akusho ukuthi amalungelo obunikazi inkampani ebingawabhalisa nawo ayakwenza lokho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akukho zindaba ezishicilelwe mayelana nokuthengiselana kwezomnotho phakathi kukaRubin noPei.
Yize yayingeyona ifoni embi, i-Essential PH-2, isizukulwane sesibili se-Essential sasisesipayipini, noma kunjalo Izinsolo zokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kukaRubin bawuqeda ngokushesha umsebenzi, baphelelwa yimali eyayidingeka ukuze kwenziwe lo msebenzi.
