I-Carl Pei's Nothing isazomemezela umkhiqizo wayo wokuqala, kodwa inkampani ibilokhu yenza izihloko eziningi kamuva nje. Ngesonto eledlule nje, imemezele ukuthi ikhulise ukutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$15 million ku-Alphabet GV. Izindaba zakamuva ukuthi inkampani yaseBrithani ithole i-Essential Inc. noma yini esele kuyo. Yebo, Ibalulekile.
Kuqale kwabikwa I-9to5Google, amadokhumende atholakala e-Intel Intellectual Property Office manje akhombisa ukuthi i-Essential manje iphethwe yi-Nothing Technologies Ltd. UKarla Pei. Umthombo uthi isicelo sifakwe ngoNovemba 2020, ngaphambi kokuthi siphothulwe ngesonto lokuqala likaJanuwari 2021. Ngokuya ngalokhu, konke okusele kwe-Essential, kufaka phakathi uphawu lwayo lokuhweba nelogo (ngaphandle kwemininingwane ye-patent), manje sekungezeLutho.
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Lezi yizindaba ezijabulisayo impela njengoba zisinikeza ithuba lokubona ukubuya komkhiqizo we-Essential. Le nkampani, esungulwe nguAndy Rubin, ibingenye yezimpawu ezimfushane kakhulu ze-smartphone ezake zaba khona. Inkampani ikhiphe i-smartphone eyodwa kuphela, I-PH-1 ebalulekilekepha waphuka ngaphambi kokuba akhulule umlandeli wakhe noma omunye umkhiqizo opholile awukhiqizayo.
Manje njengoba i-Essential ingumnikazi weLutho, sethemba ukuthi lokhu kuyisibonakaliso sokuthi umkhiqizo we-Essential uzovuka emlotheni. Asikalindeli ukuthi ifoni ivele njengoba, ngokwazi kwethu, ingekho ezinhlelweni zikaLutho.
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