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Essential phone teaser reveals dual camera and an attachable 360 degree camera module

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would be aware of the fact that Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Android has been working on an Essential phone.…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would be aware of the fact that Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Android has been working on an Essential phone. In fact, he himself teased the smartphone a…

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would be aware of the fact that Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Android has been working on an Essential phone. In fact, he himself teased the smartphone a couple of months ago giving us a peak at slim bezels and curves of the phone.

What left us in awe, though, is a recent teaser image of the Essential smartphone which brought what seemed to be a 360-degree camera into the spotlight. And, today, a few hours before the official launch of the smartphone in the US, Essential’s Twitter handle has updated its cover photo thereby teasing the 360-degree camera module on the back.

As you can see from the above image, the 360-degree camera comes in addition to the dual camera setup on the back. We are still not sure how the 360-degree camera attaches to the smartphone (perhaps, it will be a Moto Mod-like external accessory which can be snapped on the back). But, we won’t have to wait long to find out as the device will be unveiled tonight.

Read: 360 degree camera Android phone is in works at Andy Rubin’s Essential brand

The Essential Phone is rumored to feature high-end specifications such as a 2.2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, Adreno 540 GPU for graphics, 4GB of RAM, 12MP rear cameras, and a 7MP front camera to give tough completion to the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG G6. Also, akin to these handsets, the smartphone could get a near bezel-less display.

Source: Twitter