Osom, the corporate shaped by Essential’s staff after the startup went underneath, has launched new particulars about its upcoming OV1 telephone, together with a really acquainted listing of construct supplies. Meant to compete with flagships from Apple, Google, and Samsung, the OV1 may have a chrome steel and titanium housing, a ceramic again, Corning Victus cowl glass, and a Qualcomm processor.

The stainless-steel is for the telephone’s body, whereas titanium will likely be used for accents like the facility and quantity buttons in addition to the ring across the digicam bump, according to Android Police. It sounds just like the telephone may have a heft to it — Osom says the OV1 will likely be “noticeably bigger” than the Essential Phone, which had razor-thin bezels and a 5.7-inch display screen. The firm additionally says the telephone will are available white and matte black however that there are “some surprises to come” in colours.

Talking to Osom’s founder and CEO, Jason Keats, he mentioned that the OV1 wasn’t deliberately meant to evoke the Essential Phone. The resemblance is simply the pure results of having the identical group engineering and designing it. In my opinion, it nonetheless manages to face out — the supplies are nonetheless comparatively unusual in most telephones, even 5 years after we heaped reward on the Essential Phone’s construct. Arguably, Apple’s in all probability the closest with the iPhone 13 Pro’s stainless-steel sides and “ceramic shield,” however I believe most individuals would have the ability to instantly inform the distinction between the iPhone and an OV1. (Plus, there’s the value — Osom hasn’t mentioned precisely how a lot its telephone would price however told Android Police it’d are available effectively underneath $1,000, which is the place the 13 Pro begins.)

The OV1 was alleged to be totally revealed this week, in line with TechCrunch, however Osom is pushing again its announcement and ship date so it could actually improve the telephone’s processor. The firm says it’ll use a “Snapdragon 8 series chipset,” although it could actually’t give specifics, according to TechCrunch. Qualcomm not too long ago switched up its naming scheme for chips with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, although it appears unlikely that the OV1 will use that particular chip given its vow of silence.

Osom says the telephone will get “all-day” battery life and that it’ll have ultra-wideband, or UWB, the identical tech different producers like Apple, Google, and Samsung use for issues like precision location monitoring and digital automotive keys. Keats wouldn’t say precisely what that radio’s for however mentioned that the corporate has some “interesting stuff cooking” that it could announce later. It may have room for 2 bodily SIM playing cards — Keats says the corporate purposefully selected to not go together with an e-SIM to keep away from tying itself to specific carriers. (He additionally talked about that partnering with a specific provider was a “devastating mistake for Essential.”)

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Osom says that it’s additionally realized from the digicam missteps at Essential and that it desires the OV1 to have a “truly flagship camera experience.” Design-wise, the OV1 has a digicam bump, one thing the Essential telephone prevented. That bump holds the 2 rear cameras, operating at 48 and 12 megapixels. The front-facing digicam will likely be 16MP. Because of how vital software program is to the cellular pictures expertise, it’s exhausting to say how these specs will translate into snapshots at this level.

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Finally, there’s the USB cable that comes within the field. There’s often not rather a lot to say about these, however Osom’s together with one with a neat trick: the flexibility to flip a change that bodily disconnects the info pins, so you may really feel extra snug charging your telephone from a public outlet. Keats couldn’t say how briskly the OV1 will cost, simply that it will likely be “impressively quick.” It is BYOB (deliver your personal brick), although — it gained’t ship with a charger within the field.