Essential shutting down after not being able to finish Project GEM - Android

Four months ago Essential surprised us, and the world, with a brand-new device codenamed GEM. It was a very narrow-sized smartphone that was supposedly equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 processor and should have run Android 10 at launch.

Unfortunately, it looks like Project GEM was too much for the US company. Essential announced today that it will cease operations and shut down the company. The reason behind the decision is explained in a and refers to owners of the PH-1 smartphone:

In October, we introduced Project GEM, a new mobile experience that our hardware, software ...