Tag: Razer

The final supported feature of the Nextbit Robin will be going away March 1st.  The Nextbit Cloud storage solution offered Robin owners 100GB of storage online to keep older apps and files just a tap away.  This was offered over an expansion slot on the device, which came with 32GB of storage.  The idea was simple:  Apps you don’t use a lot and their associated data would be moved to the cloud and the icon for them would be grayed out on your Robin.  If you needed them again, just tap the icon and it would be restored with all its data to the phone.

Now that is going away as part of Razer’s acquisition of Nextbit last year.  Owners were notified yesterday of the impending turn down of the cloud storage service with all users being automatically signed out on March 1st.

Nextbit was acquired by Razer today, ending the company’s independent status as well as ending the sale of their only phone, the Nextbit Robin.  In an announcement today, Nextbit will become an operating unit within Razer going forward.

While we have stopped selling Robin and all accessories through our official channels, we are still dedicated to supporting all of you. We will continue to fulfill warranties for 6 more months. And as promised, we will continue to provide software updates and security patches through February 2018.

The news isn’t entirely a surprise but still interesting given that the Robin has been a solid Android option that has nice specs at an affordable price.  What this means for Nextbit’s next phone, if there is one, remains unclear.