The makers of the Pebble Smartwatch now want to release a compact Android phone

Pebble smartwatches were popular and now their creators want to enter the smartphone segment with a unique focus. The team behind Pebble wants to make a compact Android phone that could take over the mantle of the discontinued iPhone 13 Mini.

Eric Migicovsky has started a community focused on phone design and production. Eric’s team claims they have over 38,000 signatures for the product to be rolled out. To be fair, he has no business standing, but Eric and Co. have been designing the phone behind the scenes and claim to have tried to source the screen, chip and even the design of the phone.

Eric has gotten other former Pebble colleagues involved in this project, and it’s exciting to see them talk about their plans and how they plan to finance the production of the phone in the near future.

The team already includes a head of industrial design, a project manager and even a data scientist, although we’re not sure how the latter will help in the development of the smartphone. Pebble had to shut down after being acquired by FitBit in 2016, and looking at their phone plans, it looks like they might be on to something.

The team has already talked about the layouts of the phone’s camera module, how to improvise with the design language to give it a new appeal but to make it recognizable yet unique. As for the camera specs, the team wants to deliver a unit that can click good pictures, so don’t expect them to join the megapixel war. They also use software optimizations to improve the camera’s image quality. After hearing all these details, it wouldn’t be hard to compare Eric’s goals as being similar to Carl Pei from Nothing.

The company has launched its first smartphone that has definitely scored high with its unique Glyph LED interface with a transparent back panel. The Nothing Phone (1) is also focused on software improvements that make the phone reliable in the long run. Nothing launched the phone for around Rs 35,000 and Eric could do worse than following Carl and Co to chart his own journey in the smartphone segment.

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