Razer might enter into smartphone market – acquires Nextbit

Razer, a top gaming PC maker, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with a smartphone maker – Nextbit. As both have joined hands, smartphone maker will be acquired by the PC manufacturer.

The maker or a crazy triple-monitor for gaming earlier this month has made this announcement over their community, thought the smartphone maker – Nextbit will continue to operate as a separate entity.

Nextbit is not an old firm making smartphones and has only one phone in to sell that is Robin. The phone along with the accessories will halt on sales but the company will support the device with security patches up until February 2018. Product warranties will also be carried out for six months.

On the other hand Razer told Tech Crunch that it may have plans to continue developing phones under the Nextbit brand without giving any timeframe.

“We’ll be ready to talk about that when we’re ready. With Nextbit, it was really the software and design talent we wanted to bring in. We have a good track record of going into traditional markets and building out from there,” said Min-Liang Tan, Razer’s co-founder and CEO.

I’m thrilled to announce that we’re joining the Razer family! They’re rebels like us, they speak from the heart, and they share our need to push boundaries. Nextbit will operate as an independent division inside Razer, focused on unique mobile design and experiences. To put it simply, we’ll be doing exactly what we’ve been doing all along, only bigger and better.

If you’re curious what this means for Robin, don’t worry. 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.

More than anything we want to preserve the community we’ve built on our forums and our social streams, we’re really proud of what we’ve accomplished together.

I want to thank all of you for your support. We would not be the company we are today without our backers, our supporters and our community — our band of Rebels. We love you guys.