UAndy Rubin wabhengeza iminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo ukuba wayesebenza kwi-smartphone eyahlukileyo kunaleyo sinokuyifumana ngelo xesha kwintengiso. Loo mveliso yayiyiyo I-PH-1 ebalulekileyo, i-smartphone engakhange ifumane imvume kumajelo eendaba Ke ngoko, kubasebenzisi, yiyo loo nto iphehlelele imodeli enye kwintengiso.
Kodwa ngaphaya kokungaphumeleli kwesihlobo se-PH-1, ngaphandle komsebenzi owenziwe nguRubin kuloo mveliso, inkampani iqhubeke nokusebenza kwi-smartphone entsha eyahlukileyo ebizwa ngokuba yi-GEM. I-GEM yayiyi-smartphone eyabhengezwa ngo-Agasti ophelileyo kodwa ekugqibeleni ayikubonanga ukukhanya kwaye ibisisikhonkwane ebhokisini yenkampani.
I-GEM isibonisa i-smartphone inde kwaye imxinwa ngalo, kwakhona, URubin wayefuna ukuba utshintsho kwimarike. Olu luvo, ngokungafaniyo ne-PH-1, yayingumcimi-mlilo kwaye wayengenangqondo kwimeko yangoku yeefoni, apho imarike isabhekise kwizikrini ezikhulu ezineefreyimu ezincinci nezincinci, kwaye apho isikrini esiphakamileyo nesimxinwa asenzi ngqondo ngaphaya i-niche ekhethekileyo (mhlawumbi kuya kubakho).
I-PH-1 ebalulekileyo yaziswa ngoFebruwari 2017, kwaye yaba i-smartphone yokuqala enotshi yentengiso (I-iPhone X yaziswa ngo-Septemba waloo nyaka). Esi siphelo sihlala siyenye yeyokuqala, zombini ngo-2018 nango-2019, ukuhlaziya kwiinguqulelo ezintsha ze-Android, kuba umaleko wokwenza ngokwezifiso awukho kwaphela.
I-smartphone iya kuqhubeka nokusebenza ngaphandle kwengxaki, kuphela awuyi kufumana naluphi na uhlobo lokuhlaziya kwakhona, okanye ukhuseleko lwalo naluphi na uhlobo. UAndy Rubin, umseki-ntsebenziswano we-Android, wayishiya iGoogle ngo-2008 ukuba azinikele ekuphuhliseni izixhobo zekhompyutha, eyona nto ibalulekileyo iyimveliso yokuqala yobuninzi ayenzileyo kwintengiso.