Nextbit has listed Robin, the only cloud first smartphone, on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Just last July, San Francisco-based Nextbit revealed the possibility of hitting the smartphone market soon. Now the company is aiming at bringing the cloud to the phone in a new way.

The crowdfunded smartphone is slated to launch on Kickstarter via a couple of packages. The most basic package allows early adopters to get the device as early as January 2016 for $299.

The other packages include Kickstarter Special ($349), True Rebel Special ($399) and Double Kickstarter Special ($698). The Distributor Special Pack, which is only for the U.S. markets, is priced at at $6,950.

Nextbit Robin will be the first smartphone to run on Android-based cloud OS. The company boasts the device to be smarter, bold, open and powerful. Of its many features, the standout point would be its offer of an adaptable storage space. By making use of the unlimited potential of the cloud, Nextbit’s Robin automatically adapts to the storage needs of the user and wisely optimises the space on the smartphone.

“Cloud-first” means smarter way of simply offloading the photos, videos and apps to optimise the local storage space on the device, reports Tech Crunch. Thus, Robin lets the user keep everything on the cloud while keeping the most important data, such as what is required by the user, on the phone. The Android-based storage comprises of cloud-based storage of 100GB and 32GB of onboard storage.

Once the phone runs out of space, the smartphone intelligently offloads apps and media files that the user has not used for a while to the cloud. Robin also continuously takes backup of apps and photos whenever the device is connected to power and Wi-Fi. To retrieve the removed app or photo, the user just needs to tap on it and the full version will be restored from the cloud.

Nextbit was founded in 2013 by the big shots in the mobile space. Co-founder and CEO Tom Moss served as Worldwide Head of Business Development and Partnerships for Android at until 2010 along with CTO, Mike Chan who has been a part of the Software Engineer team working on Android. Chief Product and Design Officer, Scott Croyle was the most prominent name behind the success of HTC One M7 and M8.

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