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IT Home reported on July 16 that Rob Wainwright, software engineer of Nova Launcher, released a video 2 days ago demonstrating Essential's unreleased Gem smartphone.

Essential was founded by Android co-founder Andy Rubin, but the company closed in 2020 for various reasons.

The only phone the company brought to market was called the Essential PH-1. The company also released the Essential PH-2 and PH-3 in 2019, and was also brewing a smartphone called Gem in the same year.

Rubin showed photos of Essential Gem in 2019, but the prototype exposed this time is different, and its appearance is closer to a remote control.

In the video, Wainwright walks through the prototype in detail, showing off the unique tile-style interface and design from every angle.

The Essential Gem prototype has a punch-hole camera on the screen, a camera module on the back, and a fingerprint sensor.

The home screen has tiles for different apps. The phone's UI elements flip individually to fit the landscape view. However, the notification area and settings menu are pretty close to traditional Android.

According to the leaked information, the Essential Gem phone prototype is equipped withQualcomm Snapdragon 730G processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage space, the screen resolution is 2160 x 560 pixels and the refresh rate is 90Hz.

Gem is based on Android 10. Similar to the Essential PH-1, this prototype also lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack.