A Former Apple CEO Is Making New Phones, and They’re Kind of Neat

John Sculley is most know for his time with Apple — and his head - scratching manoeuvre to kick out co - founder Steve Jobs from Apple . Now , he ’s back with two phones , the SF1 and the SJ1.5 . They ’re are also mean for those ~elusive~ 1 billion people Google is always talking about with Android One , and Sculley think these two earphone can actually pluck it off .

These are n’t mean to vie with the mega - expensive flagship out there — not even close . The SF1 is a 4 gm LTE gimmick with a Snapdragon 610 processor and a full HD display that ’ll feed around $ 200 whereas the oddly named SJ1.5 will be just 3 G at $ 120 and will be slightly less powerful across the board .

In purchase order to entice novel users , Sculley is putting all his money on design , tip the SF - based business firm Ammunition , which designed the original Beats headphone . The SJ1.5 attend a lot like a Frankenstein hybrid of Beats style with a hardware layout similar toSharps Aquos smartphone from 2014 . The SF1 is much more reserved :

And yes , these phones are running Lollipop , a slightly skinned version that Obi calls Lifespeed — basically a custom curl screen and some neat - o wallpaper . But Sculley tells the Verge that it could become much more over clip . So there you go : Cheap smartphones have a new challenger follow October . expert lot , Obi . You’regoing to need it .

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Moto 360 2.0 : As is usually the typesetter’s case as we get tight and tightlipped to IFA , third - political party retailers are beat a minuscule too eager to push new wares . This time , a seller distinguish Mobile Fun has possibly come out Motorola ’s next wearable , the Moto 360 2 . accord to the internet site , there ’s a declamatory ( 46.5 millimetre brass ) and small edition with a 375 mAh and 275 mAh battery , severally . We ’ll know much more about this time next calendar week . [ TrustedReviews ]

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