Andy Rubin’s Essential is shutting down

It’s been a tough few weeks in the smartphone world. First BlackBerry Mobile announced it would soon stop selling phones. Then companies started pulling out of Mobile World Congress over coronavirus fears, until the massive event was canceled altogether today. And now Essential, the phone company created by Android co-founder Andy Rubin, has announced it’s shutting down too. On one hand, the news comes as a surprise, considering it was just in October the company announced it was wo