Inbox by 9to5Google: One is the loneliest number

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Inbox by 9to5Google, a newsletter that’s also a love letter to the days when email (and email apps) were simpler and more opinionated.


To start, we’ll be sending issues on Tuesday and Thursday, but hopefully with time we’ll be able to add more daily sends.

And don’t worry, Ben’s excellent https://9to5google.com/guides/9to5google-weekender/">Weekender newsletter will continue to be published every Sunday afternoon.


Inbox is the tech newsletter you should be able to read in 95 seconds or less.

We’ll cover the most important story from the previous day along with a few highlights from around the web.


Ready?

Let’s get started.


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When the https://9to5google.com/2014/04/23/oneplus-unveils-android-powered-one-smartphone-a-flagship-quality-device-that-wont-break-the-bank/">OnePlus One debuted in 2014, it promised to be one of the most exciting product launches of the year.

Sporting a $299 price tag and an industry-changing (and, we hoped, precedent-setting) relationship with Cyanogen, the phone that billed itself as the “flagship killer” attracted an outsize fanbase and a fair amount of controversy.

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