Running out of storage is a thing of the past with the Nextbit Robin phone

As exciting as all new smartphones are — oh look, they're shiny and new and have faster everything — they're equally as boring now. There's an uninspiring genericness to all smartphones — all the ones that really matter, at least.

They're all rectangle slabs with high resolution screens. They all have good cameras that replace the need to carry a separate point and shoot. They're all lightning fast and most of them are powered by some kind of Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. And with the exception of iPhones, practically all of the best smartphones run Android (even BlackBerry's best device).