The bright orange Rabbit R1 is easily one of the most memorable devices to debut this year, and if you're among the lucky few who were able to place an order before the first batch sold out, yours will soon be on the way. To you. According Rabbit, the first batch of US pre-orders will ship on March 31 (Easter Sunday). However, it will take a few weeks for the devices to reach their destinations. The company estimates that the first R1 orders will be in customers' hands “around April 24.”
Rabbit is also hosting a pickup party in New York City on April 23 that it says is open to all buyers, not just lot one. He plans to release more information about the party and the first deliveries next week.
The company's Rabbit R1 demo, which occurred on the sidelines of CES, generated a lot of buzz and many more questions about the purpose of dedicated ai hardware in the smartphone era. It is positioned as a more useful ai assistant that can accompany you anywhere, powered in large part by the LLM of San Francisco startup Perplexity. Co-designed by Teenage Engineering, the Rabbit R1 features a physical scroll wheel and rotating camera, plus an adorable animated bunny who acts as a mascot.
R1 pickup party in New York on April 23rd.
RSVP will only be available to confirmed customers of order r1 of all batches.
Confirmed customers will be able to collect R1 on site.
More details of the event coming soon. pic.twitter.com/MKry7LdhfZ
– rabbit inc. (@rabbit_hmi) March 23, 2024
The company began accepting pre-orders for the $199 Rabbit R1 in January, and the first batches of 10,000 devices each sold out quickly. While lot one will begin shipping soon, buyers who arrived later will still have to wait several months for theirs to arrive. Pre-orders are currently open for batch seven.
