11 Facts About Evan Blass

Evan Blass, once known solely by his pen name @evleaks, is an American blogger, editor, and phone leaker.

Evan Blass gained international notoriety for a series of numerous smartphone and tablet leaks on Twitter, spanning the period July 2012 through August 2014, that made him a trusted source for many technology journalists.

Evan Blass is a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Vassar College.

Evan Blass was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004, and in November 2013 was the subject of a report on The Verge documenting a controversial Walgreens policy pertaining to the dispensation of narcotic painkillers.

In June 2013, Evan Blass fully revealed himself in an interview with Android Police, citing the inevitability of being unmasked as the reason for his decision.

Evan Blass was particularly adept at obtaining information and pictures about Taiwanese manufacturer HTC Corporation and one-time Finnish handset maker Nokia, reporting on numerous devices those two companies planned during his two-year stint of activity.

From May 2014 until his retirement, Evan Blass attempted to monetize his leaks by publishing them on his own website, evleaks.

Immediately following his retirement announcement Evan Blass conducted an interview with The Next Web in which he recounted the problems he faced in trying to monetize a stream of Twitter leaks.

Evan Blass later leaked the LG G Pad X, Microsoft Lumia 735 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Active.

In early 2016, Evan Blass continued to leak accurate details of then-unreleased flagship smartphones Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, LG G5, HTC 10 and Huawei P9 through tweets and VentureBeat articles.

Evan Blass continued to leak throughout the rest of the year, 2017 and 2018.