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DEAL: Amazon Warehouse Drops 20% Off Items This Week, Like a Note 8 for $550

Kellen April 16, 2018 17

To celebrate Earth Week, Amazon is dropping an additional 20% off a bunch of items from its Amazon Warehouse site, where they sell used products (probably items that were returned). Since these are used items, they already carry low prices, but at an extra 20%...

DEAL: Essential Drops to $399, Lowest Price Since Black Friday

Kellen April 15, 2018 21

Guys, the Essential Phone has dropped once again to $399.99. That's $100 off and its lowest price since that crazy Black Friday deal we freaked out over. While this doesn't include a free 360 Camera, this is still a hell of a deal. At $399.99, you can choose...

Essential Phone 2 Doesn’t Need to Change Much to be the Phone of the Year

Kellen April 9, 2018 109

After spending this past weekend using almost nothing but the Essential Phone, I'm not even close to kidding with that title. Essential doesn't need to change much on the upcoming 2nd generation Essential Phone if it wants to make one of the best phones of...

Essential Says They’ll “Do It Better” With Their Next Phone’s Camera

Kellen April 9, 2018 31

For the next Essential Phone, Andy Rubin's company says that they "heard you" and plan to "do it better." No, they aren't talking about the phone in general, which was mostly great. Instead, they are talking about the camera because it was widely panned and...

Essential Phone Picks Up April Security Patch, Bluetooth 5.0 Certification

Kellen April 6, 2018 20

Another first week of a month, another update for the Essential Phone. That's right, Essential is pushing the April security patch to the Essential Phone already, just days after Google first made it available to its own Pixel and Nexus devices. That's the...

DEAL: Essential Phone is $50 Off at Best Buy, Plus You Get a $25 Gift Card (Updated: Amazon Too)

Kellen March 20, 2018 20

The Essential Phone is such an odd little beast. On one hand, I still love this phone. It has Android 8.1 already! It's hardware is phenomenal. It keeps getting better with updates! It's a ridiculously good deal when you consider the package. But it, of course...

Essential Releases Android 8.1 Update for Essential Phone!

Kellen March 13, 2018 23

Essential just pushed the Android 8.1 update to the Essential Phone! The stable version! The news comes as a bit of a surprise, since they only recently announced the Android 8.1 beta, with OTA-opt-in support. Not that we're complaining over here - we love...

Essential Might be Ready to Move Beyond the Notch With Pop-Up Camera Patent

Kellen March 5, 2018 50

A patent revealed over the weekend by Andy Rubin may show that his company, Essential, is already thinking beyond front display notches and onto an even cleaner, non-trendy design. Like we saw on Vivo's APEX concept phone last week, Essential is thinking about...