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DEAL(?): Essential Phone Drops by $100 at Best Buy

Kellen October 19, 2017 31

Mad at Google for the Pixel 2 XL's display and are ready to jump fully into the other flagship phone on the market with flaws that happens to run stock Android? The Essential Phone is $100 off right now at Best Buy! I think that's a deal. Yeah, it technically...

White Essential Phone Now Available for Purchase

Kellen October 11, 2017 42

The white Essential Phone is finally here! Essential just sent me an email with the news because that's the model I had previously reserved, but it looks like the white model is generally available for purchase at their site if you are interested. The white...

Latest Essential AMA: Oreo Update Status, Night Mode, Stuttering Fix, White Model, and More

Kellen October 9, 2017 15

The Essential team announced last week that they would start hosting bi-weekly AMAs over at reddit to continue the two-way dialogue that first opened up through an AMA with Essential founder, Andy Rubin. In doing so, they also kicked off the first of those bi-...

Essential Phone Gets Both System and Camera Updates

Kellen October 5, 2017 54

Essential rolled out a system update to the Essential Phone today, as well as a camera app update through Google Play. The combination of these two should bring much needed improvements to the camera experience. The new system update is build NMI81C. I already...

Essential Estimated to Have Sold Just 5,000 Units

Tim September 27, 2017 101

According to estimates from BayStreet Research, the Essential Phone is getting creamed on the open market. In total, Essential is reported to have sold only 5,000 units of its premium Android handset, well under any reasonable target the company may have set...

Unlocked Essential Phone Now Available at Best Buy With In-Store Availability

Kellen September 22, 2017 43

The unlocked Essential Phone is now available for purchase at Best Buy. The pre-order period is done and you can order one with quick shipping or head into your local Best Buy to pick it up. In fact, I'm seeing several stores in the Portland area have them in-...

Essential Phone Now Certified for Use on Verizon’s Network

Kellen September 18, 2017 42

Over the weekend, Andy Rubin and the Essential team let us know that the Essential Phone's Verizon certification process is now complete. Days before, they mentioned during a reddit AMA that they were close to finishing up and that the process should be...

Essential Phone AMA Recap: Android Oreo Update, White Model, 3.5mm Accessory, and More!

Kellen September 14, 2017 56

The Essential team is spending an hour today participating in a reddit AMA. Well, Andy Rubin is hosting one, but he invited a bunch of the Essential team members to join the party and answer any questions the tech community may have about the Essential Phone (...