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Essential Phone Picks Up September Security Patch, Various Fixes

Tim September 4, 2018

Moments after Google made September's security patch available to Pixel and Nexus devices, Essential announced the same update for Essential Phone owners. On top of the monthly patch, Essential details audio fixes and accessibility fixes. When downloading, the...

2018 is Going to be a Smartphone Year to Forget

Kellen August 28, 2018

At the end of 2016, I wrote a forward-looking piece about how 2017 was going to be an awesome year for smartphones and Android. It was the year that Samsung was due for a big leap in smartphone design, that Google would use to make-up for the iPhone clone...

The Essential Phone was at Least a Year Ahead of Everyone

Kellen August 23, 2018

When you look at the Essential Phone's unique design compared to the phones that have been released since it first arrived a year ago, there's no denying who was first to this notch craze and who had the initial vision for where the industry was headed. But...

DEAL: Essential Phone is Just $224 Right Now at Amazon (Updated)

Kellen August 20, 2018

The Essential Phone might have been priced at an insanely low $250 for Amazon Prime Day, a price we never thought would be matched, but oh how quickly things can change. If still interested in this year-old phone, the Essential Phone can be had in Amazon's...

Android Pie Release Makes Me Want to Beg Essential for a New Phone

Kellen August 7, 2018

Back in April, I laid out the case for the Essential Phone 2 not needing to do much in order to be the best Android phone of 2018. Everything I said there, still stands too, we're just now operating under the assumption that Essential has given up on new...

Essential Begins Pushing Android 9 Pie Update to Essential Phone

Tim August 6, 2018

Moments after Google made the announcement that Android 9 is called Pie and that it's shipping out to Pixel owners today, Essential announced that it too is making Pie available to owners of Essential Phone today. In a tweet, Essential says it is proud to...

DEAL: Essential Phone Drops to $329 at Amazon, $399 From Essential With Freebies

Kellen August 3, 2018

Amazon Prime Day is well behind us at this point, so the $250 price on the Essential Phone is long gone. But if you are still interested, Amazon is listing the device at $329.99 and Essential is running a summer bundle deal that gets you the phone for $399 ($...

Essential Releases Android P Beta 3 Build With Bug Fixes

Tim July 25, 2018

Essential announced it has released an Android P Beta 3 build for Essential Phone owners, the same exact Android P DP5 (aka Beta 4) build Google released today for Pixel devices. To clear up any confusion, this is the third public beta for Essential, but...