Essential Phone

Latest Essential AMA: Software Update Speed, DAC Whereabouts, and Camera Improvements

Tim September 19, 2018

Essential continues its stellar record of transparency with yet another installment of monthly AMA over on its subreddit. This month, folks are still being impatient over the launch of Essential's DAC (Audio Adapter HD), people want to know how Essential is so...

Essential has Discussed a Phone Trade-in Program for Its Next Device 😎

Kellen September 19, 2018

Essential Phone 2 confirmed...probably not. I want an Essential Phone 2, probably more than anyone. You guys are well aware of that. Today, Essential left the door open for such a sequel during their monthly AMA, and yeah, I'm (over)hyped. This entire post...

Battery Saver is Randomly Turning on For Pixel and Essential Phone Owners (Updated)

Kellen September 13, 2018

Battery saver, leave my Pixel 2 alone A couple of hours ago, after not having touched my Pixel 2 XL for a while, calmly unlocked it only to notice that the battery looked weird. The battery looked weird because it had a red outline with a "+" in the middle,...

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...

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...