About Essential Company
Essential Products was founded by the co founder of Android Operating System, Andy Rubin. The company has its headquarter in Palo Alto, California. Its first ever smartphone was the Essential Phone, which was launched in the year 2017.
Essential Phone- PH 1
Essential Phone, which is nowadays in the news headlines for its attractive design for its bezel-less, was unveiled in the month of June earlier this year and today, the company’s founder and Android co-creator Andy Rubin has announced that the handset is now available for purchase on the company’s own website, and also on the e-commerce platform Sprint, and Amazon as well.
Price
The unlocked model of the smartphone is available for purchase at $699 which is roughly Rs. 44,800 from the company’s own website.
One of the best ever experience of Android Operating system built by Andy Rubin
In order to impart confidence to the Essential Phone buyers, Andy Rubin has also written a post on the blog where he has announced that the new smartphone will get guaranteed Android Operating system updates for around 2 years and will get monthly security updates for more and around 3 years. This brings the Essential Phone at par with Google Pixel in terms of support or the software and also ensures that the handset remains secure and is updated with all the latest updated features.
Android Version and Display
Essential Phone runs on the Android version 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box and also sports a 5.7-inch edge-to-edge Quad High Definition (1312×2560 pixels) display with unique 19:10 aspect ratio and also comes with the protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 5.
Processor
It is powered and supported by the 64-bit Snapdragon 835 octa-core (2.45GHz quad + 1.9GHz quad) processor with Adreno 540 GPU and 4GB RAM. The phone also comes with the internal storage option of around 128GB.
Stylish photography department of the smartphone
The smartphone has a 13-megapixel dual camera setup at the back with the functional capabilities of RGB and monochrome in each of the lenses, with support for the hybrid autofocus, phase detects, IR Laser Assist Focus, and 4K video support. At the front department, there is an 8-megapixel selfie sensor with an aperture of f/2.2, 16:9 aspect ratio, and 4K video support here as well.
Battery
The smartphone has a battery capacity of 3040mAh which is a non-removable one with support for the fast charging. It can deliver up to 24 hours of mixed usage. In our real world experience, the battery lasted roughly a day with heavy to moderate usage. So the battery life on this phone is good but nothing to shout about.
Connectivity options:
The connectivity options include 4G LTE, Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, NFC, GPS, USB Type-C port, Nano-SIM support, and GLONASS. The dimensions of the Essential Phone are at 141.5×72.2×7.8mm with respect to its length x height x thickness, and the smartphone weighs less than 185 grams.
You Can Buy The Full Unlocked variant of Essential Phone from Amazon
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