It wasn't the successful, industry-changing run we had all hoped for from the startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, but the Essential Phone might ...
Finally, the waiting of the customers for the Essential phone seems to end. Manufacturers said that they would ...
Smartphone company Essential, which is founded by Android co-creator Andy Rubin, has finally made official a $300 million funding round first reported in ...
Each offers its own challenges, and our task was developing new processes to get them right. But the end result is worth it. Essential ...
It is now August, and the Essential Phone is finally available to purchase. The phone can be purchased from Essential, Sprint and Best Buy.
Andy Rubin's Essential Phone is finally shipping. Back at the end of May, the Android founder promised that the device would come out within a month but ...
Andy Rubin's Essential Phone has a lot going for it, including an edge-to-edge display and a modular system that lets you attach accessories like a ...
The Essential phone is built around a titanium frame, which is tougher than aluminum and will not scratch or bend when you drop the phone.
OnePlus hasn't been making Android phones for a very long time, but over its four years in existence it has made numerous screw ups. This all finally led up ...
After months of rumors, the Essential Phone was first announced and went on sale in May. The high-end Android phone finally started shipping to customers in ...
After seeing how well it worked on the Apple Watch, wireless charging has finally come to the iPhone! This is a great new feature to have, especially as ...
The Essential Phone's status bar is double-height and, for most apps, stripped. Enlarge / The Essential Phone's status bar is ...
It's weird to recommend a device based not on any aggregate sum of industry-leading specs, value or available features, but instead on emotional response ...
On Essential's website and other stores that typically sell the Essential Phone, the device was showing up as "sold out." We weren't sure what was going on, ...
From my perspective, there are two camps of people when it comes to screen protectors on phones. Some of us don't mind scratches and minor wear on our ...
At Tom's Guide, we test phones to see which is the fastest, which has the best display, which has the best camera and which has the longest battery life.
The Essential Phone manages that, and it's hard to point to exactly what it is about the device that produces that result. The display, for sure, ...
“We talked a lot [to] our developer partners about this,” Samat says, arguing their feedback has been positive. “I think the concept of engagement is ...
The Essential Phone was brought to life by Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system. The premium smartphone has a beautiful edge-to-edge ...
How the Essential Phone's status bar deals with various edge cases. Enlarge / How the Essential Phone's ...
Fortnite has been blowing up lately. Millions of people have become obsessed with the game, both as players and just watching popular Twitch streamers play ...
Many other manufacturers have emphasized this point, and at least to me it makes a pretty big difference in evaluating the tradeoffs.
Apple's iPhone 8 Plus (left) makes use of dual cameras to judge depth and add effects to photos. Apple. Most high-end phones already have ...
The latest Android version will be known as Android Pie and it focuses on simplicity, intelligence and adds a slew of new features.
In a way, Essential is something of a pioneer. Before the iPhone X helped the world reluctantly embrace the screen notch, the company proudly displayed one ...
In order to get an invite, customers had to jump through a series of hoops with things like contests. All just to buy the damn phone in the first place.
This is part 6 of a multipart series on Android Oreo. The subsequent parts in this series will be posted daily to BirchTree, so subscribe via RSS, Twitter, ...
The Essential Phone has finally made its debut in Sprint stores today, and with that its launch is pretty much complete across all channels.
... yet) is full of visual changes and new features. In terms of how it actually feels to use an Android device day-to-day, it could be the biggest update ...
The company has introduced a host of new features, styling and changes that make it look more immersive as ...
Well, it's here: Android Pie is officially available, and that means finger-tapping, impatient waiting for the update to hit your phone.
When enthusiasts found out that this did not include a 3.5 mm headphone jack, there were plenty of essentially funny jokes to go around.
The Essential Phone, a $700 premium Android handset launched to much fanfare, has sold only 5,000 handsets.
Vivo's Apex phone is just a prototype, but it has some tech inside that signals where Android devices of the future are headed.
Also like the launch of the One, the 2 was released with an invite-only buying system. While they didn't have any stupid contests like with the One, ...
Notches were interesting for about three months. But that time is long past now. Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)