I find Essential’s determination to make the phone better and better admirable. I would absolutely trust them as a company if an Essential 2 was released.
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I find Essential’s determination to make the phone better and better admirable. I would absolutely trust them as a company if an Essential 2 was released.
Back with another random thought, I'm on vacation right now at the Florida, both PH-1 and iPhone X in tow. One thing I really appreciate about the PH-1 camera is it's a wider angle lens vs the X, or at least appears to be. I'm not incredibly knowledge on camera spec. Either way, I can capture more of the scene on the PH-1 than the X. Just makes me wish they went telephoto with the second camera instead of monochrome.
I love the 360 camera, that's one accessory I would recommend. Can't wait until something like is built in.
Amazon has the device on sale today for 279.99.
I ordered one up for my dad's aging Nexus 5X. I think it'll be a solid replacement.
I ordered one up for my dad's aging Nexus 5X. I think it'll be a solid replacement.
I saw that too. I ma hesitant though.....that is a great price. But will the company be around next year?
I read somewhere that it's supposed to get two years of software updates and three of security updates, and that they're committed to keeping that. It already has Pie, too.
For my parents, that's fine.
Bit of a shame there won't be an Essential phone 2.
Agreed.
I was hoping there would be, beyond the updates I really like the look of this phone and the price was ultimately reasonable to me.
Well, I guess if someone buy essential, there could possibly be another one. It did make things a little easier for me this year, don't know what I would've done between the S9, Note 9, and Essential 2.
And the price goes even lower. Down to $223.99 in Amazon for the Halo Gray color.
I ended up ordering one. At this price I can rock the thing naked and not worry. I always said I'd buy this when it hit $200. Yesterday's $280 was a bit too steep but $223.99 did it for me.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078SQ7GWK/ref=twister_B07BHGD33F?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I ended up ordering one. At this price I can rock the thing naked and not worry. I always said I'd buy this when it hit $200. Yesterday's $280 was a bit too steep but $223.99 did it for me.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078SQ7GWK/ref=twister_B07BHGD33F?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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And the price goes even lower. Down to $223.99 in Amazon for the Halo Gray color.
I ended up ordering one. At this price I can rock the thing naked and not worry. I always said I'd buy this when it hit $200. Yesterday's $280 was a bit too steep but $223.99 did it for me.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078SQ7GWK/ref=twister_B07BHGD33F?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
What! I'm definitely getting a price adjustment or reordering. That's over $60 bucks cheaper than when I ordered a day ago.
Even better deal.
EDIT: Amazon doesn't do price adjustments. Lame. So I've reordered and will return the first one. Worth it to save ~60 bucks.
Wonder what spurred about the new price drop. Was $279.99 not moving the product, maybe?
At $223, this is an insane deal.
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They got me at the $224 price. I had an Amazon credit of $35 too so the phone was only $204 after taxes. I just couldn't pass that up even if it sits in a drawer. I have the Note 9 on the way too.
set up a price alert notification at camelcamelcamel.com. That's what I did and was alerted of the $223 and bought right away..
thanks for the tip.set up a price alert notification at camelcamelcamel.com. That's what I did and was alerted of the $223 and bought right away..
my friend has one. just had a look. vanilla install without any apps take up 19 to 22gb???? !!!! that's insane. Even Windows 10 full install doesn't take that much space.
I think it's due to A/B system partitions being used.
https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/ab/
Essential hardware and design is BEAUTIFUL in hand. Stunning.
Wish Andy Rubin stayed with Google and designed the Pixel.
Wish Andy Rubin stayed with Google and designed the Pixel.
Coming back to my essential phone for a bit, and man this design still just feels and looks great, especially with Android 9. It's such a shame that the essential phone 2 was cancelled, hopefully they get bought and are able to do a follow-up
How awesome if Samsung buys them out? How awesome would an essential designed phone with Samsung engineering be? Oraybe Google, but after what Google has done with HTC and Motorola, maybe not.
How awesome if Samsung buys them out? How awesome would an essential designed phone with Samsung engineering be? Oraybe Google, but after what Google has done with HTC and Motorola, maybe not.