Product Description
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Founded by the creator of Android, the Essential Phone has all
the features you care about most without a bunch of gimmicks. A
large, edge-to-edge display, 128GB of storage, all-day battery
life, fast charging, and more. It's sophisticated. It's simple.
And it's yours. Network / Bands- UMTS/HSPA+: 1, 2, 4, 5 6, 8 GSM:
850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz CDMA EV-DO Rev. A: 0, 1, 10 FDD-LTE: 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30,
66 TDD-LTE: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 TD-SCDMA: 34, 39
From the Manufacturer
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More screen, less phone
The biggest screen-to-body ratio of any phone! With a stunning
5.71-inch edge-to-edge Quad HD Display, you get a large screen in
a phone that still fits comfortably in one hand. So you can enjoy
more of what’s on your screen without all those intrusive bezels.
Beauty meets brawn Crafted with space-age strength, titanium,
ceramic, and Gorilla Glass 5. Its space-age strength helps
withstand your day-to-day. And there's no branding or logos
anywhere on the device. So your phone is more of an expression of
who you are—because it’s yours.
For every adventure With a 13MP Dual-Camera and Portrait Mode,
your pictures look great. And the Essential 360 Camera is big
enough to easily capture everything around you in 4K — but small
enough to fit in your pocket. So it can take it with you
everywhere.
Store more, worry less PH-1 comes with a whopping 128GB of
storage. So you can easily store all your photos, 4K and 360
videos, games, and more without worrying about running out of
space—or needing to spend more money on external storage options.
Straight-up Android PH-1 runs pure Android. No unnecessary apps,
preloads, or anything that gets in your way of getting the latest
Android updates and features. You get a smooth experience that is
fast and fluid.
Revolutionary accessories The Click Connector on Essential Phone
makes using accessories easier than ever. They magnetically
attach and power up using your PH-1. So you don’t need to charge
your accessories to use them. And because the Click Connector
will be on future Essential devices, you can use your current
accessories with future Essential devices.
About the Startup Describe your product in 3 words.
Freedom is Essential
How did you come up with the idea for this product?
I know people are going to ask me a lot of questions about why I
started this company. Why didn’t I just travel the world, ride my
motorcycle, tinker with my robots, hang out at my bakery with
friends and family. And to be honest I still do ask myself that
sometimes…but not too often. So why did I create Essential? Well,
my hardware engineers wanted me to talk about how we are bringing
real passion and craftsmanship back into this category. My
software engineers wanted me to talk about our vision for making
all devices, even those we don't make ourselves, play well
together. My partners wanted me to talk about how we are using
methods that could change how successful technology companies are
built forever. And this is all true. But the real reason is
because of what happened during a night out with an old friend of
mine. As the night went on we inevitably began talking about what
we didn't like about the current state of technology. Less and
less choice. More and more unnecessary features cluttering our
lives. An increasing sea of products that didn't work with one
another… And just when I was about to drop another criticism it
hit me: I am partly responsible for all of this. For all the good
Android has done to help bring technology to nearly everyone it
has also helped create this weird new world where people are
forced to fight with the very technology that was supposed to
simplify their lives. Was this what we had intended? Was this the
best we could do? I left that night reflecting deeply on what was
great and what was frustrating with the current state of
technology today. After another long talk with my friend we
decided that I needed to start a new kind of company using 21st
century methods to build products for the way people want to live
in the 21st century.
What makes your product special?
This is what we believe: • Devices are your personal property. We
won’t force you to have anything on them you don’t want to have.
• We will always play well with others. Closed ecosystems are
divisive and outdated. • Premium materials and true craftsmanship
shouldn’t be just for the few. • Devices shouldn’t become
outdated every year. They should evolve with you. • Technology
should assist you so that you can get on with enjoying your life.
• Simple is always better.
What has been the best part of your startup experience?
I have used the above principles to inform everything Essential
is doing and they have helped me attract some of the best and
brightest people from all over the world to join me in bringing
this vision to life. We won’t achieve everything we hope on day
one, but if you’re one of those people who also thinks it’s time
for something new, please have a look at www.essential.com to
learn more.
- The Essential Phone is expertly crafted using titanium and ceramic, with an edge-to-edge Full Display and uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835.
- Edge-to-edge Full Display - With the stunning edge-to-edge Full Display on the Essential Phone there's finally a large-screen device that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand.
- The world’s thinnest dual camera system - The camera system consists of color and monochrome sensors to capture up to 200% more light than traditional phone cameras. This results in stunning images that are rich in color and detail, even in low light.
- Accessories that simply click - With the phone's revolutionary magnetic connector, accessories can easily attach to your device so it's future-proof and always up-to-date.
- Android 8.1 Oreo now available! Improves phone and camera performance. And it adds lots of useful, new features like Picture-in-Picture, Smart text selection, and more.
- Award-winning MQA technology to deliver studio quality music listening on the go. Ports : 60GHz Wireless, SuperSpeed USB 2x accessory power pins.