Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, is launching a new type of smartphone. Essential Phone combines a unique edge-to-edge display with a modular system for accessories like a 360-degree camera. Essential is even launching a new Amazon Echo competitor with a focus on privacy. Follow along here for all the news on the Essential Phone and more.
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All the Essential Phone news
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September 22, 2017
Essential Phone now available unlocked at Best Buy for $700
You can buy it online or at your nearest store.
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September 14, 2017
The Essential Phone will get a clip-on headphone jack
Plus answers to questions on Android Oreo, camera performance, and more
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September 13, 2017
Essential Phone will be available at all Sprint stores September 14th
Now’s your chance to try it in person.
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August 25, 2017
The Essential Phone just started shipping to buyers
After a few missed targets, the new Android phone is making its way out the door.
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August 9, 2017
Essential promises a new phone release date 'in a week'
US retail partners include Best Buy and Amazon
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July 27, 2017
Essential claims its dual-camera system will capture superior photographs
Using both color and black-and-white images
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June 1, 2017
Andy Rubin’s Essential is looking into smart glasses with built-in camera
New patent filing shows a Google Glass successor
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May 30, 2017
US carriers confirm they’ll support the Essential Phone
The new Android smartphone should work no matter which network you’re with.
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May 30, 2017
The Essential Phone has its own version of the magnetic Moto Mods system
Modular, magnetic accessories designed to help us avoid the donglelife
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May 30, 2017
The father of Android says it has ‘forced us to fight’ with technology
But he’s releasing an Android-based phone
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May 30, 2017
This is the new Ambient OS, Essential’s big bet to control your home
If this, then that, but much bigger
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May 30, 2017
Essential Home is an Amazon Echo competitor that puts privacy first
'An entirely new type of product'