During the company's monthly Reddit AMA sesh, Essential also confirmed Android Q would be coming and that scrolling can be fixed-ish.
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Amazon’s Halo Gray Essential Phone is just $310
Software updates at the speed of life, okay hardware and all for $310. If you like owning a gray phone. If not, black's still cool at $340.
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Google pisses off Pixel owners by changing battery settings for them
In fact, any smartphone owner who had Android Pie on their device was susceptible to this seemingly random toggling of power saver settings...
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Essential Phone notch options experience a notch in availability
The options to have the "ears" blend in or stay out of the way were available on the Essential Phone in Android Oreo... but not Pie? Why?
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Android P Developer Preview 5 is final step before formal release
Android P has reached the end of the trialing pipeline and is set to be released within the next several weeks. What will be the treat name?
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Essential Phone will get standard 3-year software update schedule
The company insists that the Essential PH-1 will remain on its normal software update schedule through mid-2020, even as the fate of the company is uncertain.
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Apple v. Samsung ends, the HTC U12+ begins | #PNWeekly 306 (LIVE at 3p ET)
Nearly seven years later, we may finally have reached the end of this argument between two bickering tech giants. That and a really big phone this week on our show!
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Bloomberg: Andy Rubin selling Essential, stopping second phone work
Rubin himself has not denied that the company was for sale or confirmed that the Essential Phone sequel was still alive, just that some projects were "canceled" for what will hopefully be "bigger hits."
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Sharp Aquos R2 pairs ‘high speed’ IGZO screen with unique dual rear camera setup
Inspired by the Essential Phone rather than Apple's iPhone X, the 6-inch "edgeless" Sharp Aquos R2 packs a Snapdragon 845 processor and two somewhat unusual rear-facing cameras.
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After 9 months, Telus quits the Essential Phone
Two big price cuts later and the Canadian carrier has announced that it won't take any more stock of Andy Rubin's newfangled Android phone.
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Essential Phone now shipping direct to Canada, Japan, Europe
Essential products purchased from the company's website can now make it over to five more countries. Canada already had PH-1 carriage from Telus, but not unlocked.
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Amazon has a great new deal for the unlocked Essential Phone, Best Buy requires activation
Once upon a time priced at a whopping $699, the unlocked "Black Moon" Essential Phone currently fetches just $350 at Amazon. Best Buy matches the deal with Verizon activations.
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Amazon has a great new deal for the unlocked Essential Phone, Best Buy requires activation
Once upon a time priced at a whopping $699, the unlocked "Black Moon" Essential Phone currently fetches just $350 at Amazon. Best Buy matches the deal with Verizon activations.
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Essential Phone sale at Amazon brings it back down to $399.99
Unlocked, this is the phone's best price yet... at least while it's being offered solo. But for fast software updates and 128GB of storage, the Essential PH-1 at $400 still sounds pretty good.
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Sprint Essential Phone users finally get Android Oreo
Turns out customers who bought their Essential Phone and stuck it with Sprint are just now getting the latest and greatest features... but at least it's all at once.
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