Name: The Essential Phone is Seriously Underrated
Uploaded: 2020-03-27T17:42:18.000Z
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The Essential Phone promised top notch build quality,

a clean build of Android and some seriously great cameras.

However, things weren't all that they were cracked up to be.

When it went on sale, there were some serious issues.

The camera was a borderline deal breaker.

as well as a headphone jack, and with a $700 price tag,

the phone really just didn't get off the ground.

Nothing shows this off better than the sales figures,

over the first year of the Essential Phone's life.

That my friends, that's not good, however, it's 2018

and the Essential Phone has actually gotten a lot better.

The first and biggest change is the price.

that weren't available at launch, including this pure white.

Now, sure, when you look at this as a $700 phone,

there are some issues, but at less than $500,

nothing even comes close to touching the build quality here.

This is one of the nicest builds on any phone, period.

So with that ceramic back, especially when you put it

side by side with a glass-backed phone like the iPhone X,

it really makes it look dull in comparison.

You do lose wireless charging, but in return,

you're getting not only that look and feel

the extra durability of having that ceramic.

It's not going to be for everyone, but personally,

I absolutely love the way this looks and feels.

and you'll see that it is made of titanium.

you don't really exactly see on phones these days,

Now what's interesting is, is that while a lot of flagships

sort of curved design, this is much more chunky,

That same solid feel comes around to the buttons,

like the USB-C port, as well as the speaker grill.

No, it does not have stereo speakers, and no,

but there's a lot to really like about the hardware

of this phone, and that's not even getting into the screen.

Come around front, and you'll find that 5.7 inch display

with some of the thinnest bezels that we've seen yet.

Now, keep in mind, this phone has been out for a while.

Even phones like the iPhone X, as well as the Galaxy S9,

Yes, my friends, the Essential Phone was actually first

when it comes to the notch, and personally,

It's just barely big enough to fit that front-facing camera,

into the tiny little bar above it, including the status LED,

To be fair, the IPS panel on the Essential Phone

can't quite match up to the awesome AMOLED displays

on both the Galaxy S9 as well as the S8 and the iPhone X.

However, I'm really nitpicking at this point.

Sure, there's some minor things that I can nitpick.

So the plastic that surrounds the front glass

and on the actual pixels themselves they come around

the rounded edges on the top of the display.

You can actually see that there are individual pixels

when you consider that this is a $450 phone,

Unless of course, you want a headphone jack,

Inside, you're getting pretty standard flagship specs.

The Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM,

as well as 128GB of storage, which is definitely helpful,

considering that there's no microSD card slot.

I should expect everything is super snappy.

Now, a lot of this is thanks to Essential

So I was pretty good with it first came out,

they've consistently added updates to be able

to smooth out things like the touch response in this,

But as you would expect, it's just as fast

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