Articles tagged "Essential"

Yesterday news broke out that Carl Pei’s new venture Nothing has acquired the Essential smartphone brand. The details were unraveled in filings with the UK’s Intellectual Property Office and detailed...

Late last month, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei announced his new startup company simply named ‘Nothing’. It was later revealed that the brand plans to release a pair of TWS earbuds. The company has...

While Essential exited the smartphone race earlier this year with only one phone under its belt, former designer Kevin Hoffman revealed a set of concepts for the planned Essential PH-2 which was...

Essential was the quintessential one-hit-wonder in the mobile world. And it's now officially dead. The company is shutting down. That means that the February security update is the last one the...

One of the key features of the Android world has always been crazy experimentation with form factors. For a while not so long ago that seemed to have waned somewhat, but recently we've seen a...

Essential, a company founded by Andy Rubin, has just become relevant again after XDA-Developers has just received confirmation from an Essential spokesperson that the company is indeed working on a...

UPDATE: Unfortunately for owners of the Redmi K20 Pro, the rollout of stable Android 10 to this device turns out to have been just a false alarm, at least for the Indian model. We rushed to install...

It's the first Monday of the month, and you know what that means - Google is releasing a new monthly security update for its Pixel smartphones. Oh, and Essential is doing exactly the same for its one...

Right on time, as it's the first Monday of the month, Google has today sent out the March security update for its Pixel devices. Except this time around it's not all about security, the company's...

Android creator Andy Rubin's Essential launched its first phone, the Essential PH-1, back in May 2017. The smartphone came with nice specs but failed to bring in enough money to keep the company...

The Essential Phone (or PH-1) from 2017 was created by Android co-founder Andy Rubin and came with impressive hardware, promises for monthly updates, and a notch, among other traits. It lived an...

When the Essential PH-1 launched, it went for a premium but it went down steadily since. Today's Cyber Monday lowered the price even further and the company asks just $329. And that includes a few...

Essential's much promised Audio Adapter HD for its smartphone is finally available to buy right now, both in the US and Canada. The adapter snaps onto the Essential Phone's magnetic accessory port...

Essential canceled its PH-2 smartphone back in May and now the company is cutting 30% of its staff, according to Bloomberg. The reductions will affect all divisions, including hardware, marketing,...

Tired of overpriced flagships that are slow to get upgrades? The Essential Phone is neither of those things – for one, it already runs Android 9.0 Pie. For another, it’s currently $224 over at Amazon...

Earlier today Google announced the official name of the latest version of its mobile operating system. At the same time, over-the-air updates to Android 9.0 Pie have started going out to devices...

Google just released the last Android P Developer Preview 5 (Beta 4) for Pixel devices for folks to take the opportunity to take a test drive of the latest OS before the public release. This is the...

Yesterday Essential discounted its namesake phone for Prime Day to a tempting $250 and now it offers an even bigger on its 360-degree camera. You can buy the 360 Camera for the Essential PH-1 for...

Essential might be looking for a buyer, but the company is making sure its day to day operations remain unaffected. Regular camera updates are being pushed out, Android P beta program is also under...

The camera was one of the weakest points of the Essential Phone when the device was launched. However, so far, the company has done a commendable job of improving the camera through software...