Essential Phone launched: Price, Specifications and Availability

Essential, a company owned by the creator of Android Andy Rubin, has finally launched its first smartphone the Essential Phone (PH-1). Essential Phone is one of the most anticipated phones of the year and the major attraction of the phone has been the design and the modularity. Something which was making the people excited about the Phone was that it was from a company which was being led by Andy Rubin.

Essential Phone 1

Specifications:

As far as the specifications are concerned, the Essential Phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with Adreno 540 GPU. The Phone comes with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The smartphone features a 5.71-inch LTPS IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1312x2560 pixels and a pixel density of 504ppi. For the optics, the device sports a 13-megapixel dual-camera setup at the back and includes an 8-megapixel camera at the front for selfies and video calling. Powering up everything there is a 3,040mAh battery under the hood. The smartphone runs on the stock Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

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Price and Availability

Essential Phone is currently available via its official website only for the U.S. and Canada and will be expanding to other markets soon. The PH-1 is available in four colour variants, namely, Stellar Gray, Ocean Depths, Black Moon and Pure White. Currently, the phone is selling for $699 (roughly Rs. 45,000) and the company is also offering the combo of Essential Phone and the 360-degree camera at a price of $749 (roughly Rs. 48,000).

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