The Essential Phone is sold out on the official Essential website and in most retail outlets, with no more restocks planned for the polarizing device. The smartphone, also named the Essential PH-1, ...

The Essential Phone is dead, long live the Essential Phone! That seems to be at least part of the sentiment behind OSOM, the privacy-focused smartphone startup that’s soon to unveil its first device.

Andy Rubin and crew expected big things when they started Essential and created a smartphone that aimed to be different from other devices on the market, but things didn't go their way. Consumers didn ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Essential is no longer a company after closing up shop in February. The story of Andy Rubin’s phone and home ...

I loved the Essential Phone as it was built up following a rocky launch, but nothing could save Andy Rubin’s doomed hardware startup before it closed its doors early this year. Now, members of the ...

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We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Essential has called it quits. After teasing their next phone under the codename “Project GEM” back in October ...

It looks like Essential, the company built by Android inventor Andy Rubin, isn’t dead after all. After Rubin tweeted confirming the new smartphone, along with images of a strange-looking device, the ...

The new Android flagship Essential phone is a paradox. It is a capable, well-crafted flagship smartphone built in a shockingly short time by a new company staffed with a crew of mobile hardware ...