Essential Phone (real Titanium)

[ZenOps]

Its here.



Yes, not aluminium, not magnesium. Titanium. No branding, not a single logo or identifier that its made by anyone at all.

Is it a communist phone? If they insist on calling it essential, maybe. This is the first phone I've seen that marketed like the Casio F-91W terrorist special watch.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Why so much old news posting today?

Anyways I cannot stand screen cutouts, it would be a hard pass for me.

[Xtrema]

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Why so much old news posting today?

Anyways I cannot stand screen cutouts, it would be a hard pass for me.

Well it's not old news because Essential is 2 months late on the release and finally someone got one on hand to be reviewed.

The cutout on screen for an Android could be interesting. You may get less real estate for apps and scaling could be off. But if anyone can make that work, Rubin is the guy.

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Launching only on Telus here (No unlocked version) and is pretty pricey I see. Will ship iirc to people are sep 10.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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Well it's not old news because Essential is 2 months late on the release and finally someone got one on hand to be reviewed.

The cutout on screen for an Android could be interesting. You may get less real estate for apps and scaling could be off. But if anyone can make that work, Rubin is the guy.

The phone was fully announced way back in May It's just late to market.

Yeah those cutouts suck though (IMO) - I hope nobody else thinks that's a good idea.

[Xtrema]

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Yeah those cutouts suck though (IMO) - I hope nobody else thinks that's a good idea.

It's the best idea...

https://cdn.macrumors.com/article-ne...-protector.jpg

[schocker]

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It's the best idea...

https://cdn.macrumors.com/article-ne...-protector.jpg

That render looks alot more slick than the essential phone.

[shakalaka]

Thinking of picking one up unlocked directly from essential. Will need to have it shipped to my cousin's in LA and then get it here. Almost placed the order but the $64 tax is killing it for me since the phone is price enough as it is with the camera module. Anyone wants to buy my Keyone? Haha. Will be an easier hit if I unload the Keyone first.

[rage2]

Sales have been disappointing to say the list. 5000 units in a month through Sprint, estimates are they've sold maybe 15,000 phones to date in 2 months total?

Anyways, $200 price drop already. If you've bought one already, you can get a $200 gift card for accessories.

[shakalaka]

I know I was pissed at the drop. So much for being an early adopter. I did sign up for the credit but wtf am I gonna do with that. Plus it isn't necessarily for Canadians and they haven't announced that yet. Still love the phone though feels and works great so far.

[Xtrema]

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Sales have been disappointing to say the list. 5000 units in a month through Sprint, estimates are they've sold maybe 15,000 phones to date in 2 months total?

Anyways, $200 price drop already. If you've bought one already, you can get a $200 gift card for accessories.

Lesson for all this? If you are going charge flagship prices, don't screw up/cheap out on the camera.

[Strider]

$650 on telus.com now, any takers?
https://www.telus.com/en/ab/mobility/phones/essential

[Xtrema]

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$650 on telus.com now, any takers?
https://www.telus.com/en/ab/mobility/phones/essential

$0 phone with a plan. Not bad at all.

Wonder if they got the camera software fixed.

[shakalaka]

I am an early adopter so I've paid the full US price as I ordered it from US. lol

Got my friends and family discount of $200 so used that for the 360 camera.

[Sdeibert]

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I am an early adopter so I've paid the full US price as I ordered it from US. lol

Got my friends and family discount of $200 so used that for the 360 camera.

What are your thoughts on this phone? Good/bad? With it dropping to $1000 below an iPhone x I'm getting really interested!

[Mitsu3000gt]

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What are your thoughts on this phone? Good/bad? With it dropping to $1000 below an iPhone x I'm getting really interested!

It's a good phone overall but the camera is pretty bad (compared to other android flagships) which is a deal breaker for anyone who places a high value on that part. Display is average as well, and the cutout isn't for everyone.

As a first effort it's outstanding, but a few things need to be addressed before it can really compete with flagships like the Pixel 2 or Galaxy S8 - hence the huge price drop. At $650 it's a fair price IMO.

[shakalaka]

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What are your thoughts on this phone? Good/bad? With it dropping to $1000 below an iPhone x I'm getting really interested!

Honestly, all things considering one of the best Android phones I've ever used and I've used all the flagships except for the latest Note so far. Such smooth OS which I thought was impossible from Android having had Samsung devices in the past. No matter how new they would eventually start stuttering which my iPhones never did which is why I decided to stick them longer than Android. But Essential phone changed all that. The only somewhat of a drawback is camera and it's the app more than anything else. They have regular updates on that and it is MUCH better than it was before. So it's definitely workable.

I usually always at least have one IOS device and one Android and I think this will be my Android device for a while as I used the iPhone X now. It feels absolutely amazing in hands and in some ways better than iPhone X. And at the price it is at now....I mean that's a freaking no brainer.

[riander5]

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Thinking of picking one up unlocked directly from essential. Will need to have it shipped to my cousin's in LA and then get it here. Almost placed the order but the $64 tax is killing it for me since the phone is price enough as it is with the camera module. Anyone wants to buy my Keyone? Haha. Will be an easier hit if I unload the Keyone first.

Changes cars every 6 months but 64$ tax kills you

[AzNxHyDrA]

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Honestly, all things considering one of the best Android phones I've ever used and I've used all the flagships except for the latest Note so far. Such smooth OS which I thought was impossible from Android having had Samsung devices in the past. No matter how new they would eventually start stuttering which my iPhones never did which is why I decided to stick them longer than Android. But Essential phone changed all that. The only somewhat of a drawback is camera and it's the app more than anything else. They have regular updates on that and it is MUCH better than it was before. So it's definitely workable.

I usually always at least have one IOS device and one Android and I think this will be my Android device for a while as I used the iPhone X now. It feels absolutely amazing in hands and in some ways better than iPhone X. And at the price it is at now....I mean that's a freaking no brainer.

Did you end up getting a case for the phone or just a screen protector? The phone seemed to do really well on Jerry Rig Everything's durability test but not the drop test.

[shakalaka]

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Changes cars every 6 months but 64$ tax kills you

It's the principle mate.

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Did you end up getting a case for the phone or just a screen protector? The phone seemed to do really well on Jerry Rig Everything's durability test but not the drop test.

No case. Feels way too good to be covered in a case plus I don't think there are many out there at the moment. I had Best Buy apply the front and back protector on it since day one though, but mostly cause the smudges drive me nuts and I get OCD wiping it all the time.