Essential Phone is a discontinued Android smartphone designed by Android co-founder Andy Rubin, and manufactured, developed and marketed by Essential Products.
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12 Facts About Essential Phone
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Essential Phone has a titanium and ceramic body, an edge-to-edge display protected by Gorilla Glass 5, and two rear cameras, one of which is dedicated to black-and-white photography.
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Essential Phone has a titanium and ceramic chassis, an edge-to-edge display with an unusual 19.
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An Amazon-exclusive version of the Essential Phone was launched that month with a "Halo Grey" color and Alexa built-in.
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Essential Phone is equipped with the Click Connector, which uses magnets to secure a modular accessory to the top rear surface of the phone; two gold-plated pogo pins provide power to the accessory, and the phone communicates with the accessory via wireless USB.
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Essential Phone had discussed wireless data connectivity with Keyssa for several months under a non-disclosure agreement, but Essential Phone opted instead to use hardware from a competitor, SiBEAM.
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In January 2018, Essential announced the development of the Audio Adapter HD, a third Click Connector accessory providing a headphone jack, external DAC, and amplifier.
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Essential Phone is compatible with the four largest wireless carriers in the United States, but the exclusive carrier partner is Sprint.
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Essential Phone later tweeted that they were aware of the recent e-mails received by some customers and that they were investigating them and had taken steps to mitigate problems.
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Essential Phone said they were working on the problem and a software patch would be released.
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Essential wanted to incorporate a Keyssa-developed microchip in the Essential Phone to provide functionality to their modular accessories, but turned to a similar company, SiBeam, to produce the microchip.
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Keyssa says Essential Phone stole its proprietary technology because the non-disclosure agreements it signed protected the two companies' meetings and prevented Essential Phone from using those trade secrets to make commercial products.
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