Beautifully designed. Unlocked. Edge-to-edge display. 128GB of storage. And now with the latest version of Android 9 Pie. All at an unbeatable price.
Always the latest flavor
You shouldn't have to buy a phone every year to get the newest features. Essential Phone owners got the latest version of Android 9 Pie, right when Google released it—not months later. And our commitment to delivering a great user experience through speedy updates means you'll get them faster than on nearly all other Android devices.
Hear More Audio
Experience the MQA difference and change how you listen to music on-the-go. Start streaming TIDAL Masters catalog and hear every bell and whistle from the original recordings.
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Your phone
Essential Phone comes in several unique colors to match your style -- Ocean Depths, Stellar Gray, Copper Black, and Halo Gray.
There's no branding or logos anywhere on it. Your phone is more of an expression of who you are—because it’s yours.
Pure White
Ocean Depths
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Stellar Gray
SOLD OUT
Copper Black
SOLD OUT
Halo Gray
AMAZON EXCLUSIVE
Black Moon
01 360° Camera
Accessories that
simply Click
simply Click
Don’t you hate it when you have to buy new dongles, chargers, and accessories every time your phone is upgraded? We do too. So we decided to make this a thing of the past. The magnetic connector with wireless data transfer keeps your phone cord-free, future-proof, and always up-to-date.
All accessories magnetically
snap to the phone
snap to the phone
Introducing the
world’s smallest 360°
personal camera
world’s smallest 360°
personal camera
Other 360° cameras are big, bulky, and complicated to use. We thought it was about time someone made a 360° camera for the rest of us. Simply click the 360° camera to your phone to point, shoot, and share. It’s that easy.
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01.1 Experience 360°
Knitting Factory — Boise, Idaho, May 26
Filmed on Essential Phone
A 360 day in the life
of Cameron Dallas
Questlove visits the Bay Bridge
in San Francisco
Tyga takes his 488 Spider for a spin
01.2 Technical Details
Dimensions:
Height: < 67mm
Width: < 32mm
Thickness: < 12 mm (body)
Weight: < 35grams
Audio:
Microphone: 4x microphones in 3D, ambisonic tetrahedral arrangement
Dual Cameras:
Sensor Resolution: Dual 12MP fisheye imagers
Lens aperture: f1.8
FOV: 210° (each)
Video Resolutions: 360° UHD (3840 x 1920) at 30fps
Ports:
60GHz Wireless, SuperSpeed USB
2x accessory power pins
System Architecture / OS
Qualcomm® 8053
Glass optics for
the best achievable
clarity
the best achievable
clarity
Dual 12 megapixel
image sensors
image sensors
Realtime
stitching engine
stitching engine
Wireless magnetic accessory
connector
connector
Thermal vent
Beauty meets
brawn
There’s a reason titanium is used to build rockets and replace bones. Unlike aluminum, which most phones are made of, titanium is exceptionally more durable. Our phone housing can resist scratching, denting, and bending as it's made from a harder, stronger, and more resilient material.
We believe titanium is the perfect material to create one of the most essential things in our lives – one we all sometimes drop.
The drop test. We drop tested the Essential Phone on solid concrete to ensure that your phone could survive a bad accident. See it in slow motion.
Titanium: Strong.
Resilient. Distinctive.
Resilient. Distinctive.
When performing a corner drop test on solid concrete, the Essential Phone’s titanium enclosure survived the fall with significantly fewer blemishes compared to the aluminum competitor devices.
Titanium
Essential Phone
Essential Phone
Aluminum
Aluminum
Full Display™
With the Essential Phone’s stunning edge-to-edge Full Display there’s finally a large-screen device that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand.
Phablet
Essential Phone
Big screen,
small phone
small phone
Camera
Better focus with
depth tracking
depth tracking
Optimized low light
performance
performance
We understand that you won’t use a 360 camera to capture every moment in your life. That’s why we put so much effort into developing one of the world’s best phone cameras.
The result is the world’s thinnest dual camera system built for a phone. It uses both color and monochrome sensors that can capture up to 200% more light than traditional phone cameras. This results in stunning images that are rich in color and detail, even in low light. The phone also offers a true ‘monochrome’ mode.
The front-facing camera is capable of producing 8MP still photos and 4K video, all in a compact form factor designed to blend seamlessly into our Full Display™.
Specifications
Model Name
Essential PH-1
Materials
Titanium body
Ceramic back
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 cover glass
Dimensions
Height: 141.5mm
Width: 71.1mm
Thickness: 7.8mm
Weight: < 185 grams
Display
Resolution: 2560 x 1312 QHD
Aspect Ratio: 19:10
Diagonal Size: 5.71” with radiused corners
Brightness: 500 nits (typical)
Contrast Ratio: > 1000:1 (typical)
Technology: CGS / LTPS
Human Input + Sensors
10 finger multitouch: palm and water-error rejection
Fingerprint reader: fastest available technology
Proximity / Ambient light sensor
Volume buttons, Power button
Environmental pressure sensor (barometer)
Accelerometer, Magnetometer and Gyroscope
Audio
Microphone: 4x microphones with noise cancellation and beam forming
Low Audio: (earpiece)
High Audio: (loudspeaker)
Support: MQA-certified, Qualcomm® aptX™ HD
Rear Camera
13MP Dual RGB + Mono camera with image fusion technology
13MP True Monochrome mode
f/1.85 lens
Hybrid Auto Focus combing Contrast, Phase Detect and IR Laser Assist Focus
4K video recording at 30fps
1080p HD video recording at 30fps or 60fps
720p Slow-mo video recording at 120fps
Front Camera
8MP resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio
f/2.20 fixed hyperfocal lens
4K and 1080p HD video recording at 30fps
Battery
3040mAh
Fast charging via USB
Memory & Storage
RAM: 4GB
Storage: 128GB UFS 2.1
Connectivity
Bluetooth: 5.0
WiFi: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with MIMO
NFC: yes
Positioning: GPS and GLONASS
Network / Bands
UMTS/HSPA+: 1, 2, 4, 5 6, 8
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A: 0, 1, 10
FDD-LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66
TDD-LTE: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
TD-SCDMA: 34, 39
System Architecture / OS
Android
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835
CPU: Kryo 280 Octa-core (2.45GHz Quad + 1.9GHz Quad), 64 bit, 10nm processor
GPU: Adreno 540, 710MHz, 64bit
Ports
USB Type-C
60GHz, 6 Gbps Wireless Accessory Connector
2x accessory power pins
NanoSIM tray with pin eject
Water and Dust Resistant
IP54
Essential Phone
Unlocked phone. Compatible with all carriers. No traps. 128GB.
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A friendly face
for your home
for your home
A new home base
Home devices are complicated to set up, they don't play well with one another, and there are too many separate applications to manage. We don't think that's right, so we’re busy bringing an entirely new type of product to the world. One that easily connects and interacts with the products you already have.
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