The design of this phone is great too

I could probably live with this phone if the antenna design in the phone wasn't garbage

Definitely nice design Cellphone with good hardware and android system, worth the money.

The quality build and materials along with a gorgeous design are exactly as advertised.

I love the design, there is not "junk" installed on the phone, great space at 128gb

but there's a serious design flaw that Essential refuses to officially acknowledge--the porcelain used in the phone's body seems to interfere with cell reception.

I really like the industrial design and the lack of

There is a whitepaper online that explains why, overcoming the rf challenges of full screen smartphones, this was just poor design)-Terrible Wi-Fi strength

Simple and elegant design is so nice

Essential Phone in Halo Gray:PROS: a very great built phone, the softwares are instant as the Google Pixel, Futuristic Design, almost can't even notice that there is a small notch up top of the PH-1, speakers are pretty loud, screen is pretty bright, quite responsive touch too

This is designed for the young, always "on" types who don't care about technology, just convenience and instant connectedness

Design is beautiful

Fantastic industrial design

It’s basically like a Pixel phone, but with a better screen and more impressive physical design

Best hardware on the planet in a super sleek design of Zirconia and Titanium

Case and screen protector options are bleak and the design is very nice but the os still use designed to deal with the challenges.

was more than advertised by .2 oz (& the phone is too heavy)The design of the glass looks cool (aside from the notch), but is very fragile if droppedSomething is wrong with the microphone that causes poor audio quality and occasional feedback when recording videosThe cell reception is not so great

Beautiful design and look

I like the design and materials, the fact that it fits in my hand, there's no bloatware, the edge to edge display, the titanium protected edges, and the ceramic back

Square design not modern - but the square design is easy to hold-------------------------------------------------DetailsThe good

It seems that the battery life actually increased in this preview as well, it seems that Android's new "Adaptive battery" works wonders (I got over 8 hours of SOT a few days ago, with only 20 percent recharging in between, playing Ingress afterwards, which is a heavy battery drainer normally).Also, the general smoothness of the device got noticably better, the animations on P are really nice (even though I still hate the new Android design, lol)

Extremely poor design choice, in my opinion

, it's so premium, best quality device, fast, incredible fast, very good looking design,..., awesome

Love the design of the phone, but the signal loss is horrific

Square design not modern - but the square design is easy to hold

The design is sleek and cool

That was a bad design choice

Well built, beautiful design.

Fast review first week of use(pros for me) :-Amazing design and materials!-250$?

Perfect design in all fashion's

This design is honestly amazing and it feels great

It is a solid nice looking phone, with a great design

(this was supposed to happen 2 months ago).still love the industrial design.. but its painfully clear that the product was rushed out

(this was supposed to happen 2 months ago).still love the industrial design.. but its painfully clear that the product was rushed out

Also, I appreciate the minimal and clever design

The bezel-less design looks gorgeous, and the little camera notch at the top seems to disappear almost immediately

Great design with high end specs and an active, supportive company to boot

At first,very well to use,smooth,and I like the design,it's

I think Essential has done a great job keeping things simple but again really well designed

Fingerprint censor works well- good notch design-i wish there was a

Best design, crisp functionality and incredible price.

Got the Black Friday deal so worth a try - great hardware design, needs work on the software.

Let’s jump in!PROS:+ Compact Design with Minimal Bezels+ High-End Specs at a Mid-Range

I love the design, and I love using the phone, when it works

Beautiful phone, slick design, shining back which is much better than the selfie camera!5

No that I see how disappointing the design of the pixel 2 is I am glad I went with the Essential

My assessment at this point is that it is a bad design, badly implemented, with no real support, and really expensive

Good Design, highly customizable

Although the phone hardware is well designed, Essential did not include some ideal features like water-resistence, a headphone jack, and an OLED display

Applications are well-designed to either embrace the notch as part of their design (not obstructing any elements like on the new Apple phones) or to limit the height of the app to pretend the notch isn't there

Arguably the 5T is better than the Essential, stats-wise, but the elegant design and stock Android won out in the end.

Square design not modern - but the square design is easy to hold

Honestly smart design overall!

I was unhappy with my 5C (which had terrible service on Verizon due to what I'm guessing was bad antenna design)

* Minimal design* Good

So you still have a compact design, very minimal bezels, camera notch, solid feeling buttons, and excellent construction

After doing some research, I found the Essential phone, which had everything I wanted in a phone;-Great newly designed, sleek bezel-Big screen, small phone

Square design not modern - but the square design is easy to hold-------------------------------------------------DetailsThe good

If water resistance is a key issue for you then this would negate the benefits of robustness and size (below)Size: efficient design plus no case makes it nicely smaller (see photo)See the photo attached of the S7e and Essential.

This phone has a great design

The design was beautiful but the software was sub par.

Good design

It's funny how we look at phones in the store naked, admiring their size and design and weight, but then have to protect them in a bulky case.

Fast with great battery lifeBeautiful design that seems resistant to damageCharges pretty quickly and lasts all day with decent to heavy useLots of storage spaceNo bugs or incompatibility yetFingerprint reader and buttons in a great location

Perfect size, beautiful design, fast, smooth stock Android

This is the best-designed, most beautiful phone ever

first props for very nice design great heft and feel in hand

you can the top flagship phone on the market, beautiful design especially the back, Pure Android mean no bloatware or flatware, 120 Gb memory

- Lame design

It is a well-designed phone

The design is striking and the feel in the hand is great although it is a bit slippery

While Essential is supposedly working on a charging dock that connects via the magnetic pins, it doesn't support wireless charging on the Qi standard, which is an inconvenience for those who are used to this feature.-Smooth Design - While it feels great to hold in your hand, the smooth design of this phone means that it will easily slide off smooth surfaces (like pants), so putting this phone on your lap without a case could lead to an unfortunate fall

Pros :-Much faster than my Iphone 6 that I'm replacing it with.-Beautiful design-Minimal android version - Meaning

I wish it had an OLED display and some more significant water resistance, but other wise, the build and the bundle here is a very nice phone with premium feel and stellar design that should last for several years

Superior build, superior industrial design, superior specifications, excellent, clean operating system and installed apps, excellent cellular/wifi and virtually every band available

Excellent design, high quality phone, camera and video (sound) capture the best I've seen

The design and build of the phone is spectacular and it feels amazing to hold and to use

The design is truly exquisite

The design is very modern and fits in with most flagships as a very minimal bezel is very in right now

Horrible Quality Control on an otherwise nice design o_01st unit (on the right) had terrible connectivity issues, especially with Wi-Fi, with no definitive information if it is hardware, software, or both.2nd unit (on the left) has what is called "light bleed" on this LCD panel which is something I Am unfamiliar with, I received a notification and thought my screen was broke, downloaded a screen test app to confirm, what I was seeing on the ambient screen, or even watching a video, it is pretty distracting and discomfort when viewing.

Elegant design and android build at the right price

If you love the design of the Essential Phone and plan on using it naked the Black Moon version is not the one to buy.

The design of the phone is really well thought out

Enviable design (had the notch BEFORE the Apple iPhone X), clean Android interface, good support

Impecable build quality and beautiful design

The design and build is excellent, as is the display

The difference is that it really is the best design, both aesthetics and materials, that I've seen in a mobile device yet

Love the minimal design, the screen to body ratio

if it's designed by the OS creator of most of the phones out there, right

The Essential PH-1 is an elegant, powerful, and smooth-working device that is as well designed, physically, as any phone I have ever held in my hands

Same thing with the mic, since it is at the bottom edge pointing downward, the phone it doesn't pick up as well as other designs.

IMO the notch was a stupid design choice for this size of phone

Perfect design

Nice design and fantastic photo quality

Whew, I am spoiled now, and may never go back to an Android skin if I can avoid it.2) Beautiful design, and solid build quality.3

I really well balanced design, with good proportions, and carefully designed physical features

The design of it is so beautiful

I'll say that, unequivocally, the Essential PH-1 is the best-designed phone I've ever owned, by a wide margin

Limited storage in ANY computing device is a bad design choice

I'm not a photographer but appreciate quality design

In short, design is amazing

I like the design, but it's not quite so striking as some would have you believe

Great specs, wonderfull design!

Build quality is fantastic, design is beautiful, updates are plentiful.

Beautiful beautiful design

The design is terrific, the materials very well chosen

I love the stock Android and the great design

Basically a Pixel 2 but more affordable and with a more modern design

Its design is unmatched

If you like the design, go for it

love the essential phone great design and no bloatware and stock andoid is awesome with Android pie on

The Essential Phone has a rather impressive screen and overall design that comes up just short as a flagship phone, but is highly competitive as a mid-tier device

Awesome design (better than any current cel phone) with it's titanium and ceramic materials and nearly full edge-to-edge display.

The design choices that I hated up

I love the phone the design is awesome and quality is top notch

No bloatware, super clean design

Flawless design, user friendly and everything works just great

The Essential Phone is well designed with an innovative edge to edge screen, more than all day battery, smaller form factor that's easy to hold and premium build quality

I think part of the feedback feel is due to the solid body design with the titanium and ceramic

PROS:- excellent design

The PH-1 has the most amazing design I've seen on a phone in a very long time

seller was amazing but the phone it self was just not me, got hot easily and was pretty glitchy from the start, much preferred the pixel even though the design of this phone is better

Bunch of jokers designed this product.3

The way it fits in your hand and the way it feels and looks all reinforce good design and high quality

The phone has a great design and is weightier than the iPhone, which I like, but may not be ideal for everyone.

and I also didn't like the design as much

Beautiful design and feel -:gets a lot of attention

I have a Moto Z2 as s work phone

On the positive I adore how simple this phone is

The camera is good enough, not as good as the s7 edge I

I really liked this phone its worked great for 2 weeks now the screen doesn't turn on

I didn't like the small body, though, as I like the way my Nexus fits in my hands

Super fast 4G, fast WiFi and hot spot, and super clear phone

Perfect mobile,835+4g+128g,super lcd screen,and 27w

Enhanced 4G LTE Mode-Preferred network type

I had to turn off the enhanced 4g for it to work

service TracFone is using all I know is that my 4 year old S5 has a rock solid 4G/LTE connection in my office and the PH-1 cycled between

Great phone, no problems at all getting it to work with Verizon network aside from having to turn off "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" to make calls