I feel like they are taking up more time to fix the issues on Android 8.1 and that's why this is 4 stars instead of three

First time i have ever broken a screen, and it was on a phone i figured could handle a little roughness

Processing is fast, no noticeable wait time

First time, two loose dogs accosted me and my dog and I had to fend them off while restraining my own

Oh well, better luck next time.

If you forget and then re-pair every device every time, that seems to help, but who has the time for that?-Serious lack of options for protection

In an era of "Break the Bank or Hate Your Phone", the Essential Phone arrives at a perfect time

The phone has not locked up or frozen one time since I bought it

The worst part about this phone is that it freezes or crashes almost a half a dozen times a day

The camera notch at the top didn't bother me 99% of the time, the only time it became annoying was on certain web pages with unique formatting where the whole page fit on one screen and it just cut off a word/link from a menu that I had a hard time selecting.

so you have enough time to line up your video and then press record

This is definitely not a flagship-quality device; spend a little more for a pixel if you want a barebones approach to Android, don't waste your time if you want a nice phone - at least until Essential sorts out the bugs, if and when that happens.

(the phone is THICK compared to other flagship phones)Weight (the phone is quite hefty, and some of my magnetic phone mounts had a harder time holding the phone)The chin on the phone is very noticeable and annoying compared to other "bezel-less" phonesNo

but you would have a hard time recognizing that at first

I say the app because it cannot be the camera, due to the promised updates that have made the phone on par with other flagships, it has truly been a pleasure to see the updates as Essential roles them out, every time I am shocked at the amount of improvement

Dialer crashed all the time

128 gb of storage and fast charging times.

Historically, I have found that the 2 or 3 month mark is the best time to look back at a phone and determine if the right phone was purchased.

it also has a hard time handling pubg lol

Compared to the more expensive phones out there, such as the Galaxy and iPhone line, they will win every time

Nexus had bit the dust a dozen times by now

I have a hard time believing that a camera on a 2017 flagship can actually be this bad

Goes from full bars to zero and making phone calls was very bad most times where the person on the other end had a hard time hearing me

but I've not had enough time to test that

So those are some really good charge times and overall battery

The camera notch at the top didn't bother me 99% of the time, the only time it became annoying was on certain web pages with unique formatting where the whole page fit on one screen and it just cut off a word/link from a menu that I had a hard time selecting.

I also have an S9 and idle time is a lot better on that.

Well it slipped out of my hand 3 more times until it was unresponsive

I waste my time retaking the photo

I know there were some complaints at launch and it took some time to get it really up to par and up to speed, but holy crap this phone blows all the Samsung devices I've owned away.

so I see improvements all the time.

Issues aren't all the time

It's not helped by the fact that the cellular signals have a hard time penetrating the ceramic body of the phone, meaning the signal is weakened before it even stands a fighting chance

It did freeze on me one other time but never

Oh well, better luck next time.

Regardless, I don't like that they wasted my time with unnecessary trouble shooting steps rather

Free time constantly cross referncing news/ youtube tech videos

Essential has lost my business big time and will never recommend to anyone again

Think of the Essential PH-1 as the new Sony PlayStation 5, rushed to the public with only 1 or two game titles, Pong being one of them; yes, it would disappointment, but given time to refine and update the release of new software and it will blow everything out of the water because the Hardware is "there"

I liked the phone initially but it froze up several times (even after updates).

This time, it froze for two hours, then died and will not turn back on or hard reset

If I did not have this issue every time I plug it in, as other reviewers have said, it would be great.

Other times I do not have any issue with service, and since Cricket removed their speed caps, I have reached around 15 mgb/second download speeds in some areas

bright but solid blacks light for work but dark mode personal time)

6/13/2018It's crashing 10 times a day again with many of the apps running unstable

I work part-time for Uber and Lyft and have a terrible time now

The fingerprint unlock works all the time

The fingerprint sensor works every time, perfectly, and very quickly

Think of the Essential PH-1 as the new Sony PlayStation 5, rushed to the public with only 1 or two game titles, Pong being one of them; yes, it would disappointment, but given time to refine and update the release of new software and it will blow everything out of the water because the Hardware is "there"

The screen was very jittery most of the time other times wasn't sensitive to touch at all until I locked and unlocked it the screen

First time in years, I found myself to like to take the phone in hand

3T has a mediocre camera and it blows this phone away

n’t have signal in most of house and I missed a lot of phone calls, but the phone is great build and overall a great product except if you have low signal in your house it will compromise your call quality up to having missed calls

I did a couple weeks of reading and research on it as well as the OnePlus 5t and thought what the heck I'd give it a shot

I still recommend the One Plus 5T over this if you have the extra money or have a CDMA carrier

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

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