Even though it had a rough start and a lot of software issues at the beginning, they showed their dedication through continuous software and camera updates, bi-weekly AMAs on Reddit, and a general openness to the community

I love the build quality of this phone but it suffers from phantom taps that seems like its a software issue

The camera gets a lot of bad reviews but it's definitely a software issue because I use a Panorama app to take my

no phonecalls, no videos, nothingno sound and no mici cant even capture video without the message, "cant connect to mic"tried everything since at first i thought it was some software issue after an updateeven tried flashing old firmware etc to try to make it workafter trying everything in the course of 2

I updated the phone thinking it might be a software issue and it seemed to resolve it for a while

And their software issues are getting fixed quickly, but they need to fix the antenna on the next version for sure as numerous people report this problem

Out of the box the phone had some software issues but Essential has been pushing updates at an amazing rate

I have seen many YouTube reviews on this phone that this phone is OK Kinda and has software issues however after having used for a week below are my feedback points.1

Excellent though with a few software issues: bluetooth doesn't send audio, call quality is -meh-, camera is so-so

I've been waiting for the past 2 months for Oreo to get released and not just be in beta, hopefully it'll fix a lot of the common software issues plaguing this phone.

Phone has software issues even after upgrade to Android Pie

It’s true there had been some software issues with the onboard camera app, but they seem to have been fixed over the course of several recent updates

I installed all the updates and did not have any software issues

Did some research and it seems to be a software issue

The o ly bad part is having to log back into your apps when you open them for the first time

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.

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

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

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

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

It just works as

Regarding the negative:[-] Delay in saving the picture when using the default camera app (this don't bother me too much as I didn't take photo that

I have never broken a

It worked as good as on my Nexus 5x

but it lacks some of the features that the rear facing camera includes those features being portrait mode, 120 frames per second slow motion, monochrome video and monochrome photo, as well as we don't have a front-facing flash on this device

and it may not be as smooth as a

Screen is clear and bright (IPS In Plane Switching), but it's not OLED, so if you use in bed at night, the screen doesn't dim down as much as I'd like (compared to my old Nexus 6 OLED screen).

just works as it should for me.

Updates are available at least as fast as on Google's own phones, if not sooner

A couple of my installed Apps are not working as yet, but they will be updated soon.

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

On the positive I adore how simple this phone is