Essential Phone news and trends

Essential Phone Is Now Available For Sale
Innovation // August 18, 2017

The Essential smartphone, the brainchild of Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, launched Thursday (Aug. 17). In a blog post announcing the launch of the mobile phone that is aimed at taking on Apple and Samsung, Rubin said that, although the company...

Amazon, Tencent Invest In Essential Products Phone
Mobile // August 10, 2017

Essential Products, the smartphone company that was started by Andy Rubin — the creator of the Android mobile operating system — has raised $300 million in venture funding from big name investors like Tencent and Amazon. According to a news report in The Wall Street Journal, the...

Google Hires Former Essential Exec For Home Improvement
Google // August 01, 2017

As much as Google would like users to believe there’s no device like Home, the smart speaker is not exactly delivering an over-the-rainbow experience for some. Music fans are frustrated with the Home after a recent update, purported to let them play songs they had...

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Essential Admits To Accidental Leak Of Customer Data

August 31, 2017
Ooops. If one needed a single word description for the difficulties facing Essential — a small smartphone maker facing a large data privacy kerfuffle — “ooops” would probably be a pretty good starting place. According to reports, the firm accidentally shared a lot of personal information about some of their customers as part of what […]

Essential Phone Is Now Available For Sale

August 18, 2017
The Essential smartphone, the brainchild of Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, launched Thursday (Aug. 17). In a blog post announcing the launch of the mobile phone...

Amazon, Tencent Invest In Essential Products Phone

August 10, 2017
Essential Products, the smartphone company that was started by Andy Rubin — the creator of the Android mobile operating system — has raised $300 million in venture funding from big name...