Essential

Essential founder Andy Rubin clarifies that he is not selling the company but is looking for more investors: Report

Andy Rubin reportedly added that rumours about a buy out will only worsen their fundraising efforts.

Andy Rubin's Essential patented a pop-up selfie camera design a year before Vivo brought it to the APEX smartphone at MWC

Essential was granted a patent back in 2017 where it wanted to maximise the usable screen area of a smartphone with an implementation similar to Vivo's.

Google shipped approximately 3.9 million Pixel smartphones in 2017 says IDC data

Google's shipments have doubled since 2016 but that statistic is misleading since the Google Pixel was launched in Oct 2016, allowing just 2 months time.

Essential PH-1 camera gets a major update that brings a portrait mode and exposure compensation to the device

The update has enabled Portrait mode for the Essential PH-1, something that was lacking at its launch considering it came with a dual camera setup.

Essential opens its developer portal for Ph-1; users can now download Android Oreo 8.0-based beta

Essential joins its competition Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and HTC to test the beta versions of its upcoming Android Oreo-based update.

Andy Rubin's Essential sued over connector technology used in PH-1 smartphone and camera accessory

Privately owned Keyssa backed by iPod co-creator Tony Fadell is suing Essential Products accusing it of theft of trade secrets in a lawsuit filed on Monday.

Essential Phone is probably the worst smartphone to repair; gets a 1/10 repairability rating from iFixit

Essential Phone, one of the most anticipated smartphones launched this year, is not very repairable, receiving a repairability score of just 1/10 on iFixit

Andy Rubin's Essential PH-1 smartphone shipments have begun

Android co-founder Andy Rubin's Essential phone has started shipping to the customers.

Android Oreo is out; Here are the devices that may see the update soon

There are a couple of confirmed devices that are going to be receiving the Android Oreo update in some time.

Essential informs customers that their devices will ship within 7 days

Essential phone sports a 5.7-inch display with QHD display panel with an effective resolution of 2560 x 1312 pixels and 19:10 aspect ratio.