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Andy Rubin's Essential Phone rumoured to launch in India at Rs 24,999: Report
Tech2 News Staff •Expected to be priced at Rs 24,999, Essential will sell its premium PH-1 smartphone online via Amazon.
Essential Phone launched with built-in Alexa instead of Google Assistant
Ians •Essential has sold less than 90,000 units of its debut handset in the six months following launch, The Verge reported, quoting IDC data.
Google's Android P update will take into consideration the iPhone X like 'notch' design element
Tech2 News Staff •Google is said to be working on an overhaul of its next Android mobile software for smartphones which may be replicating Apple's iPhone X like 'notch' design.
Essential PH-1 smartphone will skip Android 8.0 update and directly provide Android 8.1
Tech2 News Staff •Essential's PH-1 was launched in August and comes with a bezel-less screen and titanium body.
Essential opens its developer portal for Ph-1; users can now download Android Oreo 8.0-based beta
Tech2 News Staff •Essential joins its competition Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and HTC to test the beta versions of its upcoming Android Oreo-based update.
Possible photos of Mi Mix 2S reveal an iPhone X like notch at the top of the screen
Tech2 News Staff •Almost a month after the launch new photos have emerged of what could be the Mi Mix 2S revealing an iPhone X-like notch at the top of the display.
Andy Rubin's PH-1 Essential Phone gets a price cut of $200, to be sold at $499 in US
Tech2 News Staff •The Essential Phone that supports an external 360 camera was initially priced at $699 but after the price cut it is available for $499 in US.
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
Tech2 News Staff •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 apologises for Essential phone's customer data leak, promises LifeLock on data to affected customers
Tech2 News Staff •Calling it a ‘humbling’ and ‘humiliating’ experience, Andy Rubin did not mention the ways Essential company is going to take care of shipping.