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Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone Goes Live With Bezel-less Display; Specs!

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Finally, the Essential Phone has broken the cover. It is the first phone from the company Essential headed by Andy Rubin, the person who created Android showcasing the idea what future phones can hold. The smartphone is launching first in the United States.

Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone Goes Official

The Essential smartphone is a true bezel-less phone with a full-screen display that apparently takes even more of the front from that of Galaxy S8. The device is made of titanium and ceramic, which the company claims will beat most aluminum phones in the durability. It’s a sleek look complimented by a complete lack of logos.
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The inside of the smartphone is the usual flagship Android components. The phone features the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, which is paired with 4GB RAM, a whopping 128GB onboard storage, and a 3040mAh battery.

More Into Essential Phone

The phone has two holes on the back, which can be used to attach Essential-made accessories. The company has brought Essential-made accessories and the most exciting accessory is a tiny 360-degree camera, which snaps magnetically to the phone – shaped like a Google DayDream VR controller.

Essential phone

The tiny camera comes with 12-megapixel fisheye lenses capable of shooting a spherical UHD (3840×1920) image at 30 frames per second. In addition to that, the phone has dual-camera capable of shooting 4K with a sensor dedicated to monochrome imaging. The phone has a magnetic connector and support for wireless data transfer.

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Essential Phone Specifications

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  • 5.71″ (2560 x 1312 Pixels)QHD Display With Corning Gorilla Glass 5
  • Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 SoC [Kryo 280 Octa-core (2.45GHz Quad + 1.9GHz Quad)], 64 bit, 10nm Processor
  • Adreno 540 GPU
  • 4GB RAM
  • 128GB Storage
  • 13MP Dual RGB + Mono Camera With Image Fusion Technology With f/1.85 Lens, Hybrid Auto Focus Combing Contrast, Phase Detect, IR Laser Assist Focus, Video At 4K 30fps, 1080p 60fps or 720p 120fps
  • 8MP Front-Facing Camera With f/2.20 Fixed Hyperfocal Lens, Video At 4K 30fps, 1080p 60fps Or 720p 120fps
  • Ambient OS
  • 3040mAh Battery With Fast Charging Support
  • Fingerprint Sensor, Proximity, Barometer, Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Gyroscope
  • 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac With MIMO, NFC, GPS + GLONASS, USB-C
  • Dimensions: 141.5×71.1×7.8 mm ; Weight: 185g

The smartphone comes with two types of material i.e Titanium body and Ceramic back, while it comes in four different colors; Black Moon, Stellar Grey, Pure White, Ocean Depths and is priced at $699 or $749 with a bundled 360-degree camera and pre-order starts today and the phone will go on sale in the next 30 days.


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