Maybe I'm the only one but the phone is great!

I've used the pixel, pixel 2, Samsung S8, etc, they are great too but the way some people talk you would think one phone is great and the other was Hitler's retard baby, WTF?

This phone has had no lag or glitches or crashes of any kind in the last three weeks, the camera isn't bad either, ya I like more features, so I installed camera zoom, ya if you pixel-peep it's not number 1, so fucking what? If you want the best photos you aren't using your fucking phone, your Instagram, Facebook, Twitter feeds will be full of clear, beautiful shots of your stupid selfies and whatever over priced food you bought for lunch!

These half wits with sticks up their ass, whining about this phone are fucking idiots! and don't get me started on the price! for $460 CDN you can own a gorgeous phone, with great customer service and flagship specs.

If you are using the beta and have issues, it's a fucking beta! If you bought a phone at launch and it had issues, its clearly been patched!

Fucking done with the anti-Essential Phone clowns out there, love this phone, it's great and for what it offers its the best phone out there right now, hands down!

EDIT: Everyone who downvoted, turn in your Essential Phone, you don't appreciate it enough! Calls the phone cops

I joined this subreddit because i wanted to belong to a nice small group of people who dared to go for the essential phone, there are no other good places/forums where i can get info about this phone and read the ama's.. but man... the negative people on the subreddit are terrible.. i think most of the posts here are just people crying and moaning about the same problems over and over again, and that they should have been fixed 3 months ago.. people here are extremely impatient and unrealistic.. and if a new person joins this reddits and post a tiny problem, all the moaners wake up and spam there and moan about how shit this phone is and that they are using a 5T or have a pixel2xl...

So this is a friendly request for all the negative people, please stop.. we know all the problems, we know 8.0 is not coming, we know 8.1 will take time.. so for the love of god.. or whoever.. stop with all the negativity! this reddit is getting unbearable.

thanks in advance! and enjoy life! the essential is not the end of the world.

What's the biggest shock I had when I first received my phone? Everyone led me to believe the phone was very slippery. It isn't. Let me explain.

I like to use my phones without cases. Based on what I read, I was quite sure that I'd be dropping the phone all the time due to its slippery back. Instead, I found that it's not slippery at all. The edges are not terribly rounded, and the phone isn't too wide. These help ensure that grip is better than with most recent phones.

The back is extremely slippery if you set it on, say, a table. The slightest angle or a good gust of wind will cause it to slide right off. In that sense, it's very slippery.

However, when I hold the phone, the moisture in my skin, along with the smoothness of the back (white model), creates a lot of friction. It creates so much friction, that I can rest the phone on 4 fingertips, not gripping it at all with any fingers or thumb, and rotate it about 70 degrees towards vertical. It just stays there. I feel like I could put that on YouTube and bill it as a cheap magic trick - "he's using sticky tape or glue!". And I have dry skin, so don't think this is some kind of unusual result.

I came from HTC phones with metallic backs (with coatings too). With those phones, I couldn't rotate more than 20 degrees towards vertical before the phone would slip.

I'll take a phone that stays in my hand over one that stays on an angled table any day. After all, most of my tables are pretty flat, and it's the in-hand stability I care most about.

Sorry for shitposting

An I the only one who feels like this subreddit looks like a stock market or Bitcoin traders forum? "The price was 230, now it's 300, should I buy now or wait? Will we hit the minimum again? Hodl your ph-1, ph-2 is not likely to be released"

I feel as if this was way over my head for far too long

I see so many people on here clamoring for an upgrade ever since this phone was about a month old. If you are the type that needs to upgrade your device every month or two then I don't think this company is for you. With all the support the PH-1 has been getting it's the first phone since my blackberries I've been comfortable owning without having to worry about it being forgotten in 3-6 months when something new comes out. The talks of essential having a new device in development had me worried about the PH-1 continuing to get the awesome support it has been.

The OP 6 is gorgeous and feels much nicer in the hand than I originally anticipated, as form factor was a big reason why I was nervous about purchasing it, but it just feels "right" in the hand, similar to how the PH-1 does. I had a 5t for a week before I sold it due to the form factor, and the 6 feels much more comfortable, somehow, despite the same dimensions.

Everything else is just smoother on the OP 6, and signal strength is near perfect. I've been having some issues with WiFi at home, but it's too early to report on that as I haven't messed around with my router settings yet, but that could potentially turn into an issue, only time will tell.

Camera on OP 6 seems much better, but it does give what I can only describe as an oil panting effect. I'll play around with the settings a little more today.

The speed is unparalleled. I thought the PH-1 was fast, but the OP 6 is truly blazing fast. I haven't had a single hiccup, even typing feels effortless.

Those on the fence between these two devices, feel free to ask me any questions and I'll be happy to answer.

I'm 90% sure it will be the next iPhone released in September, the smaller form factor.

I've really been growing a significant distrust and distaste of and for Google and their mass surveillance. I've been thinking about it a lot, also reading Zucked recently, and I am ready to switch to iPhone just on principle alone.

I was really leading heavily towards comparing the OnePlus 7 Pro or the Pixel 4 when it releases, but the more I read about Google and the more I think about it, I want off their operating system soon.

Alternatively, I think having an Android device running LineageOS with alternative apps and no Google apps would be one route, but I just think IOS obviously has far more useful apps than any non-Google android stuff (Translate and Maps are what I use most of all).

Has anyone else felt this way about Google's and Android phones? Anyone made the switch to IOS or considering it?

I've been seeing people talk about notches as "chins" a lot, but it looks more like a uvula to me and then thoughts get really weird late at night as I contemplate my phone just taking a huge bite out of my head. If all I can see is a uvula then clearly the teeth are already set to take a nice juicy caronal chomp out of my head.

TLDR: I think my PH1 is going to kill me.

*Disclaimer: OP is sick, taking Sudafed, and may have forgotten he took Sudafed so they've also taken their Adderall on top of it. Whoops.

Has anybody fixed the poor signal issue? My signal bars are flip-flapping about all over the place. Is downgrading to 9.0 still an option?

I've had ghost touches happen upon occasion with my second phone (first had the speaker grille issues along with lack of touch). Yesterday my PH-1 had its first big "fit" while trying to use it. Ghost touches on rapid fire for hours on end with no change in how it used. It is true, I could exchange it for a third phone, but I'd rather not chance it seeing as some here have not had the greatest luck. That, and I currently cannot afford the hold for an exchange. I would feel terrible selling this device to anybody knowing it has some sort of defect. I think I might go with a low to mid range Moto device for the time being since money is tight. I've had good luck with the Moto devices in the past.

Support had not been helpful stating it is software. They asked me to clear the cache (something that isn't easily possible without an additional app because of a/b partitioning, but still doable) and then boot into safe mode. This was useless because I had just done a factory reset. I had no additional apps. They then told me it would be fixed in an upcoming update. Sorry, but if it continues to worsen, I cannot hold out on hope.

It's been great guys. I'll probably stick around because the community here is great, but my PH-1 will become a secondary/testing device in the coming days.

I assume that upon further reflection (after anger, denial,...) you realize that it's impossible to be both in a position of power and a sexual peer with another person without some level of dysfunction. You convinced yourself that you could walk that fine line, but you now know that there is no viable line to walk. Its a sad realization since there are worthy partner candidates to be found in one's work environment. It is what it is.

I also assume (till proven guilty or even in-spite of ): You don't want be part of the problem or, at least, you want to contribute to the solution. But how to do that? Here is a start:

"Due to my instinct of preservation (layers...) I'll not address the level of guilt, that what due process is for. What's in the past cannot be changed, but if I can use the stoplight on my current vicissitudes to influence the future and I feel that I should...." First apologize to the women coworkers that felt a level of coercion of due to your relative position of power. Second... you are a smart man, come up with smart ideas on how to drive cultural changes and make it crystal clear to generations to come why a position of power is incompatible with...

Why do I even write this post? Simple, as am man and a father. I don't want a world where behind every women eye there is this constant fear, distrust and circumspection when dealing with other men. Woman don't like it, men don't like it.

To all involved parties, I hope you'll take to opportunity to make the best out of this mess.

Is it not reasonable to recognise that Essential are trying hard and doing well? Critics who have worked in ( computing ) startups perhaps feel free to throw rotten tomatoes but, if you have not done so, then consider with some compassion the pressures to perform in our business which requires literally digit-level perfection in all that we do : and requires it now.

Got my essential PH-1 back in November of 2017 and I loved it at first! The tiny notch, the ceramic back, everything was pretty sweet. As time went on the phone started to slow and more problems arised like the screen lifting from the body. The phone was way too choppy, the touch latency was bad, etc. I've been looking into a better designed phone for a while to upgrade and I landed on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. All-screen with navigation gestures and a sliding screen design to reveal the front camera. Snapdragon 845 & 6 GB ram makes it very snappy! With a much better camera as well, this is a great upgrade if you're looking to stray from Essential.

probably not many know amazon has their own mobile line Fire Phone, since amazon fire phone is a failed project of amazon didn't succeed in the saturated phone market, and Essential was exclusive sold on amazon platform.

I wonder why amazon didn't just bought over the startup and invest in Essential.

we could have see a PH-2 release...

I decided it was time to replace my beloved Note 4, which was preceded by the Droid Incredible 1 & 2 and the S4. After fervently researching for several months, the Essential seemed to fit the bill.

Staggeringly sleek. No bloatware after using carrier phones all my life. Impossibly thin bezels. Cheap as hell. "This is the one," I thought. I was very open and positive despite the negative things I read.

I got my Halo Gray PH-1 yesterday and updated to the newest non-beta OS release. Here are my early thoughts:

-This feels even better than it looks. The craftsmanship, aesthetic, and materials are unparalleled.

-The scroll stutter is abominable. My Zune was smoother.

-The vibration feels odd and you can't adjust the intensity of it? Am I dumb or is this for real? I will never take this for granted again.

-The app tray has basically nothing in it. The home screen panels are empty by default. I'm nearly moved to tears.

-Apps open, close, and operate blazingly fast. This makes my Note 4 feel dumpy.

-Something about this display doesn't feel quite right. Black levels maybe? It's not as sharp as my aging Note.

-The camera launches really fast, but the pics take forever to snap. If you can hold steady, they are beautiful.

I know I need to try the 8.1 beta. I didn't think it would be a big deal, but the stutter, the vibration, and the camera are like Groucho Marx glasses on the Mona Lisa. They might not be a big deal on another phone, but it may feels so glaringly bad juxtaposed with how great the rest of the phone is. This Pixel XL 2 deal for $550 on Verizon has my thoughts wandering as well. I may update as I continue to give this a chance.

Edit: spacing.

Update: It seems the 8.1 beta did a lot for the scrolling! The camera still has room for improvement. Apps are spontaneously closing and I've noticed some screen tearing flipping through emojis and switching apps. Gonna stick it out for a bit to see what the 8.1 final build brings.