The Essential Phone now $499

Yeah, youre not going to get anything better than the price of this phone. Stop being a cheapskate. :lol:
 
It's down to $449 at Best Buy now. You're not going to find a better phone for that money.

This could sway me to dump apple.

EDIT: Does it come unlocked? Too much to ask?

editedit: nevermind, sure does :)
 
The more I read the more interested I become. This may get bumped to slot 2 mostly due to price. :/

Lots of phone for short money from what I can see. I'm debating trading my 6+ at BB for one soon. The apple watch would go too. That should make for a somewhat decent trade in value.
 
Lots of phone for short money from what I can see. I'm debating trading my 6+ at BB for one soon. The apple watch would go too. That should make for a somewhat decent trade in value.


This is very true, at 450 it's very reasonable. For me as an end user, I question the *need* for most of the things this phone offers at it's price point. I'm not so attached to my phone that stepping down an entire price point (sub 300) isn't a viable option. I'm also vain in some ways so having something pretty matters hence my interest in other brands.
 
...somehow I feel like I need a business phone.

:lol: Let us know what you think of it. :)
This is very true, at 450 it's very reasonable. For me as an end user, I question the *need* for most of the things this phone offers at it's price point. I'm not so attached to my phone that stepping down an entire price point (sub 300) isn't a viable option. I'm also vain in some ways so having something pretty matters hence my interest in other brands.
Same here - I just don't "need" a high end phone, but I would also like something a little eye catchy too.

At this stage of the game, a nice screen and 128Gb or so would suit me just fine. If that happens to come packaged in a sweet looking and sub $500 package, I'm willing to give it a shot. :)
 
:lol: Let us know what you think of it. :)

Same here - I just don't "need" a high end phone, but I would also like something a little eye catchy too.

At this stage of the game, a nice screen and 128Gb or so would suit me just fine. If that happens to come packaged in a sweet looking and sub $500 package, I'm willing to give it a shot. :)


128 is a ton over what I need, if Essential released a 32 or 64 version closer to 350 - 400 this would be a no brainer. ATM I've got my eyes on the Honor 8, a couple Xperias, and a Motorola or two. Most of these are below $400 and nearing $300.
 
So far, no real complaints. I would like to find a way to put the number of notifications on the program icon, might need a different launcher for that. The Bluetooth on this phone sends all the track information to my head unit, something I've missed for quite a while now. Last phone I had that did that was my Xperia Z3. My Note 5 didn't even do it. The LED flash on this phone is MUCH warmer than the flash on my 6s+, and brighter too. The back is a bit slippery, I'm going to put a skin on it. Got a screen protector coming today, liquid skin type. The edge to edge screen is nice to look at, but I'm glad it has the bezel at the bottom. I have issues with accidentally dragging the notification bar down at the top, if it was edge to edge on the bottom too I'd never be able to use the damned thing.
 
Wait you mean to say there are Android phones that don't send all track info to a stereo? Bleh now I really need to try an Android phone on my stereo.
 
Wait you mean to say there are Android phones that don't send all track info to a stereo? Bleh now I really need to try an Android phone on my stereo.

Samsung didn't, that's for sure. Maybe they do now, I don't know, but my iPhone didn't, which seems pretty crap.
 
What stereo are you using, and how much track info are we talking about? My 5S since day one has shown Track, artist, album, and album art (IF plugged in). I'm running a Pioneer NEX 5100 nav unit and this is via bluetooth.
 
What stereo are you using, and how much track info are we talking about? My 5S since day one has shown Track, artist, album, and album art (IF plugged in). I'm running a Pioneer NEX 5100 nav unit and this is via bluetooth.

It's a JVC unit, no idea what model. It's not super new, but it's shown full track info including time played/total for every phone besides my Samsungs and my iPhone.
 
It's a JVC unit, no idea what model. It's not super new, but it's shown full track info including time played/total for every phone besides my Samsungs and my iPhone.


With as little info as I have and based off that Xperia being a 2014 phone, I wonder if maybe it's an older deck with older bluetooth and if that may have something to do with it.
 
With as little info as I have and based off that Xperia being a 2014 phone, I wonder if maybe it's an older deck with older bluetooth and if that may have something to do with it.

Could be a backwards compatibility issue, but that's still on Samsung and Apple if so :lol:
 
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