June 1, Essential, owned by the creator of the Android operating system Andy Rubin, introduced a smartphone PH-1. It was supposed to appear on sale a month later, but it still can not be bought. It became known that the Essential Phone with the model number A11 was certified Wi-Fi. Some sources claim that this is an already announced PH-1 smartphone, while others believe that Essential is already developing a new smartphone. The certified device is running an operating system Android 7. 1 Nougat.

An authoritative source claims that the Essential PH-1 with model number A11 passed the Wi-Fi certification, and its deliveries will begin in the near future. According to Niccolo De Maci, president and chief operating officer of Essential, Essential Phone is "inevitable" in the US, but he did not give an exact date.

In the US for the sale of Essential PH-1 will answer operator Sprint, and its cost is $ 699. Also, the smartphone will appear in the markets of Western Europe, Japan and the UK.

Essential Phone - a real flagship with topical design and top performance.

This smartphone runs on Android Nougat and is equipped with a titanium-ceramic case, a frameless IPS-screen with a diagonal of 5. 71 inches with a resolution of 2560x1312 pixels, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, an 8-megapixel front camera, a main camera with two 13-megapixel sensors, 4GB of RAM, a 128-gigabyte drive, a fingerprint scanner and a Type-C USB port for charging and connecting headphones. Among other features: battery capacity 3040 mAh with support for fast charging, Bluetooth 5. 0, NFC and LTE. There is no 5 mm audio output.