Jaymil
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Are you having any of the issues the other guy was having on Verizon such as not being able to make or receive calls?
Received the Essential Phone ask your questions
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Are you having any of the issues the other guy was having on Verizon such as not being able to make or receive calls?
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Hi!
I upgrade July next year, and I'm REALLY adamant of buying a stock- android phone. Since I won't be able to afford phones that come out in 2018, I'll be getting a phone from this year instead.
My options will be the Oneplus 5, Google Pixel 2 and maybe the Essential Phone Or HTC U11 (I can accept HTC's skin over android).
I'll be getting the phone on a 2 year old but if bezel less phones become the new standard I don't want my phone to look outdated by 2018-2020. So I'm swaying towards the Essential Phone, but I've heard the camera is mediocre at best. What would you do in my situation?
Thanks buddy!
I upgrade July next year, and I'm REALLY adamant of buying a stock- android phone. Since I won't be able to afford phones that come out in 2018, I'll be getting a phone from this year instead.
My options will be the Oneplus 5, Google Pixel 2 and maybe the Essential Phone Or HTC U11 (I can accept HTC's skin over android).
I'll be getting the phone on a 2 year old but if bezel less phones become the new standard I don't want my phone to look outdated by 2018-2020. So I'm swaying towards the Essential Phone, but I've heard the camera is mediocre at best. What would you do in my situation?
Thanks buddy!
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Yeah the screen isn't the brightest with adaptive brightness enabled but if you disable it it gets pretty bright
atlbuc
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Pixel XL phone is a great phone fast Snappy pure Android, the Essential phone is also a nice phone bezel-less phone, so if it was me being that I've had the Galaxy S8 plus I'm not going back to a big bezel phone. If you don't care about having big bezels then I would wait for the Pixel XL 2
dov1978
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The Pixel XL 2 will be pretty much bezel-less too. The smaller Pixel will still have huge bezels though
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I received the phone yesterday and I will be returning it. The camera is not reliable enough for me. The screen is average and the radio is under powered compared to my current phone. I really wanted to go with a stock phone and support a new player in the space but there are too many compromises with this phone. I will be getting a Pixel XL 2.
I really haven't found much to complain about. I would like to see more apps use all of the screen. There is no perfect phone and not everyone will like the Essential phone. Different strokes...
I agree with others that software updates are needed for the camera. I haven't been able to test out the camera yet but do see a bit of lag with it. I think they need a few weeks to get over the roll-out disaster and then we will see some improvements to software. I hope they are hard at work getting the oreo update in place as well.
I agree with others that software updates are needed for the camera. I haven't been able to test out the camera yet but do see a bit of lag with it. I think they need a few weeks to get over the roll-out disaster and then we will see some improvements to software. I hope they are hard at work getting the oreo update in place as well.
atlbuc
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From the reports and leaks of the Pixel XL 2 the Bezels look about the same as the 1st Pixel
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.th...uitbreaker/2017/8/7/16107478/pixel-leak-shows
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Out of the box it has 20+ preffered networks and I set the the first option, being on Verizon anytime I was on WiFi it would kill my network connection and I would have to reboot the phone to get it to work. Speed tests were atrocious and so I have changed it to Global and that has seemed to fix my problem so far.
Need to move to TMobile, waiting to see what they announce on the 6th
atlbuc
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I love the look and feel of the Essential Phone. Yes the camera needs work and the screen responsiveness needs a little improvement of which I think software updates can help in both areas. I haven't had any issues with WiFi nor cellular, note I'm on the T-MOBILE network. The speaker is loud and good enough for me as I don't really use my phone to play music. I do hope more apps are updated to take advantage of the bezel-less top of the phone.
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