Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa lapho kuxoxwe ngokufika kwe-smartphone yokuqala eyenziwe ngubaba we-Android, u-Andy Rubin, manje sesinegama nedatha yokuqala esemthethweni yedivayisi. Okokuqala okugqamile ingaphambili lesikrini lonke elingeza ngalo "emfashini" yalolu hlobo lwedivayisi, kepha i-Essential Phone, okuyigama ledivayisi, ayishiyi ndawo izimbangi futhi isici sayo esiyinhloko hhayi lesi sikrini esimangalisayo esingu-5,71 amayintshi ngesinqumo se-QHD, le divayisi ine-modularity njengokuheha kwayo okuyinhloko.
Kulokhu okuphakathi I-Verge Ube nenhlanhla yokukwazi ukuzibonela mathupha imininingwane, imisebenzi kanye neminye imininingwane yale divayisi, enezinto ezisezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu ezinomklamo omuhle nomhlane we-ceramic. Kepha njengoba sisho, into enhle kakhulu ngale smartphone ukuthi kungenzeka ukusebenzisa amamojula anjengekhamera yangemuva esivumela ube nedokhu yokushaja kazibuthe noma ikhamera ye-360-degree okukhona ukunikezwa kokuqala kwe- $ 749 okubandakanya ikhamera kuphela. Idivayisi engenayo le khamera ibiza cishe ama- $ 699 e-United States ngakho-ke akukho mehluko omningi ngomsebenzi okwamanje oyimfashini kakhulu.
Kepha ngaphezu kwalawa amamojula afakwa kudivayisi ngomazibuthe ngesitayela sangempela se-Motorola, this Ifoni ebalulekile inezincazelo ezilandelayo:
- Iprosesa ye-Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
- I-4GB ye-RAM
- I-128GB yesitoreji sangaphakathi
- Ikhamera yangemuva engu-13 mp
- Ikhamera engaphambili eyi-8 mp
- 3.040mAh ibhethri
- Inzwa yezinhlamvu zeminwe ngemuva
- Izinyathelo 141,5 x 71,1 x 7,8 millimeters kanye nesisindo esingu-185 g
- Uhlobo lwe-USB C futhi alufaki i-3,5 mm audio jack
Lezi zinkomba zivame kakhulu kumadivayisi we-Android aphezulu (ngaphandle kwe-3,5mm jack engayifaki), ngakho-ke sibhekene nenye imodeli ekwazi ukufaka ngokugcwele empini yemakethe yabasebenzisi abathenga amatheminali amahle kakhulu. Kulokhu futhi sinokuphusha okungeziwe okuvela kumdali nobaba we-Android, okuqinisekile ukuthi kuzosiza ukuthengisa.