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Essential PH1 first phone with 360 degree Camera launched

3,043 views · Published 30 May 2017 · 8:03 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Bhaiyaji Technical · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Essential Inc, the company head by the creator of Android, Andy Rubin has finally unveiled the much anticipated high-end modular smartphone. Called as the Essential Phone, the modular handset comes with top of the line specifications and for now supports a 360-degree camera module made by the company.

The Essential Phone will set you back by $699 while adding the 360-degree camera module would bring the total cost to $898. However, the company is offering the combo for a limited time period for $749. You can reserve the smartphone and the smartphone+module combination from the company website. It will be rolling out to limited countries initially.
The Essential Phone measures 141 x 71.1 x 7.8mm and weighs 185 grams. Running Android OS, one of the highlights of the handset is its 5.7-inch QHD (2560 x 1312 pixels) display that trumps the Galaxy S8 display as it leaves minimal bezel at the bottom. The display comes with aspect ration 19:10 and has up to 500 nits brightness.
The device is one of the few devices this year to come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor along with Adreno 540 and 4GB RAM. It has 128GB UFS 2.1 inbuilt storage along with a single-SIM support. On the camera front, the Essential Phone comes with a 13MP Dual RGB + Mono camera with image fusion technology along with f/1.8 aperture and LED flash. The camera can record videos in 4K resolution. There is an 8MP front-facing camera as well with f/2.2 aperture 4K video recording capability.
The Essential Phone is backed by a 3040mAh battery and supports fast charging tech via USB Type-C. Some of the other features including are fingerprint sensor, Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, NFC and GPS.
The smartphone has a Titanium body, Ceramic back and Corning Gorilla 5 cover. There are four microphones as well.

Website link: https://www.essential.com/

Source:
1. https://www.essential.com/
2. timesofindia.com

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