Andy Rubin and company Essential’s new Essential Phone (a common moniker that fits the spirit of the smartphone itself) have given the world a phone that nails 99% of the “essentials” for spec-hungry flagship fans: a 5.7-inch Quad HD display with 19:10 aspect ratio, octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, 4GB of RAM, 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage (the latest-generation flash storage), 13MP dual rear cameras (with a 360-degree camera accessory), USB Type-C charging, Bluetooth 5.0, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
The Essential Phone has a titanium build quality, a refreshing rarity among a plethora of aluminum metal smartphones that are all too affordable to build. Unlocking your bootloader won’t even void your phone warranty (a rarity in the Android world).
The Essential Phone’s specs make it a hard phone to match, and we dare you to find one phone out there that ticks off as many of the boxes as Andy Rubin’s new phone does. And yet, sometimes the simpler things in the mobile experience matter more.
This is the case for one Twitter commenter who inquired about whether or not the Essential Phone had an LED notification light. There is a notification LED at the top left of the front camera, the company replied.
The LED notification light is an important component of the smartphone experience for many. As Essential notes, there are customization options for the user, allowing users to designate what LED color they want for certain apps and certain notifications (email vs. a social media reply vs. a text message or missed phone call, for example).
The Essential Phone does put some phones to shame, particularly the LG G6 that lacks the feature. There is no crime in a smartphone being smart (it’s self-evident), but when it is too smart to the point of eliminating necessary features, companies like Essential start to look, well, essential.
Source: Essential (Twitter), Via: PhoneArena
Completely agree. Thanks for the article as I was looking for confirmation of this feature. A must have for me. NLED does it’s job simply and effectively, much more so than an always-on-display.
I just need this phone to be released in Asia now with dual-sim and I’d get one immediately 🙂
Completely agree. Thanks for the article as I was looking for confirmation of this feature. A must have for me. NLED does it’s job simply and effectively, much more so than an always-on-display.
I just need this phone to be released in Asia now with dual-sim and I’d get one immediately 🙂