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this is the essential pH one let's take a look at this upcoming Android phone the first thing that stands out is the 5.7 inch screen it takes up the vast majority of the front of the device except for a little cutout for 8 megapixel front facing camera and a chin bezel on the back are two cameras at 13 megapixels each a fingerprint sensor is located on the rear one thing missing from the phone is branding there are no logos on this device the back also has magnetic connectors for accessories similar to some Motorola phones there's a 360 degree camera that clicks into place there's also a magnetic dock accessory which wirelessly charges the phone the phone is made out of titanium and ceramic essential says it does not have an area for cases on its site because titanium is more resilient than a lot of other materials the site features a slow-motion drop test video to show the ph1 surviving a fall inside the pH one runs the same processor that can be found in the North American version of the galaxy s 8 the qualcomm snapdragon 835 there are 128 gigabytes of storage space in the essential phone so it looks great but what's missing there's no port for a microSD card to easily add more storage there's also no 3.5 millimeter headphone jack although an adapter is included in the box there's no mention about the phone being waterproof on the site the pH one comes in four colors black grey white and dark green the essential phone can be reserved now but only in black or white it costs six hundred and ninety nine dollars and if you reserve now you can pick up a 360 degree camera from an extra 50 bucks for a total of seven hundred and forty nine dollars that combo will eventually cost eight hundred and ninety eight dollars the pH one will first ship in the US there is no official release date yet if you're wondering what on earth essential is it's a company started up by Andy Rubin Rubin built the Android operating system that Google eventually acquired for more information check out cnet.com mi as act hardened I'll see you online