Essential PH-1 Android Smartphone was launched in May 2017. It is priced in India at Rs. 45000 ($699.00), running on the Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 processor with Adreno 540 GPU. The phone has 4 GB RAM and 128 GB of internal storage which is not expandable.
The Essential PH-1 has a 5.71 inches, 1312 x 2560 pixels display with a pixel density of 504 ppi. It has Gorilla Glass protection as well. Coming to cameras, it has a Dual 13 MP rear camera and a 8 MP front camera for selfies. It has a USB Type-C port for data syncing and charging. There is a notification LED present on the Essential PH-1 as well, along with a fingerprint sensor, magnetic field sensor (compass), gyroscope sensor, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor and accelerometer sensor. It is a single SIM smartphone with support for 4G LTE, USB OTG, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS too.
The Essential PH-1 runs on Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) and all this is powered by a 3040 mAh battery. It measures 141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 185 grams including battery.