The PH-1 was a beautiful phone, but i'm somewhat relieved to see essential shut down. although it was a nice-looking phone, it wasn't really any better than an

The PH-1 was a beautiful phone, but i'm somewhat relieved to see essential shut down. although it was a nice-looking phone, it wasn't really any better than any other phone. The idea that an unheard of company with no track record or assurance of future support could come out and sell a phone for the same price as apple and samsung's flagship offerings seemed wrong to me. If essential had done something truly revolutionary that deserved the high price tag, that would have been one thing, but it's nice to see consumers reject the idea that a company can charge apple-level prices with no real justification for it.