Essential Phone

During the Amazon Prime Day sale a little while ago, the Essential Phone (PH-1) was being sold at a super low price on Amazon.com. At that time, I hesitated and the sale ended before I could buy it.

This device has acquired the technical conformity mark (Giteki) and supports Android 9 Pie, making its specs very appealing.

(Update) Essential Phone on sale for $223.99 on US Amazon

Today, while browsing Twitter, I saw information that it was being sold for $279.99. I hesitated, but when I checked again in the evening, the price had dropped to $223.99.
Including shipping costs, it comes out to about 30,000 yen, which is incredibly cheap considering the specs.

I immediately clicked “buy”.

I was just thinking that I wanted an Android device to test the Xamarin app I’m currently building, so the timing was perfect. If I hadn’t found this, I might have bought something like the HUAWEI P20 lite. I think that’s a very good device too, though.

I chose the fastest shipping option, so I should be able to get my hands on it by the weekend.