The Essential Phone is sold out and will stay sold out

If you were hoping to snag the Essential Phone before the year was up, you’re out of luck. An Essential spokesperson told 9to5Google that the phone is out of stock and won’t see new inventory.

The spokesperson also told 9to5Google that Essential is “hard at work on our next mobile product and will continue to sell accessories and provide speedy software updates and customer support to our existing community.”

Droid Life first noticed that the Essential Phone is out of stock from the company’s website. The phone is also unavailable through retailers like Amazon and Best Buy.

Even if you go to Sprint’s website, the page seems to be broken and doesn’t show any information. You’ll still be able to buy the Essential Phone from resellers on Amazon and eBay, so all hope isn’t lost yet.

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That said, this was bound to happen at some point. The Essential Phone originally launched in August 2017 with issues ranging from poor image quality and cellular reception on T-Mobile to touch response issues.

It wasn’t all bad for the Essential Phone. As polarizing as it might be, the phone’s design still holds up well against today’s smartphones.

The Essential Phone is also a great example of what a continually-updated smartphone looks like. Essential even confirmed that the phone will get Android Q. That would make the Essential Phone one of those rare Android devices with three major platform updates.

There are murmurs that Essential is working on a new device that might be shown off during January 2019’s CES event. The device reportedly uses artificial intelligence to either replace or augment the current smartphone experience.

Source: Android Zone

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Huawei’s Android 9 Pie-based EMUI 9.0 rolling out around the world

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Huawei recently announced that its EMUI 9.0 Android overlay is rolling out to supported devices around the world.

In the next few days, EMUI 9.0 will roll out to the following devices:

The EMUI 9.0 update weighs around 4GB, so make sure you’re on a decent Wi-Fi connection. Those on the EMUI 9.0 beta can expect a smaller 770MB update to the stable release.

Keep in mind that the list of supported devices may grow over time. Devices like the Honor 8X, Huawei Mate 20 Lite, Honor 8C, and similarly-new Huawei and Honor devices might also get EMUI 9.0 down the road.

Based on Android 9 Pie, EMUI 9.0 uses AI to increase the system response speed by 25.8 percent. Huawei also claims that EMUI 9.0 shortens app startup by 102ms and increases overall system fluency by 12.9 percent compared to EMUI 8.1.

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EMUI 9.0 also features GPU Turbo 2.0, the next iteration of Huawei’s game optimization software. Huawei claims that GPU Turbo 2.0 lowers touch delays by 36 percent and decreases hot spots temperature by up to 3.6 degrees Celsius compared to EMUI 8.1.

You’ll also find Huawei’s versions of certain Google features in EMUI 9.0. For example, Digital Balance and HiVision take clear inspiration from Digital Wellbeing and Google Lens, respectively.

Finally, EMUI 9.0 includes a gesture-based system and a more streamlined experience that cuts the number of menus down from 940 to 843.

If you have a Huawei or Honor device that runs EMUI 9.0, let us know your experiences in the comments below!

Source: Android Zone

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