Essential Phone Review: A stunning phone that feels incomplete

Few devices in recent memory have managed to create as much hype in so little time as the Essential Phone. The brainchild of Android co-founder Andy Rubin, the PH-1 (as the phone is technically known) promises the purest version of Google’s OS this side of a Pixel, with a premium, nearly-bezel-less design to make Apple raise an eyebrow. After using the PH-1 for a week, I believe that hype is largely earned, despite some baffling flaws. The Essential Phone is so spartan it borders on feeli