Essential teased its “Gem” smartphone hardware back in 2019 as a follow-up to the PH-1. When Essential shut down in 2020, work on the Gem shut down with it. Occasionally the rare prototype hardware ...

Essential Products, the smartphone startup launched by controversial Android co-founder Andy Rubin, announced yesterday it was shutting down just four months after introducing a new device, Project ...

Essential went under in 2020, with the company having only launched the PH-1, it’s first smartphone. But there were plans for a second device from Essential known as “Gem,” and now someone has sold a ...

Despite never making it to market, Essential's Gem phone resurfaces in 2024, with a prototype selling for a steal on eBay at $165. Software engineer Rob Wainwright shared a video of the prototype, ...

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