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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
How well do you know your fifty shades of grey? Rate this thread to express how good the Essential Phone's display contrast is. A higher rating indicates that black is true black, rather than a very dark gray.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] HenryK15J:
My display is blue black, is this normal? It has a very blue tint in pitch black.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] seabro01:
Doesn't really show true blacks compared to OLED phones. The blacks on the PH-1 screen are more of a darkish gray.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
If you're colorblind, please disregard this thread. Rate this thread to express how you deem the color saturation and accuracy of the Essential Phone's display. A higher rating indicates that you think that color accuracy is very high and saturation is excellent.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] scottspa74:
I just got ph1 and I'm seeing that in some places it does to text what the LG get initially did before custom room fixes in terms of, sometimes text is outlined by a black outlined. I can't remember what LG called that, but it ducks. Anyone else know what I'm talking about?
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
The Essential Phone has a crazy crisp display. Just kidding, this is automated text so who knows if this screen is any good. So, you be the judge! A higher rating indicates that it's extremely sharp and clear, and that you cannot see pixels with your naked eye.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] andril:
Very clean and clear display brought new life to wallpapers
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] DoughnutSpanker:
Mine looks great. With a high quality wallpaper (shout out to Backdrops) the device really shines. I was worried about it being LCD rather than AMOLED, however after using it for three weeks now, I still prefer the PH-1's display over my old Nexus 6's display. I've had other people comment on how crisp and beautiful the colors look, even iPhone users who gawk when I tell them the pixel density is greater than any iDevice released (and even not released yet!) I love my PH-1.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] mallman:
have to agree and add that i actually tried a live wallpaper and actually am still using it BECAUSE its so sharp. I NEVER use live wallpapers tried this one for giggles https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxelus.livewallpaper.amoled&hl=en and the PH-1 sold me. Just seems different somehow
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] CRasH180:
I tried Tree of Love love wall paper and love it as well:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agcdev.hearttree

This is the first live wall paper used and has stayed as my background henceforth

CRasH180
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] BonkersTheClown:
Honestly? Display is good but not great. I'm a bit spoiled when it comes to this. Used to Samsung Super AMOLED screens, so any LCD just feels like a downgrade. My wife likes it better though because you can actually turn the screen brightness lower if you're lying in bed reading a book.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] matistight:
I am having trouble picking a wallpaper for this phone. Even my Nexus 6 made these pictures pop better than this phone. Might be a software issue though. When watching videos, it doesn't look that bad. I mean you will only get so much out of an LCD screen. This isn't really anything special.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] mookiexl:
I found that somehow I like the dark wallpapers better on this screen than the amoled on my z2 force which supposedly has better blacks.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] matistight:
If you like grey yeah. But I have 3 Essentials (only one I am keeping) and they all have imperfections around the edges of the screen, so with that picture you have the top left might not look perfect, and even then it would look grey rather than black. Not having this issue with the Razer Phone, but the screen isn't as bright as the Essential so who knows. Didn't really have an issue with the Moto Z2 Force either, but I can tell that its a plastic oled rather than a glass one
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] AndrewX85:
what icon pack is that and the clock widget and the time on the top left corner and are you using a certain launcher. would love my EssPh1 wallpaper to look like that...:good:
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] mookiexl:
Clock is command center, it's what us moto mod users used to see the battery of our moto mods but it works for this phone. The clock is just part of stock Android Pie. I'm using Nova launcher beta (just Google it) and luver icon pack. Here's the wallpaper too. Just something out of my Google plus community
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the Essential Phone's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] NixxonExxo:
Turn on adaptive brightness to get about 20% dimmer. Turn off the adaptive brightness to get 20% brighter. For low light reading turn on night light. Very simple option that shouldn't bother your partner.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the Essential Phone's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Hydrogen:
On the handset, I "sound like I'm on a speaker phone", the other party sounds like they are talking to me through a tuna can. this is intermittent though. other callers I normally speak with sound normal (HD)
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] &roid:
That's not normal.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Hydrogen:
Both phones are acting the same way. I am on Verizon and the issue has been with another Verizon customer. My VOIP phones come through in HD.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] &roid:
I have T-Mobile and calls come through clearly...but when they work. The network signal is terrible even though my other phones with the same sim card all work great in the same areas. Essential must have either a really messed up software modem in this device, or the devices themselves shipped with either broken or inferior antennas.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Ellises:
I'm on Sprint. I've only made one phone call yesterday while standing outside, and I'm not sure how I sounded like to the other person, but on my end the call audio kept cutting in and out like I was in tunnel.

I'm hoping this is fixed with a software update, I might have to switch back to my Nexus 6.

A quick edit:

I just made another phone call and half of the call the person sounded like they was a robot under the water.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] andril:
After spending tons on other flagships and sounding like i was on a paper cup this device is very clear
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] fishman8:
Telecomm strength is in average only ..
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Ascertion:
Sprint calls sound meh on this device... TMobile sounds better. Speakerphone on Sprint is horrible. Haven't tried speakerphone on TMobile
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] niko_c:
Call quality is great in both receiving and making calls here in Belgium (provider: Proximus). Downside: compared to my previous phone (iPhone 7 plus) the signal drops more often and reconnects slower...
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] rj005:
Horrible with no service in weak service area. I am with T-mobile and there's no signal at home whereas i see 2 bars with my OnePlus and S8.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] blackice000:
Had a 35 minute call today, switching between mic and speaker-phone. The person that called me said the call clarity was Crystal Clear! I am on Verizon with VOLTE activated.

Rick
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] avd:
crystal clear, even on sprint,no comparison to my other phones
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] smarti13:
perfect in France (Bouygues Telecom) :)
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] combat goofwing:
Call quality is good but I find the in call volume very low ,am I missing a setting somewhere
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] avd:
I don't find that at all.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] h2oflyer:
In Canada on Rogers... Call quality excellent and haven't had a dropped call since Nov. purchase.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] tech_head:
Fine on Verizon.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] joegege:
Cell quality is not good with my PH-1

It is only about 2 or 3 signal blocks....

At the same place, my redmi is with 4 to 5 signal blocks.

Very sad.:crying:
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] cannabiscure:
Earpiece sounds really nice clear and loud when making a call with AT&T.

Signal strength is about the same as my other phones with same sim card in the same place.

I have a demo phone and this is with 7.1.1; upgraded to Oreo and speech to text stopped working. Went back to 7.1.1
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] danystraus76:
I have had hundreds of phones and none of them have ever left me as truly satisfied as my essential phone. When the battery leaves me on foot I will be in s h i t
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Essential Phone's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] eakrish:
this might not be a WIFI actual issue. However, I am having issues getting MMS/ pictures while on wifi using android messages
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] grooks:
Why are you taking a dump in the bedroom?
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] MrEous:
Posted this in the cell strength thread...dBm isn't bad but not better than OnePlus 5.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] matistight:
Seems decent, but here's my issues. Wifi worked for downloading stuff at work and then I left. 3 hours later, I try to connect to wifi at my house, and it wouldn't find any wifi networks until I restarted the phone. When it is connected though, is picks up even the weakest networks in my area. 14Mbps DL on Essential, 12Mbps DL on my 2015 MBP Retina.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Genesis3:
I get speed test results on WiFi that pin my Internet connection's capability (nominal 50Mbps but I do see numbers in excess of that from time to time), so no real complaints there. HOWEVER, until Pie showed up the last Oreo update had horrid problems with throughput going to near ZERO after ~20Mb or so was downloaded. Pie fixed that.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] loumaros:
WiFi range suffers a bit here. At the end of my house, I get no reception at all, while my old Nexus 5 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4x have rock solid connections.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] SirDigitalKnight:
WiFi signal strength seems to be about 30% or more lower on my PH1 compared to my LG G5 side by side using WiFi Signal Meter Pro

Is there a know fix or is it an Pie issue?
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Essential Phone's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] PWRFADE:
Its working on Verizon pretty good so far. I'll check back in a few days:)
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] clint6:
Not so good...

I get no cell coverage in my basement with this phone. Typically have 2 bars on my S8+. Sending a 4 word text message is hit or miss on delivery.

Update: Data reception is terrible on my device w/ Verizon. Cell and text service is poor as well.

Info:

-102 dB

43% cell signal strength

Speed Test on mobile:

624 ms ping

. 42 Mbs download

. 5 Mbs upload
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] -Michael_:
On Verizon, better signal than my HTC 10 I switched from. Better signal than my wifes moto z force.

HD voice, VOLTE, verified HD voice and data worked simultaneously. No Wi-Fi calling on Verizon yet.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] eakrish:
T-Mobile VoLTE and Wifi calling working here
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] dpackerz:
Remember, bars are arbitrary. Try comparing dB level.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] MrEous:
Using Speedtest app and Signal Strength app... Testing PH-1 vs OPO 5

PH-1...AT&T 109d 7u (dBm -109)

***wifi 90d 88u (dBm -58)

OPO 5...AT&T 134d 26u (dBm -100)

***wifi 91d 90u (dBm -44)
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] pmurphypmm:
What network settings do you have it set on people are telling me calls sound like I'm in a tunnel. Hope it's not the mic.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] frhoward:
MetroPCS/Tmobile WIFI calling works magically. I never knew how muffled I sound when I was using my 6p. This is lightyears better.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] JD3206:
Speed test results for me (verizon):

Check out my [MENTION=6609403]speedtest[/MENTION] result! How fast is your internet? http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3181545050
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] IM0001:
Sprint is strong as ever. My 6P was really good and a U11 isn't bad, but this thing takes them both in signal strength, call quality, and this phone supports LTE+ which is just over double the LTE speed I was getting without the +.

Normal LTE speed at my place was around 3-4Mbit. With LTE+ its 10+. Can't complain.

Well I can a little. Tried to use the U11's Sim Card since the 6P's sim card isn't compatible they say, and well that has just led to a day of broken activation. I started out with working phone but not data, then after a reboot the phone tries hands free activation that never finishes. I reboot again and it skips that, update profile, and data works but not phone/sms. And no manner of reboot/activation/profile trickery seems to fix it.

So I am just going to see if I can pick up or get a Sim shipped tomorrow to get everything dialed in tomorrow.

Still, Data is sure fast when it's working. :)
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] qnc:
What general location are you in?

Metro area?

Suburb?

Country?

I travel to all these places very frequently and will need coverage. My Nexus 6 and 6P work well in all areas. with good speeds and want this phone to work at least just as well.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] DROIDESP:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3189445749

DOWNLOAD: 50.19Mb/s

UPLOAD: 18.50Mb/s

PING: 27 ms

DEVICE: PH-1

CARRIER: Verizon Wireless

SERVER: SAN DIEGO, CA
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] jtg11:
In a fringe rural area of western Ohio and Galaxy S7 has better Verizon reception than my new PH-1. This is my lake house and is an issue. I had consistent weak coverage in my house with S7, and PH-1 is constantly going in and out as I walk through the house. Wifi calling not working with Verizon... At least not yet or I cannot figure out how to activate it. When I try and make calls, I get a message saying to activate wifi calling in order to make a call.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] gqukyo:
What it does for me at home... Switching back and forth with crappy service and no service lol
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Ellises:
For my first day and half of having this phone, cellular strength on Sprint has been terrible.

I came from my Nexus 6, with it at home I normally got full signal bars, with the Essential I'm only getting 1 bar (-121 dBm 99 asu) and it sometimes jumps down to 0.

Speed test at home I'm getting an average of a 68ms ping, 5.24Mbps down, and 2.20Mbps up. With the Nexus 6 I was getting around 10Mbps down.

Inside at work usually I got terrible service with the Nexus 6 staying at 1 bar 3G all the time, with the Essential it can't even connect inside the building.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] gqukyo:
Even after the recent update my MintSim Tmo still doesn't work well. My Xfinity Verizon works the same now or less. I did notice that whenever I put back the Tmo sim into my S8 I would get a update to install the configuration but I never get that when I use the same sim in the Essential phone. Not sure if that's the issue but i believe it's just APN settings which I copied from their site anyways.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] EVOSerb:
Can't make a phone call. Signal completely goes off as if I put it in the airplane mode. Few seconds after I push end call button/hang up the signal comes back fully. Yesterday was working fine. I'm in Sprint (Chicago)
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] isopure:
Here's what I got today near downtown San Jose, CA
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] quadcrap1:
So far...My PH-1 is a dog on Verizon. Places where I get low-bar-but-usable coverage with my other phones (Nexus 6, Droid Turbo), I have mostly unusable coverage with the PH-1 (occasionally connects, but often no bars).

I like the phone in theory, but if this doesn't get better, it's going back in the box.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Essential Phone's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] IparryU:
Can someone confirm if it has front facing speakers?
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] anuraj1:
Early looks at the hardware show a bottom firing speaker next to the charging port.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] ndonnine:
Like he said above. Speaker is on the bottom. The speaker clairty is good with he calling. Tested it on my family earlier. Played some music at full blast and the sound wasn't great but you could hear it from the other room. I'd say probably a 7/10 but honestly I haven't had a phone that I'd rate over an 8/10 yet. Definitely in particular with a pixel or s8
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] -Michael_:
Louder than my HTC 10, and moto z force. Pulled out the Droid Turbo louder than it as well.

On par with my s7 edge, if not just barely louder.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] dpackerz:
Definitely louder than my Turbo 2. I can hear it in another room as well.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] flakko86:
It gets loud but the during last 3 ticks of the volume, sound quality takes a dive and gets pretty harsh
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] riz157:
i'm considering this phone but i'm concerned about the speaker volume clarity.

I'm currently using iphone 8 plus and really impressed by the speakers sound, best i've heard for clarity and loudness.

I was alos impressed with htc u11 speakers, if it's as good as that them i'm sold.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] flakko86:
I forgot to update this. They fixed the harshness of the speaker . It's totally fine now. The volume stepping has also improved.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] dc82:
Don't know if I'm late to the party but I find the loud speaker very good actually. I'll preface that by saying I don't listen to music on speaker, I have headphones of Bluetooth speakers for that. Call audio is very crisp and gets very loud. I'm very impressed by it. I think your usage/expectation will dictate how satisfied you are. My phone isn't my boombox so I think the speaker is great.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] flakko86:
Oh yeah definitely. I mainly use my speakers for YouTube and the speaker is more than suitable for that.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] jerrysmithc137:
Have had this phone for a few weeks and it is by far the loudest and most clear loudspeaker I've had on any phone. From htc, lg, samsung, zte, Moto. this is my favorite phone ever.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Jonathanlc2005:
Lol, Which is louder? The speaker or this ad right below your post?
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] jerrysmithc137:
Hey man fat bottomed girls make the rockin world go round.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Jonathanlc2005:
Haha depends on who you ask.

Some of us don't like to be trapeze artists when mimicing man's best friend
[Huawei Nova 2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Huawei Nova 2, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Huawei Nova 2 is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it. :o

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[Huawei Nova 2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're a power user. Can the Huawei Nova 2 keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Huawei Nova 2. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.

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[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] roman2113:
Well...for those of you techs who haven't yet found out. Ver. 2 of TouchFlo has been leaked per Engadget. The images look pretty sweet! I have attached a link to the article from Engadget and a download link from HTC Insider that supposedly has the new version. I'm no programmer so I'm posting it here so hopefully one of you geniuses can get it working for testing on the wing. Let me know if any of you come up with something. Thanks!

Leak Article

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/...nila-leaks-out-are-you-brave-enough-to-insta/

TouchFlo Download

http://htcinsider.blogspot.com/

Edit:After further reading it is still in development. Well....at least we can get a glimpse for whats coming. I did find some people that got it working but only in VGA mode.
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] Carty:
Seems like its still in development stage and not complete yet. No point installing it.

Regards,

Carty..
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] papamopps:
On Polaris there is alreaddy a Touchflo2 version. But as some other apps from different chips - this is also not working on herald - at the moment...
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] mv3:
is it still a cube????? :eek: that has like how many 'sides' now? it looks like it's a slider instead.. but i like my cube, even if i don't use it that often hehe.

uggh.. i'm gonna have to change all my blackish charcoaly colors to have whhhooooole lot more white to match.... :'(
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] hidavi:
meh, I'll install it now and see how it goes...

Damn, its a 10 meg install...

Gotta do clear-storage...
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] hidavi:
won't run. oh well.
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] ivanmmj:
So far reviews show it to be EXTREMELY slow on the few devices that it does run on. It's probably alpha software for a hardware accelerated phone.
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] theformula:
This would be a great addition to the Kaiser once they straighten out the video driver issue. Whats the bounty up to now 6k?.
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] SelfCreation:
this might be a little off topic , but is there a way to get the NEW manila on an OMNIA 2 ?

Im a huuuge HTC fan but right now im runing the Samsung UI and i hate it lol ,, stupid wigets ,, could ig et the HTC UI?
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] tok paler:
here's a relatively off-topic question...

why did they call it manila? hopefully someone can satisfy my curiosity with the name! :p
[Huawei Nova 2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the Huawei Nova 2 is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Huawei Nova 2 exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

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