PH-1

PH-1, unofficially Essential Phone, was an Android smartphone designed by Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Android. Announced on May 30, 2017 and released on August 17, 2017, the device was the first and last smartphone from Essential. The phone had a titanium and ceramic body, an edge-to-edge display protected by Gorilla Glass 5, dual rear cameras, and was also the first phone to feature a cut-out at the top of the display to accommodate a front-facing camera, dubbed by the media as a teardrop "notch". This would eventually become a trend in the industry. On December 28, 2018, Essential discontinued the PH-1, and on February 12, 2020, the company announced that the phone would no longer receive any future updates.

Successor
On May 25, 2018, Essential cancelled the PH-2, the intended successor to the PH-1, and was reportedly to be up for sale.

In October 2019, Essential teased images for it's next flagship smartphone, codenamed "gem". This device would have a much more slender form factor than its predecessor, would rely mostly on voice control, and would utilize advanced AI for processing the voice control input.

But, the new product never hit the market, as on February 12, 2020, the company announced that it was ceasing operations because there was "no clear way to deliver ['Gem'] to customers".