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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 feeling incomplete, but I’m also convinced Essential will quickly become an important new pillar of…

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