Or two days late, depending how you count.
The Essential Phone, from Android co-founder Andy Rubin, is practically all screen.
None of those things happened. But Essential tells CNET the phone is finally shipping today, August 25.
The first preorder customers should get email confirmations « shortly, » according to the company’s head of communications. The company will ship them out in waves, so don’t be surprised if you don’t see a confirmation right away.
I’m currently reviewing the Essential Phone for CNET, and after spending a few days with a prerelease phone, I have to admit the delays might not be all bad.
I’m hoping those will get ironed out within the next couple of weeks, and I think it’s possible they will. Reviewers have received multiple software updates already to fix a variety of issues.
But I can’t blame some customers for getting angry when Essential charged their cards (including mine) without providing a shipping confirmation.
