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(Update: Unlocked from Best Buy) Essential Phone is up for pre-order from Sprint, Best Buy, Essential, and Amazon
July 03, 2025
The unlocked version can be purchased through Amazon and Essential from the links below as well, and as is the case with all retailers, the white version is still “coming soon.”
Interested? Head to the links below to grab yours today.
Original post:Andy Rubin’s phone is now available for pre-order at Sprint.
Essential, the first phone from the company with the same name, launched in late May and was supposed to reach customers within 30 days. Essentialmissed this self-imposed deadline by a big margin, which only shows how challenging the mobile industry can be for a new company, even when you havethe father of Androidin the founders list.
Earlier this week, Essentialinformedcustomers who pre-ordered its first phone that the device will ship within seven days.
Now Sprint, the only carrier offering the Essential Phone, is following suit.Pre-orders for the device are now openfor the black version, while the white version will become available at a later date. Full retail availability of the Essential Phone will take “a few weeks.”
Read:Why are carrier exclusives (still) a thing?
Customers can buy the Essential Phone from Sprint for its full price of $699 or they can opt for the carrier’s Flex Lease payment plan. That would result in savings of $260 across an 18-month installment plan, with monthly payments of just $14.58. There is some fine print, of course – most importantly, at the end of the plan you will need to decide between getting a new phone, continue leasing, returning the device, or paying it out to own it.
Sprint may be the only network to sell the Essential Phone, butthe device will also go on sale on Amazon and Best Buy.
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