Essential's Overdue PH-1 Phone Finally Drops Next Week

The Essential Phone, which started taking pre-orders back in May, will finally start shipping out next week in at least one color. Thanks to some careful email observations -- which offered a color exchange -- 9 to 5 Google has uncovered that the Black Moon color of the smart phone will "ship within seven days" because "[the] Pure White device is still a couple of weeks away." Originally slated to start shipping in June, customers hoping to veer away from market juggernauts Samsung and Apple can...