Deal: Essential Phone now available for CAD 460 on Koodo, Telus
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The Essential Phone can now be snatched for a mere CAD 460 (the equivalent of around $370) in... well, Canada. Telus subsidiary Koodo is offering the PH-1 (black only) at that price free of contract, though you'd still need to have an extra CAD 15 for a SIM. The offer is live on Telus too, where the SIM card will be CAD 5 more expensive.
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While it's CAD 100 more than what the handset ran for around Black Friday, the price is still a bargain for the Essential Phone, which comes with top-quality build and flagship internals.
Despite a less than impressive sales record and continuous mumblings of the company's misfortunes, Essential is hard at work on an Oreo update, and even launched a series of accessories for the PH1.
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Oh, speaking of accessories, if you're doing any flashing or sideloading on your Essential Phone, you'd best refrain from using the bundled cable, Essential advises on Twitter. "A high-quality, spec-compliant USB 3.0 (or higher) cable" is your best bet, which the one in the box isn't.
Some users have reported issues when flashing or sideloading using a USB 2.0 cable. The cable included with PH-1 is USB 2.0 and is primarily intended for charging. If you're flashing or sideloading PH-1, we recommend using a high-quality, spec-compliant USB 3.0 (or higher) cable.
— Essential (@essential) January 19, 2018
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Reader comments
- Anonymous
- 22 Jan 2018
- 81X
Also, the price drop is applicable to the hardware irrespective of activation. In store it should be $460; the store you called probably hadn't applied the price protection credit yet.
- Anonymous
- 22 Jan 2018
- 81X
Incorrect. At dual-brand dealers (Telus & Koodo) they can stock the Essential, and existing upgrade/replacement offers allow it to be activated on Koodo accounts. Or you can just buy it outright and do whatever you want with it.
- Anonymous
- 21 Jan 2018
- Ycr
yes it is unlocked, i got one already. amazing phone i don't get that why people paying 2 times more for the less spec. phones.