Essential Phone to directly get Android 8.1, company says 8.0 isn't stable

31 January 2018
This change in plan also means that the final Oreo update roll out time frame will be pushed back by a couple of weeks.

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  • AnonD-735484
  • bER
  • 06 Feb 2018

Exactly. Updated to Oreo in my Nokia 6. Battery drains much faster than expected. Better not to upgrade now!

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    • Daany
    • Nug
    • 02 Feb 2018

    Anonymous, 31 Jan 2018Android Lollipop v2.0Yeah sure, but it has to be like Lollipop 5.0.1 or so.
    You were saying something like android lollipop eclair.

    It was Effing hilarious though.

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      • g8a
      • 31 Jan 2018

      AnonD-732843, 31 Jan 2018Sony can make 8.0 stable but essential can't so it just sho... moreI do not see much stability issues in 8.0 but it is good having latest software on any phone

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        • handyfan
        • 0xa
        • 31 Jan 2018

        Xperia XZ Premium runs on 8.0. Very smooth, no issues.

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          • Anonymous
          • kxx
          • 31 Jan 2018

          Kyo, 31 Jan 2018With all the nasty bug reports on both the pixels and now t... moreThe pixel 2 doesn't bug... I have one. People only got concerned about the device because media was freaking out about every little thing and detail that Google didn't do well.... even if those problems got patched weeks afterwards.

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            • Annas
            • SvB
            • 31 Jan 2018

            So basically a lie when that guy promises latest OS almost after the release date
            Now the excuses are coming and this is just another samsung htc etc phone
            Not like pixel or nexus

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              • AnonD-732843
              • HCY
              • 31 Jan 2018

              pt020, 31 Jan 2018Have the Sony XZ1 Compact with 8.0 already 4 month ... ve... moreSony can make 8.0 stable but essential can't so it just shows they themselves are unstable, lol.

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                • pt020
                • ncr
                • 31 Jan 2018

                Have the Sony XZ1 Compact with 8.0 already 4 month ...
                very stable and not even one crash.

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                  • NoWay
                  • 4Yj
                  • 31 Jan 2018

                  Even 8.1 is not stable.

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                    • balthazar
                    • 3hh
                    • 31 Jan 2018

                    Andy, 31 Jan 2018What's the problem? Isn't their skin pretty much stock anyway?This has nothing to do with skins.

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                      • Annas
                      • nDy
                      • 31 Jan 2018

                      So basically a lie when that guy promises latest OS almost after the release date
                      Now the excuses are coming and this is just another samsung htc etc phone
                      Not like pixel or nexus

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                        • Anonymous
                        • m5%
                        • 31 Jan 2018

                        Daany, 31 Jan 2018Hahahahahaha... WTF is a Lollipop 2.0??? lolsAndroid Lollipop v2.0

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                          • Daany
                          • Nue
                          • 31 Jan 2018

                          Kyo, 31 Jan 2018With all the nasty bug reports on both the pixels and now t... moreHahahahahaha... WTF is a Lollipop 2.0??? lols

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                            • Anonymous
                            • a0A
                            • 31 Jan 2018

                            Oreo oreo. I cant undertand any sentences with this word in it

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                              • Andy
                              • LaT
                              • 31 Jan 2018

                              What's the problem? Isn't their skin pretty much stock anyway?

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                                • Kyo
                                • X}%
                                • 31 Jan 2018

                                With all the nasty bug reports on both the pixels and now this revelation it's obvious that we are having lollipop 2.0 in oreo.

                                  Essential, That’s what you get when you paid nothing for the software.

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                                    • AnonD-505195
                                    • IbE
                                    • 31 Jan 2018

                                    Uhum, Hone B.

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                                      • Sige-Sige-Sige Lang
                                      • P@Y
                                      • 31 Jan 2018

                                      actually O 8.0 is not comfortable looking at the notch,

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                                        • Sige-Sige-Sige Lang
                                        • P@Y
                                        • 31 Jan 2018

                                        in the first place this phone is essentially unstable specially the sales.