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24 alternatives to Essential Phone
A new smartphone from the founder of Android.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Essential Phone launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Light Phone▲500Phone designed to be used as little as possible
2017 · thelightphone.com · its alternatives →
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Nokia X71▲82Nokia's newest phone bundled with a 48 megapixel camera 📸
2019 · nokia.com · its alternatives →
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Samsungs newest range of 5G smartphones
2021 · samsung.com · its alternatives →
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A better way to attach your phone to things.
2020 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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CMF Phone 1▲175A budget-friendly, modular phone from Nothing
2024 · nothing.tech · its alternatives →
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Beyond lights, with the new Glyph Matrix
2025 · intl.nothing.tech · its alternatives →
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Redefining the Nothing aesthetic with a metal unibody
Mar 2026 · nothing.tech · its alternatives →
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2019 · lessphone.app · its alternatives →
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