Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Andy Rubin's Essential Phone got praised for solid build quality and beautiful, monolithic design. But pry it open, as iFIxit recently did ...

The Essential Phone just got a whole lot better. Yes, it's still the same phone, but the price just dropped by a whopping $200 -- from $699 to $499 -- which puts the Essential Phone in a ...

Essential Phone comes with a 5.7-inch edge-to-edge QHD ... Besides that, the smartphone will be available in Black Moon, Stellar Grey, Pure White, and Ocean Depths color options.