The short life of smartphone maker Essential ended in 2020, with just one phone on the market. As a result, the second smartphone never saw the light of day. Until now, because the developer was able to find one. And a video shows what it could have been.

Although the PH-2 never made it to market, it was said to be close to release. This is also evidenced by a video from Robin Wainwright, a software developer working on Nova Launcher. He managed to get a hold of a prototype of the never-released phone on eBay and filmed a video of the device, he writes. the edge.

The video shows the phone fully elongated and has a glass back. The AMOLED display is 5.7 inches with a resolution of 2160 x 560. There is also a camera embedded in the display on the front. The device also has a fingerprint scanner, although it does not work on this device. The device runs Android and can be controlled with swipe gestures. However, many of the apps are just web apps.

Essential was a company owned by Andy Rubin, who also previously founded Android. The company released its first smartphone, the PH-1, in 2017. According to rumors, only 150,000 copies were sold. Immediately after the PH-1 came out, development of its successor, the PH-2, began. But before that device could be released, Essential went bankrupt.