Enye yeefowuni ezilindelekileyo ngamajelo amaninzi kwiminyaka yamuva nje i-Essential Phone, i-terminal eyilwe ngomnye wabadali be-Android Andy Rubin. Kodwa ukusukela oko yasungulwa, i-terminal ayizange yamkelwe kakuhle kwintengiso, ikakhulu ngenxa yayo Ixabiso eligqithisileyo, kuba i-terminal isinika iimpawu ezintle.
EUnited States, ekuphela kwelizwe apho le terminal ifumaneka khona ukuthengiswa, kuphela iiyunithi ezingama-88.000 ezithengisiweyo, amanani akude kakhulu kumanani aqikelelwe yinkampani. Inxalenye ephambili yetyala ilele kwixabiso kwaye ikwayinto entsha kwimarike. Kodwa kude nokudimazeka, inkampani isebenzela ukwandisa amazwe ngamazwe, kwaye iYurophu yindawo elandelayo yokuya kuyo.
Njengoko kuqhelekile ukuba njalo, ngaphambi kokuba kuthengiswe isixhobo esitsha sombane, kufuneka sihlangabezane neemfuno zabasemagunyeni abalawula unxibelelwano, ke nje ukuba uyoyisile le ngxaki, Itheminali inokufikelela kulo lonke elaseYurophu phakathi enyakeni, nangona kucacile ukuba isizukulwana sokuqala siya kufika sineempawu ezithile eziphelelwe lixesha xa kuthelekiswa noko siza kukufumana kwimarike kulo nyaka wonke, kodwa ukuba ixabiso lingaphezulu kokwaneleyo, inokuba yinto ebalaseleyo.
Ngokwento abayithethayo evela e-Italiya, i-Essential yazisa iqela elincinane labantu ngexesha lokubhiyozela i-CES ngezicwangciso zenkampani zokwandisa eYurophu kulo nyaka. Inkampani sele isebenza kwisizukulwana sesibini sefowuni ebalulekileyo, ngoko ke ukuba ukugunyaziswa okufunekayo kulibaziseke ixesha elide, kunokwenzeka ukuba isizukulwana sesibini siza kufika eYurophu ngokukhawuleza. Masithembe ukuba ukufika kwale terminal intle ngokukhawuleza, kungekuphela ngenxa yetheminali ngokwayo, kodwa kuba yenye ye Bambalwa abavelisi abakhupha uhlaziyo lwe-Android kungekudala emva kokuba isigebenga sokukhangela senze.