Essential Phone is now $200 cheaper making it only $499
http://www.techradar.com/news/essential-phone-is-now-200-cheaper-making-it-only-499
The Essential Phone launched earlier this year to a bit of a whimper with most highlighting software issues, camera problems and the very expensive price point.
However, it seems one of those issues has just been solved with Essential dropping the price of the device by $200.