So i took the plunge and got the essential phone. Looks really pretty and feels premium.
However, I was just using it after setting it up last night when the SIM card got undetected. Had to pop the SIM tray out and in (restarting wouldn't work) before it got detected again.
The weird thing was when I was setting up yesterday, the screen didn't respond to touches if I stopped touching it for more than 3 seconds. Then I would have to off and on the screen before it would register touches again. It seemed to have gone away after updating to 8.1. But it's so worrying, definitely not a confident booster.
So what do you guys think? Is it a fully set? Should I return it?

