Essential Phone goes on pre-order at Amazon and Sprint too, ships in a few weeks

The Essential Phone has been up for pre-order at Best Buy since the beginning of this month, but only in its unlocked form. Now that model is joined at the retailer by the version of the PH-1 that's made for Sprint. What's more, the carrier itself has started taking pre-orders for the Essential Phone. If you choose to purchase a Sprint-bound device (either from the carrier or from Best Buy), you can save about $260 through bill credits. The caveat is that you have to choose Sprint's Flex leasing plan. You'll pay $14.58 per month for one and a half years, and then you need to decide if...