{"id":9231,"date":"2017-09-09T15:21:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T19:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9231"},"modified":"2017-09-09T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T19:21:18","slug":"the-new-screen-savers-121-essential-phone-review-and-teardown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2017\/09\/09\/the-new-screen-savers-121-essential-phone-review-and-teardown\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Screen Savers 121: Essential Phone Review and Teardown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3LjjtGTpzs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Leo Laporte and Jason Howell take an in-depth look at the new Essential Phone PH-1. 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