Essential PH-1 vs Apple iPhone 7

Price Comparison (India)

-	Rs. 60,000 Rs. 60,000 Rs. 60,000

Manufacturer
Essential	Apple
Announced
May 2017	September 2016
Status
Coming Soon - June 2017	Available - September 2016
Price
Rs. 45,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 60,000 ($882.35) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black Moon, Pure White, Stellar Gray, Ocean Depths	Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm (5.57 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)	138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm (5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
Weight
185 g (6.53 oz)	138 g (4.87 oz)
SIM Type
Single-SIM	Nano SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
HSDPA	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE	LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700)
SAR US
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)	1.19 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body)
SAR EU
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)	1.38 W/kg (head) 1.34 W/kg (body)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
-	- Fingerprint with Force Touch - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes - Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Notification LED
Yes	-

Type
LTPS capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5	LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.71 inches [Similar]	4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi)	750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
84.79%	65.45%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)	iOS 10
User Interface
Ambient OS	-
Processor
Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 280), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar]	Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion
GPU
Adreno 540 [Similar]	6 core [Similar]
RAM
4 GB [Browse Similar]	2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
128 GB	32/128/256 GB
External Memory
No	No

Rear Camera
Dual 13 MP [Similar]	12 MP [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED (Dual Tone)	Quad-LED (dual tone)
Features
Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser assisted AutoFocus, Monochrome + RGB, f/1.85 lens, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama	Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera
8 MP, 2160p@30fps [Similar]	7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE, VoLTE	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX	v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB
v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector	v2.0, reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5 (Safari)

Fingerprint

Proximity Sensor

Accelerometer Sensor

Light Sensor

Magnetic-field Sensor (Compass)

Gyroscope Sensor

NFC