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Essential PH-1 vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Price Comparison (India)

General Info

Manufacturer
Essential Samsung
Announced
May 2017 March 2017
Status
Coming Soon - June 2017 Available - April 2017
Price
Rs. 45,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black Moon, Pure White, Stellar Gray, Ocean Depths Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm
(5.57 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
Weight
185 g (6.53 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Type
Single-SIM Dual-SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA
4G Network
LTE LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED
Yes Yes

Display

Type
LTPS capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.71 inches [Similar] 5.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
84.79% 84.06%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
User Interface
Ambient OS -
Processor
Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 280), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 540 [Similar] Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM
4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
128 GB 64 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
Dual 13 MP [Similar] 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Dual-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, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
8 MP, 2160p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth
v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Supported Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
Light Sensor
Magnetic-field Sensor (Compass)
Gyroscope Sensor
Infrared Sensor
Barometer Sensor
Heart-rate Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
3040 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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