Phone Comparison - Essential PH-1 vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Essential PH-1
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general 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

hardware 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)

display 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 yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera 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]

connectivity 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

memory 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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Infrared Sensor infrared sensor not present infrared sensor not present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor not present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

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