Phone Comparison - Essential PH-1 vs Apple iPhone 8 vs Nokia 9

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general General Info

Manufacturer Essential Apple Nokia
Announced May 2017 September 2017 Not Announced Yet
Status Coming Soon - June 2017 Coming Soon - September 2017 Rumored
Price Rs. 45,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 64,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 48,000 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Moon, Pure White, Stellar Gray, Ocean Depths Space Gray, Silver Gold Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm
(5.57 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
(5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
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Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz) -
SIM Type Single-SIM Nano-SIM Hybrid Dual SIM or Single SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
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Notification LED Yes Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) iOS 11 Android OS, v8.0 (Oreo)
User Interface Ambient OS - -
Processor Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 280), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
GPU Adreno 540 - Adreno 540
RAM 4 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 128 GB 64/256 GB 64/128 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LTPS capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.71 inches 4.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi) 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.79% 65.21% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 13 MP 12 MP Dual 13 Mp + 13 MP
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash 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, f/1.8, 28mm, OIS, 1/3" Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 8MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser Autofocus, Carl Zeiss Optics, OIS, f/2.0 aperture, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@60fps
Front Camera 8 MP, 2160p@30fps [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.0, PDAF, 2160p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE 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, 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 3.0, reversible connector v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG Supported Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

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