Phone Comparison - Essential PH-1 vs Apple iPhone XR vs Samsung Galaxy S10+

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general General Info

Manufacturer Essential Apple Samsung
Announced May 2017 September 2018 February 2019
Status Coming Soon - June 2017 Coming Soon - October 2018 Coming Soon - March 2019
Price Rs. 45,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 59,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 73,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Moon, Pure White, Stellar Gray, Ocean Depths Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Coral Prism White, Prism Black, Prism Green, Prism Blue, Canary Yellow, Flamingo Pink, Ceramic Black, Ceramic White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm
(5.57 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm
(5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
157.6 x 74.1 x 7.8 mm
(6.2 x 2.92 x 0.31 in)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz) 175 g / 198 g (6.17 oz / 6.98 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM Nano-SIM and e-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global, USA
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) 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), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - Global
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) iOS 12 Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface Ambient OS - One UI
Processor Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 280), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic Octa-core (2x2.7 GHz Mongoose M4 & 2x2.3 GHz Cortex-A75 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (1x2.8 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.4 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 485) - USA/LATAM, China, Exynos 9820 Octa (8 nm) - EMEA
Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
GPU Adreno 540 Apple GPU (4-core graphics) Mali-G76 MP12 - EMEA
Adreno 640 - USA/LATAM, China
RAM 4 GB 3 GB 12 GB
Internal Memory 128 GB 64/128/256 GB 1 TB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type LTPS capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating Dynamic AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.71 inches 6.1 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi) 828 x 1792 pixels (324 ppi) 1440 x 3040 pixels (526 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.79% 79.83% 87.41%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no no yes
Radio No No FM radio (USA & Canada only)
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 13 MP 12 MP 12 MP + 12 MP + 16 MP
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Quad-LED dual-tone flash LED flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser assisted AutoFocus, Monochrome + RGB, f/1.85 lens, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF, HDR 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide)
auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@60fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 8 MP, 2160p@30fps [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080@60fps [Similar] 10 MP, f/1.9, Dual Pixel PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
Dual video call, Auto-HDR, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps [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 HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat20 2000/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, 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/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 1 TB, 12 GB RAM, 128/512 GB, 8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG Supported Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not 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 present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor present
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 - 4100 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 25 h (3G) -