Phone Comparison - Essential PH-1 vs BlackBerry Motion vs Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium

general General Info

Manufacturer Essential Blackberry Sony
Announced May 2017 October 2017 April 2018
Status Coming Soon - June 2017 Available - October 2017 Available - July 2018
Price Rs. 45,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 30,200 ($462.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black Moon, Pure White, Stellar Gray, Ocean Depths Black Chrome Black, Chrome Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm
(5.57 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
155.7 x 75.4 x 8.13 mm
(6.13 x 2.97 x 0.32 in)
158 x 80 x 11.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.15 x 0.47 in)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) - 236 g (8.32 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM Dual-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 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 29(700), 30(2300) - USA LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor
- IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Notification LED Yes Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1.1 (Nougat) Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface Ambient OS - -
Processor Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 280), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 506 Adreno 630
RAM 4 GB 4 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 128 GB 32 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB 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 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.71 inches 5.5 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 3840 x 2160 pixels (760 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.79% 70.87% 73.30%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 13 MP 12 MP 19 MP + 12 MP
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser assisted AutoFocus, Monochrome + RGB, f/1.85 lens, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, Sony IMX378 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 1.55μm pixel size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 19 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3", 1.22µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
12 MP B/W, f/1.6, 1/2.3", 1.55µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps Yes 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps, HDR
Front Camera 8 MP, 2160p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.2, 1080p, 1.12μm pixel size [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3", 1.12µm
1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX v4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 128 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG Supported 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
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 barometer 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 4000 mAh 3540 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -