Phone Comparison - Essential PH-1 vs BlackBerry Motion

Essential PH-1
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BlackBerry Motion
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general General Info

Manufacturer Essential Blackberry
Announced May 2017 October 2017
Status Coming Soon - June 2017 Available - October 2017
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
Form Factor 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)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) -
SIM Type Single-SIM Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA
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
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1.1 (Nougat)
User Interface Ambient OS -
Processor Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 280), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar] Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 540 [Similar] Adreno 506 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 128 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type LTPS capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.71 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.79% 70.87%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no yes
Radio No To be confirmed
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, Sony IMX378 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 1.55μm pixel size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps Yes
Front Camera 8 MP, 2160p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.2, 1080p, 1.12μm pixel size [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, EDR
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
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 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 32 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB
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
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3040 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -