Phone Comparison - OnePlus 5 vs Essential PH-1 vs Xiaomi Redmi 5a

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general General Info

Manufacturer OnePlus Essential Xiaomi
Announced June 2017 May 2017 October 2017
Status Available - June 2017 Coming Soon - June 2017 Available - October 2017
Price Rs. 32,999 ($479.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 45,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 4,999 ($90.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Midnight Black, Slate Gray Black Moon, Pure White, Stellar Gray, Ocean Depths Gold, Rose Gold, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 154.2 x 74.1 x 7.25 mm
(6.07 x 2.92 x 0.29 in)
141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm
(5.57 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
140.4 x 70.1 x 8.4 mm
(5.53 x 2.76 x 0.33 in)
Weight 153 g (5.4 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz) 137 g (4.83 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Single-SIM Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor - -
Notification LED Yes Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1.1 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android 7.1 (Nougat)
User Interface Oxygen OS Ambient OS MIUI 9
Processor Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 280), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 540 Adreno 308
RAM 6/8 GB 4 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 64/128 GB 128 GB 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Optic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 LTPS capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.71 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.81% 84.79% 69.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 20 MP + 16 MP Dual 13 MP 13 MP
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash
Features 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 Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser assisted AutoFocus, Monochrome + RGB, f/1.85 lens, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Autofocus, f/2.2, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 16 MP [Similar] 8 MP, 2160p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.0 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64/128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not 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 not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 3040 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -