Apple iPhone 7 vs Essential PH-1

Price Comparison (India)

Manufacturer
Apple	Essential
Announced
September 2016	May 2017
Status
Available - September 2016	Coming Soon - June 2017
Price
Rs. 60,000 ($882.35) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 45,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold	Black Moon, Pure White, Stellar Gray, Ocean Depths
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm (5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)	141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm (5.57 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
Weight
138 g (4.87 oz)	185 g (6.53 oz)
SIM Type
Nano SIM	Single-SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA
4G Network
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), 29(700)	LTE
SAR US
1.19 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body)	- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)
SAR EU
1.38 W/kg (head) 1.34 W/kg (body)	- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint with Force Touch - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes - Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)	-
Notification LED
-	Yes

OS
iOS 10	Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
User Interface
-	Ambient OS
Processor
Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion	Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 280), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar]
GPU
6 core [Similar]	Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar]	4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/128/256 GB	128 GB
External Memory
No	No

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating	LTPS capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
4.7 inches [Similar]	5.71 inches [Similar]
Resolution
750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi)	1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.45%	84.79%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
12 MP [Similar]	Dual 13 MP [Similar]
Flash
Quad-LED (dual tone)	Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features
Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)	Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser assisted AutoFocus, Monochrome + RGB, f/1.85 lens, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps
Front Camera
7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar]	8 MP, 2160p@30fps [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps	HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth
v4.2, A2DP, LE	v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi
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
v2.0, reversible connector	v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
HTML5 (Safari)	HTML5