Motorola Moto Z Droid Edition vs Essential Phone Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 09, 2016	May 30, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
	$700

Design

Dimensions
6.04 x 2.96 x 0.20 inches 153.3 x 75.3 x 5.19 mm	5.57 x 2.80 x 0.31 inches 141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8 mm
Weight
4.80 oz / 136.0 g	6.53 oz / 185.0 g
Materials
	Back: Ceramic Frame: Titanium
Resistance
Splash	Splash, Dust; IP54
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Interchangeable covers	Notification light
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray, White	Black, Gray, Blue, White

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.77% screen-to-body	5.7-inch, 84.85% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED	IPS LCD
Resolution
2560x1440px, 535 PPI	2560x1312px, 504 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
9 (Poor)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 820 MSM8996	Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2200 MHz Kryo	Octa-core Kryo 280
GPU
Adreno 530	Adreno 540
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/32GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB
OS
Android (7.1 Nougat, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
2600 mAh	3040 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe	USB Power Delivery

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (OIS, Laser autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8	13 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/3.09"
Second camera
	13 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/3.09"
Flash
Dual LED	Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) OIS, HDR, Video calling	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (120 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (Flash)	8 MP Video capture: 4K UHD

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A Pro Cat 16 (1000/150 Mbit/s)
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Jul 13, 2016 FCC ID value: IHDT56VB4	Date approved: Jun 26, 2017 FCC ID value: 2ALBB-A11
Measured SAR
Head: 0.54 W/kg Body: 1.14 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.58 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.18 W/kg	Head: 0.28 W/kg Body: 0.76 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 0.92 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.70 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	32GB

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