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Plum Ram 9 vs Sonim XP8

Plum Ram 9

Sonim XP8

Plum Ram 9

Sonim XP8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G network

LTE frequency band 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
HSDPA speed

21.1 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (3CA) Cat12, 600 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2020-02

2018-4
Status

2020-04

2018-5

Design
SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

133.4 mm

152 mm
Width

64.4 mm

79.5 mm
Thickness

15.8 mm

18 mm
Weight

109 g

335 g
Waterproof

IP68 (1.5m and 30 mins)

IP69, 1m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

IP68

IP69
MIL-STD-810G

-

Yes
Flashlight

Yes

-
Colors

Black, Black/Orange

Black

Display
Display type

TFT

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

2.4 inches

5.0 inches
Resolution

240 x 320 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

167 ppi

441 ppi
Display colors

262144

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Multitouch

-

Yes

Hardware
CPU

Dual-core

Octa-core 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Chipset

Mediatek MT6572M

Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630
GPU

-

Adreno 508
Memory RAM

512 MB

4 GB
Internal storage

4 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC

microSD
Memory card max

-

128 GB

OS
OS

KaiOS

Android 7.0 (Nougat)

Main camera
Camera type

Single

-
Main camera

5 MP

12 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

480p

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Camera features

-

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus

Selfie camera
Selfie camera type

Single

-
Selfie camera

1.3 MP

8 MP
Selfie camera resolution

-

3264 x 2448 pixels

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

-

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Multimedia
Radio

FM Radio

-
Radio FM

-

FM radio

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB connector

-

magnetic connector
Bluetooth

v4.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

-

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

-

Yes
NFC

No

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

1700 mAh

4900 mAh
Battery removable

Removable

Removable
Fast battery charging

-

Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0
Talk time

-

30 h
Standby time

-

720 h

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

-

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Sensors

-

Accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Browser
HTML

-

HTML5

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