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LG Optimus G E973 vs Huawei Ascend Mate

General Info

Manufacturer
LG Huawei
Announced
August 2012 January 2013
Status
Available - September 2012 Available - March 2013
Colors
Black Crystal Black, Pure White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
131.9 x 68.9 x 8.5 mm
(5.19 x 2.71 x 0.33 in)
163.5 x 85.7 x 9.9 mm
(6.44 x 3.37 x 0.39 in)
Weight
145 g (5.11 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.7 inches [Similar] 6.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
800 x 1280 pixels (321 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (241 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
70.55% 73.06%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1.1 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM9615/APQ8064 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz, Huawei K3V2 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 320 [Similar] -
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
N/A N/A
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB Yes, up to 32GB

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, autofocus [Similar] 8 MP, autofocus [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
TBD -
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
2 GB RAM 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB Yes, up to 32GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion
Capacity
2100 mAh 4050 mAh
Stand by
Up to 335 h Up to 216 h
Talk Time
Up to 15 h -
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