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ZTE Nubia Z9 mini vs Lyf Water 8

General Info

Manufacturer
ZTE Lyf
Announced
March 2015 July 2016
Status
Available - April 2015 Available - July 2016
Price
Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 8,680 ($127.65) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
141.3 x 69.8 x 8.2 mm
(5.56 x 2.75 x 0.32 in)
142 x 70.5 x 7.0 mm
(5.59 x 2.78 x 0.28 in)
Weight
147 g (5.19 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE band 3(1800), 5(850), 40(2300)
SAR US
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.16 W/kg (head)
0.97 W/kg (body)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Asahi Dragontrail Glass
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
69.75% 68.71%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Nubia UI 2.8, Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 405 [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video
1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
8 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio FM radio
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0, USB OTG
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
Supported Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Po battery
Capacity
2900 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 750 h (3G) Up to 320 h
Talk Time
Up to 43 h (3G) Up to 10 h
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