Phone Comparison - Asus Zenfone 6 vs Samsung Z1 vs Samsung Z3

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2014 January 2015 October 2015
Status Available - June 2014 Available - January 2015 Available - October 2015
Price - Rs. 5,700 ($83.82) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 5,944 ($87.41) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Red, Gold White, Black, Wine Red Black, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 166.9 x 84.3 x 5.5-9.9 mm
(6.57 x 3.32 x 0.22-0.39 in)
120.4 x 63.2 x 9.7 mm
(4.74 x 2.49 x 0.38 in)
141.6 x 70 x 7.9 mm
(5.57 x 2.76 x 0.31 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) 137 g (4.83 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat) Tizen OS, v2.3 Tizen OS, v2.4
Processor Dual-core 2 GHz, Intel Atom Z2580 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC7727S Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Spreadtrum SC8830
GPU PowerVR SGX544MP2 Mali-400 Mali-400 MP
RAM 1/2 GB 768 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches 4.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.40% 59.97% 69.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Geo-tagging, Face Detection Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes Yes Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA HSPA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB, 1/2 GB RAM 4 GB, 768 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 1500 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 398 h (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 28 h (3G) Up to 8 h (3G) -