Phone Comparison - ZTE Skate vs Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 vs Acer Liquid Z5

general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Samsung Acer
Announced February 2011 April 2013 January 2014
Status Available - September 2011 Available - May 2013 Coming Soon - February 2014
Colors Black White, Blue Essential White, Gentle Grey
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 125.9 x 67.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.96 x 2.67 x 0.41 in)
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
145.5 x 73.5 x 8.8 mm
(5.73 x 2.89 x 0.35 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 800MHz Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play Dual-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6572
GPU Adreno 203 Mali-400
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available) 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.3 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.63% 60.19% 64.37%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA+
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB RAM 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1400 mAh 1800 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 288 h Up to 300 h -
Talk Time Up to 5 h Up to 9 h -