Phone Comparison - ZTE Skate vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini vs Huawei Ascend P6 S

general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Samsung Huawei
Announced February 2011 May 2013 January 2014
Status Available - September 2011 Available - July 2013 Available - January 2014
Colors Black White Frost, Black Mist Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 125.9 x 67.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.96 x 2.67 x 0.41 in)
124.6 x 61.3 x 8.94 mm
(4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in)
132.6 x 65.5 x 6.5 mm
(5.22 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 107 g (3.77 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9190
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9192 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE - GT-I9195 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor 800MHz Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait 200, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.6 GHz
GPU Adreno 305 -
RAM 512 MB 1.5 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB (5 GB user available) 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.3 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.63% 66.82% 70.33%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG - - Supported

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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1400 mAh 1900 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 288 h Up to 300 h (3G) Up to 216 h
Talk Time Up to 5 h Up to 12 h (3G) Up to 17 h (2G)
Up to 12 h (3G)