Phone Comparison - Huawei Ascend Mate vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Honor 3X

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung Honor
Announced January 2013 September 2013 December 2013
Status Available - March 2013 Available - September 2013 Coming Soon - December 2013
Colors Crystal Black, Pure White Black, White, Pink Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 163.5 x 85.7 x 9.9 mm
(6.44 x 3.37 x 0.39 in)
151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
(5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
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Weight 198 g (6.98 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA - SIM 1 & SIM 2
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - S Pen stylus -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz, Huawei K3V2 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Octa-core 1.7 GHz, Mediatek MT6592
GPU - Adreno 330 (LTE model) Mali-450MP
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory N/A 32/64 GB storage N/A
External Memory Yes, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.1 inches 5.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (241 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.06% 74.98% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, autofocus 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes
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/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage Yes, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
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 Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4050 mAh 3200 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 216 h Up to 420 h (3G) -
Talk Time - Up to 21 h (3G) -