Phone Comparison - Huawei MediaPad X1 vs Acer Liquid X1 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Acer Samsung
Announced February 2014 June 2014 August 2014
Status Coming Soon - March 2014 Coming Soon - Q3 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Silver/White Black Black, white, gold, silver, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 7.18 mm thickness
(0.28 in thickness)
- 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 239 g (8.43 oz) - 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Huawei V9R1 Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6592 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430
GPU Mali-450 Mali-450MP4 Mali-T628 MP6
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 5.7 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (258 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - - 66.95%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p 2160p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 5 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

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 supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 5000 mAh 2700 mAh 1860 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -