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

general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Samsung Acer
Announced February 2012 April 2013 January 2014
Status Available - Q4 2012 Available - May 2013 Coming Soon - February 2014
Colors Black, White White, Blue Essential White, Gentle Grey
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 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 - 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 SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play Dual-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6572
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 203 Mali-400
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available) 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.3 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 60.19% 64.37%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 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, 720p Yes Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; 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/n, Wi-Fi Direct, 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 HTML HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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 Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1600 mAh 1800 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 300 h -
Talk Time - Up to 9 h -