Phone Comparison - ZTE Skate Acqua vs ZTE Grand X V970 vs Huawei Ascend Y300

general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE ZTE Huawei
Announced February 2012 February 2012 March 2013
Status Available - Q4 2012 Available - July 2012 Available - March 2013
Colors Black, White Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 127 x 65 x 9.9 mm
(5 x 2.56 x 0.39 in)
124 x 63.8 x 11.2 mm
(4.88 x 2.51 x 0.44 in)
Weight - 110 g (3.88 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, Nvidia Tegra 2 1 GHz Dual-core Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 200 ULP GeForce Adreno 203
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 4 GB storage 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 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 61.82% 57.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p Yes, 480p@30fps
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, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, 2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
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 HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 512 MB 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 1650 mAh 1730 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 320 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)