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Asus ZenFone 3 Mobile Phone
Asus ZenFone 3
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Asus ZenFone 5 Mobile Phone
Asus ZenFone 5
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Samsung Galaxy Core 2 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy Core Prime Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Core Prime
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3.9 out of 5
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4.2 out of 5
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It's busy at the bottom, and the Core Prime struggles to stand out.Read more
The Samsung Galaxy Core Prime is a compact Android phone for Verizon Wireless users that reaches its low cost through limited internal storage and lots of bloatware.Read more
This entry-level Android smartphone walks the walk and talks the talk, but a few dollars more will buy you a better phone.Read more
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User rating
40
3.9 out of 5
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4.1 out of 5
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4.2 out of 5
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4.4 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 4.3Android 4.4Android 5.1
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz2.0 GHz1.2 GHz1.2 GHz
CPU cores8-coreDual-coreQuad-coreQuad-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953Intel Atom Z2580
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916
GPU modelQualcomm Adreno 506PowerVR SGX544ARM Mali-400 MPQualcomm Adreno 306
RAM memory
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
  • 1 GB
  • 2 GB
768 MB1 GB

Display

Screen size5.5 in5.0 in4.5 in4.5 in
Touchscreenyesyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M262K16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDLCDLCD
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1280 x 720 px800 x 480 px480 x 800 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Super IPS+
IPS TFT
N/A
IPS TFT
Pixel density401.0 ppi294.0 ppi207.0 ppi207.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 3.0
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dual screen supportnononono
Scratch resistant displayyesyesnono
HDRnononono
Multi touchyesyesyes
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/2.8"
N/A
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f2.0 f
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyesyes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px640 x 480 px1280 x 720 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyesyes
Burst Modeyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Digital Image Stabilizationyesyes
N/A
N/A
Digital zoomyesyes
N/A
N/A
Face detectionyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyesyes
Optical image stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Panoramayes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
yesyes
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
N/A
N/A
1280 x 720 px

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx0.3 Mpx2.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
N/A
HDR modeAuto HDR mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.0
N/A
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 8 GB
4 GB8 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyesyes
Maximum card storage128GB64GB64GB64GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Blue
  • Moonlight white
  • Silver
  • White
  • Turquoise
  • Pink
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Purple
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Black
  • White
  • Black
  • Silver
  • White
  • Grey
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Metal
PlasticPlasticPlastic
Water resistantnononono
Shock resistantnononono

Dimensions

Height6.01 in5.83 in5.13 in5.15 in
Width3.05 in2.87 in2.68 in2.67 in
Depth0.3 in0.41 in0.39 in0.35 in
Weight5.47 oz5.11 oz4.87 oz4.59 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
N/A
N/A
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
N/A
Fingerprintyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Gyroscopeyesyes
N/A
N/A

Other features

FM radioyesyesyesyes
IRyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Built-in stereo speakers
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesyes
  • no
  • yes
Sim card size
  • Micro-SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Micro-SIMMicro-SIMMicro-SIM
DLNA certifiednononono
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.04.04.0
Bluetooth profileA2DPA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HSP
  • OPP
  • PBAP
Bluetooth codecSBCSBC
N/A
  • AAC
  • SBC
NFCnononoyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.02.0
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-C
N/A
N/A
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesnonono
Video outputNoNoNoNo

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
HSPA+
N/A
HSPA+
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
GLONASSGLONASSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
3G UMTSyesyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
CDMA frequences800 MHz
N/A
N/A
N/A
4G LTEyesnonoyes
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
Miracast
N/A
N/A

Battery

Replaceable batterynonoyesyes
Battery typeLithium ionLithium PolymerLithium ion
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh2110.0 mAh2000.0 mAh2000.0 mAh
Standby time384.0 h353.0 h190.0 h540.0 h
Talk time25.4 h18.0 h7.0 h13.0 h
Fast chargingnononono
Wireless charging nononono

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