LG K9 vs ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S

LG launched its hotly-anticipated K9 Android 4G smartphone on March 24, while ZTE made its equally-awaited ZFive G LTE smartphone available to the public on March 23. Here’s a brief comparison between the two recently launched smartphones on the basis of their design, hardware, and price.

The LG K9 sports rounded edges and is housed in an eye-catching plastic body. It sports an IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen display with a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, with 24-bit color depth.

The phone’s dimensions are 146.3 mm x 73.2 mm x 8.2 mm (LxWxH) and it weighs in at 152 grams (with battery). The K9 is available in black color version.

In terms of design, the ZFive G LTE smartphone sports an IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen display with a screen resolution of 480×854 Pixels, with 24-bit color depth. Aside from that, it features an appealing plastic body design.

The phone’s dimensions are 145.3 mm x 71.9 mm x 9.14 mm (LxWxH), and with the battery, it weighs in at 151 grams. The ZFive G LTE smartphone is up for grabs in black color option.

The K9 uses a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909, 32-bit processor, coupled with a Qualcomm Adreno 304, 400 MHz GPU. It has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable memory (up to 32GB).

Furthermore, it is backed by a 2,500 mAh Lithium-Ion battery which delivers a standby time up to 420 hours on 2G and up to 350 hours on 3G. Apart from that, the removable battery offers up to 7 hours of talk time.

It has 3 card slots including microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC. In addition to that, the device boasts an array of useful sensors such as an ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and light sensor.

The ZTE ZFive G LTE smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 processor and uses a Qualcomm Adreno 304, 400 MHz graphics processing unit. It offers 1GB of RAM and 8GB ROM which can further be expanded up to 64GB.

The single SIM (Nano) smartphone draws it juices from a 2,200 mAh Lithium-Ion battery, which offers up to 200 hours of standby time, up to 8 hours of talk time and up to 4 hours of video playback. It is a removable battery.

The ZFive G LTE smartphone offers microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC card slots. Moreover, it features a slew of useful sensors including a proximity sensor, accelerometer, and ambient light.

Regrettably, details about the LG K9 and ZFive G LTE smartphones are hard to come by. You can check out a more detailed comparison between the two smartphones below.

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General

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • Model
    LG K9 Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • Released
    24 March, 2018 19 October, 2017
  • Status
    Available Available

Design

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.
    Bar Bar
  • Dimensions
    146.3 mm x 73.2 mm x 8.2 mm 147.5 x 71.2 x 7.6 mm
  • Weight
    152 Grams (With Battery) 155 Grams (With Battery)
  • Waterproof
    No No

Display

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)
    IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen JDI IPS capacitive touchscreen
  • Size
    5.0 inches HD 5.2 inches
  • Resolution
    1280 x 720 Pixels, 24 bit color depth 1080x1920 Pixels, 24 bit color depth
  • Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.
    16M Colors 16M Colors
  • Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.
    ~ 294 PPI Pixel Per Inch ~ 424 PPI
  • Touch Screen
    Yes Multi Touch Support Yes Multi Touch Support
  • Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.
    Yes Support Yes Support
  • Features
    Plastic Body, Rounded Edges, LTE Cat-4, HSPA, HD IPS Display, Bluetooth, GPS, GLONASS, Noise Cancellation, Wi-Fi, MIC, Speaker, 16:9 Display Ratio. FHD display
    ~ 424 PPI
    Capacitive
    Multi-touch
    2.5D Curved Glass Screen
    Full Screen Design
    LTPS Display
    85% NTSC
    Corning Gorilla Glass 3
    1500:1 Contrast Ratio
    Scratch Resistant
    Display Manfacturer Japna Display Inc

Hardware

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • CPU The main chipset of the device.
    Quad-core 1.3GHz ARM Cortex-A7 Octa-Core 4×1.95GHz ARM Cortex-A72+ 4×1.44 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
  • GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.
    Qualcomm Adreno 304, 400 MHz Qualcomm Adreno 510
  • RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.
    2GB 6GB
  • Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.
    16GB 64GB
  • Memory Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.
    External Memory Support Up to 32GB microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC
  • Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.
    Proximity, Accelerometer, Light Sensor Proximity Sensor
    Accelerometer
    Ambient Light
    Compass
    Gyroscope
    Fingerprint

Software

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.
    Android 7.1.2 Nougat OS Android 7.1 Nougat
  • User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.
    Yes Yes with Nubia 5.0 UI

Camera

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • Rear Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.
    8 Megapixels 13 Megapixels + 13 Megapixels (Dual Camera Lens)
  • Image
    3266 x 2449 Pixels 3840 x 2160 Pixels
  • Video
    720P@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps
  • Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration)
    Yes with LED Flash Yes with Dual-LED Flash
  • Front Camera
    5 Megapixels 16 Megapixels+5 Megapixels with Aperture F2.2, 5P Lens, 80 Degree Wide Angle Lens, CMOS BSI Sensor

Network

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.
    Standard SIM Nano SIM
  • Dual SIM
    Yes with Dual SIM support

Connectivity

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.
    Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 802.11 n 5GHz, Dual Band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot
  • USB
    Micro USBv2.0 with Charging and Mass Storage Type-C USB v2.0 With OTG, Charging and Mass Storage Function
  • GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.
    Yes, with GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
  • NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
    No No
  • Wireless Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.
    No No
  • Headphone Jack
    Yes Yes

Battery

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  • Capacity Battery Capacity
    2,500 mAh Lithium-Ion 3,200 mAh
  • Placement
    Removable Non-Removable

Media

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • Video Playback
    Yes Support 3GP, H.264, H.263, MKV, DivX, AVI, xVID, WMV, FLV, MP4 Yes Support 3GP, M4V, H.263, H.264, MKV, DivX, AVI, xVID, WMV, FLV, MP4, H.2653GP, MP4, FLV, WMV, xVID, AVI, MKV, H.264, H.265
  • Video Out
    Yes With Wireless Media Connection Yes With Wireless Media Connection
  • FM Radio
    Yes Yes
  • Ring Tones
    Yes Yes
  • Loudspeaker
    Yes Yes
  • Handsfree
    Yes Yes

Data

  • LG K9ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini S
  • 4G LTE 4G LTE bands
    Yes Yes
  • Speed
    LTE : 800 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 MHz LTE : 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 MHz LTE-TDD : 1900 MHz (Band 39) LTE-TDD : 2300 MHz (Band 40) LTE-TDD : 2500 MHz (Band 41) LTE-TDD : 2600 MHz (Band 38)

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