Smartisan Nut 3 vs ZTE Nubia Red Devil

The Smartisan Nut 3 smartphone was made available to the public in March this year. The following month, ZTE unveiled its long-awaited Red Devil smartphone, under its popular Nubia sub-brand.

Here’s a brief comparison between the two recently-launched smartphones on the basis of their design, hardware, and price.

Appearance & Design

Housed in a robust metal body, the Nut 3 smartphone sports an eye-catching IPS, LCD, FHD+ (1080 x 2160 pixels) display with an aspect ratio of 18:9. It houses a 13MP+13MP dual camera with dual-LED and AF on the back. Up front, there’s an 8MP front shooter with face recognition.

In terms of dimensions, the phone’s length is 6.06 inches, its width is 2.93 inches and its height is 0.28 inches. The Smartisan Nut 3 weighs in at 154 grams (with battery) and is currently up for grabs in black, red, and gold color versions.

The ZTE Nubia Red Devil Android boasts an aluminum alloy body with a sandblasted finish that makes it a premium smartphone. The device features a JDI IPS FHD+ (2160 x 1080 pixels) full-screen display and comes with Gorilla Glass 5 for added protection.

It features an RGB light panel along with a dual-LED flash and AF-equipped 24MP camera on the back. Apart from that, there’s a fingerprint sensor placed on the back. There’s an 8MP front shooter for selfies.

The phone’s dimensions are 6.22 in x 2.95 in x 0.37 in (LxWxH) and its weight with battery is 185 grams. You can choose from two color options including black, and red.

Hardware & Performance

The Smartisan Nut 3 smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953, 64-bit processor and it uses a Qualcomm Adreno 506, 650MHz GPU to deliver an exceptional viewing experience. It offers 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 32GB/64GB/128GB expandable ROM (up to 256GB).

The dual hybrid SIM (nano-SIM + nano-SIM/microSD) smartphone runs Smartisan OS 4.x based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat operating system and is backed by a 4,000 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. The non-removable cell delivers up to 378 hours of standby time and up to 18.5 hours of talk time.

The Nut 3 smartphone comes with three card slots including microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC. On top of that, it features a broad range of useful sensors i.e. a fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, light sensor, proximity, and an ultrasonic sensor.

The Nubia Red Devil smartphone packs a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 64-bit processor along with a Qualcomm Adreno 540, 710 MHz GPU, under the hood. It has 6GB/8GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of non-expandable onboard memory.

The dual-SIM smartphone (nano-SIM + nano-SIM) smartphone offers dual standby. The Red Devil smartphone runs Android 8.1 Oreo operating system with Nubia Red Magic UI and it draws its juices from a built-in 3,800 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery which delivers up to 320 hours of standby time and up to 18 hours of talk time.

The phone doesn’t feature card slots. However, it is crammed with all sorts of sensors including a gyroscope, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, compass, fingerprint (rear mounted), and accelerometer.

Price

The Smartisan Nut 3 smartphone’s selling price starts from $281. The ZTE Nubia Red Devil smartphone, on the other hand, will set you back about $410. You can check out a more detailed comparison between the two smartphones below.

Product Name

Smartisan Nut 3

ZTE Nubia Red Devil
Product Image
Price
Our Rating

7.5

6.6
Brand

Smartisan

ZTE
Category

Mobiles

Mobiles

General

Model

Smartisan Nut 3 ZTE Nubia Red Devil
Released

9th April 21 April, 2018
Status

Available Available

Design

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

74.3 x 154 x 7.16 mm 74.9 mm x 158.1 mm x 9.5 mm
Weight

154 g 185 Grams (With Battery)
Waterproof

No No

Display

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 JDI IPS capacitive touchscreen
Size

5.99 in (inches) 6.0 inches FHD+
Resolution

1080 x 2160 pixels 2160 x 1080 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 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.

403 ppi (pixels per inch) 402 PPI, Pixel Per Inch
Touch Screen

Multi-touch 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.

Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Yes with Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features

1500:1 contrast ratio
450 cd/m²
85% NTSC JDI IPS FHD+ display
~ 402 PPI Pixel Per Inch
Corning Gorilla Glass v5
Scratch Resistant
85% NTSC
1500:1 Contrast Ratio
500 cd/m2
LTPS
NEG Dinores T2X-1 Glass

Hardware

CPU The main chipset of the device.

ARM Cortex-A53, 2000 MHz, Cores: 8 Octa-core (Quad Core 2.45GHz Kryo + Quad Core 1.90GHz Kryo) CPU Clock
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 506, 650 MHz Qualcomm Adreno 540, 710 MHz GPU
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.

4 GB, 933 MHz 6GB/8GB
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.

32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB 64GB/128GB
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.

microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC External Memory Support Not Available
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.

Light
Accelerometer
Compass
Gyroscope
Fingerprint
Ultrasonic Gyroscope, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Compass, Fingerprint (Rear Mounted), Accelerometer

Software

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.

Smartisan 4.x (Android 7.1.2 Nougat) Android 8.1 Oreo
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 Nubia Red Magic UI

Camera

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.

12.98 MP 24 Megapixels
Image

4160 x 3120 pixels 5632 x 4224 Pixels
Video

3840 x 2160 pixels / 30 fps (frames per second) 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)

Dual LED Yes with Dual LED flash
Front Camera

7.99 MP 8 Megapixels with CMOS BSI Sensor, 3 element lens, Wide angle lens 76.9°, f2.0 Aperture, 1080p Video

Network

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.

Nano SIM Nano SIM
Dual SIM

Nano-SIM / microSD, Nano-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM) Dual Stand-by

Connectivity

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.

a, b, g, n, n 5GHz, ac, Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual Band (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi HotSpot, 2x2 MU-MiMO
USB

2.0, USB Type-C 2.0, Type-C 1.0, Reversible connector, 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.

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou 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

Capacity Battery Capacity

4000 mAh (milliampere-hours) 3,800 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery
Placement

Non-removable Non-Removable

Media

Video Playback

Yes Yes Support 3GP, ASF, H.264, MKV, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MP4, H.265
Video Out

Yes Yes With Wireless Media Link
FM Radio

Yes Yes
Ring Tones

Yes Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes Yes
Handsfree

Yes Yes

Data

4G LTE 4G LTE bands

Yes Yes
Speed

LTE 850 MHz LTE 900 MHz LTE 1800 MHz LTE 2100 MHz LTE 2600 MHz LTE-TDD 1900 MHz (B39) LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40) LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41) LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38) 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) LTE : 700 MHz (Band 12)