Nokia 3 vs Asus Zenfone 9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Jul 28, 2022

Design

Dimensions
5.65 x 2.81 x 0.33 inches 143.4 x 71.4 x 8.48 mm	5.77 x 2.68 x 0.36 inches 146.5 x 68.1 x 9.1 mm
Weight
	5.96 oz / 169.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP68
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Silver, Brown, Blue

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 67.28% screen-to-body	5.9-inch, 84.24% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 450 nits	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 1100 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 446 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Features
Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Polarizing filter

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
20 (Poor)	2.3 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6737	Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 SM8475 (4 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1300 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.2GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.75G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x2.0​Ghz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-T720 MP2	Adreno 730
Memory
2GB/16GB	8GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 16GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (12)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1784
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	4290
3D Mark High
Untested	2822
3D Mark Low
Untested	1488

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Battery

Type
2650 mAh, Li - Ion	4300 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 30.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

7h 37min

Browsing

17h 13min

Video

12h 14min

Gaming

8h 12min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.12 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/1.56"
Second camera
	12 MP Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 14.4 mm Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
720p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps)
Front
8 MP (Autofocus)	12 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
Yes	5.2
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

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Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Mar 17, 2017 FCC ID value: 2AJOTTA-1038
Measured SAR
Head: 0.48 W/kg Body: 1.15 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.34 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.19 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 16GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	16GB/256GB