Phone Comparison - Acer Liquid vs HTC 7 Surround

Acer Liquid
acer liquid
HTC 7 Surround
htc 7 surround
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general General Info

Manufacturer Acer HTC
Announced October 2009 October 2010
Status Available - December 2009 Available - November 2010
Colors Black, White, Red Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm
(4.53 x 2.46 x 0.49 in)
119.7 x 61.5 x 13 mm
(4.71 x 2.42 x 0.51 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v1.6 (Donut) Microsoft Windows Phone 7
Processor 768 MHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [Similar] 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 448 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 3.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.35% 55.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No -
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@20fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 32
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 32
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, miniUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps
Browser HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM 16 GB storage, 448 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1350 mAh 1230 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h Up to 275 h (2G)
Up to 255 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 5 h Up to 4 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 10 min (3G)