Phone Comparison - Lenovo S860 vs Acer Liquid E700 vs Apple iPad mini 3

general General Info

Manufacturer Lenovo Acer Apple
Announced February 2014 May 2014 October 2014
Status Coming Soon - June 2014 Coming Soon - Q3 2014 Available - October 2014
Price - - Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Metallic Grey Titanium Black, Metallic Red Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 149.5 x 77 x 10.3 mm
(5.89 x 3.03 x 0.41 in)
9.9 mm thick
(0.39 in thick)
200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 & SIM 3 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) iOS 8.1
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6582 Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7
GPU Mali-400MP2 Mali-400MP2 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics)
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB ROM 16 GB 16/64/128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16.7M colors 16M colors
Size 5.3 inches 5 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (277 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.32% - 71.76%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM Radio with Recording FM Radio with Recording No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.5 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB ROM, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (24.3 Wh)
Capacity 4000 mAh 3500 mAh 6470 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 43 h (2G)
Up to 24 h (3G)
Up to 24 h Up to 10 h (multimedia)