Phone Comparison - Acer Liquid E3 vs Amazon Fire vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Amazon Samsung
Announced February 2014 September 2015 December 2015
Status Coming Soon - April 2014 Available - September 2015 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price - Rs. 3,407 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 17,300 ($254.41) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black/White White, Black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 191 x 115 x 10.6 mm
(7.52 x 4.53 x 0.42 in)
134.5 x 65.2 x 7.3 mm
(5.3 x 2.57 x 0.29 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 313 g (11.04 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop), Fire OS 5 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.3 GHz Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU - - Adreno 306
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 7.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 62.44% 69.65%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes 480p@24fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA N/A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor 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-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity - 4400 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 7 h (multimedia) -