Phone Comparison - Acer Liquid S1 vs Acer Liquid S2 vs LG Vu 3

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Acer LG
Announced June 2013 August 2013 September 2013
Status Coming Soon - Q3 2013 Available - December 2013 Coming Soon - Q4 2013
Colors Black Black, Red Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 166 x 86 x 8.99 mm
(6.54 x 3.39 x 0.35 in)
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Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 231 g (8.15 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 / 850
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex A-7, MTK 6589 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP Adreno 330 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 16 GB N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 6.0 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (258 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) 960 x 1280 pixels (308 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 69.58% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, autofocus 13 MP, autofocus
Flash LED flash LED Ring Flash LED flash
Features Auto-focus, Geo tagging Geo-tagging, 27 MP Panorama Photos Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes Yes, 4K@30fps, 1080p@60fps Yes, 1080p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE-A, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 21 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 2400 mAh 3300 mAh -
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -