Phone Comparison - Acer Liquid Z5 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Motorola Moto G (Gen 2)

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Samsung Motorola
Announced January 2014 February 2014 September 2014
Status Coming Soon - February 2014 Available April 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Essential White, Gentle Grey Black, White, Blue, Gold White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 145.5 x 73.5 x 8.8 mm
(5.73 x 2.89 x 0.35 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
141.5 x 70.7 x 11 mm
(5.57 x 2.78 x 0.43 in)
Weight 150 g (5.29 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - CDMA version
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - USA version
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
Heart Rate Sensor
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to Android L
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6572 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400
GPU Mali-400 Adreno 330 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 16/32 GB storage 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.1 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.37% 69.63% 68.76%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec. 720p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA+ HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 2800 mAh 2070 mAh
Stand by - Up to 390 h -
Talk Time - Up to 21 h -