Phone Comparison - Acer Liquid Z520 vs Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime vs alcatel U5

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Samsung alcatel
Announced March 2015 November 2016 February 2017
Status Available - April 2015 Available - November 2016 Coming Soon - Q1 2017
Price Rs. 14,999 ($220.57) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 8,490 ($140.15) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black, White Black, Gold Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.9 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.35 in)
140.7 x 71.8 x 10 mm
(5.54 x 2.83 x 0.39 in)
Weight - 160 g (5.64 oz) -
SIM Type - Single SIM (Micro-SIM), Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Micro-SIM), Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - No Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6737T Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6737M
GPU - Mali-T720MP2 Mali-T720MP2
RAM 1 GB 1.5 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors - 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 66.19% 68.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio, RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP 5 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Yes Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes 720p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP, LED flash [Similar] 2 MP, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported Not 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type - Removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 2600 mAh 2050 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -