Phone Comparison - LG Nexus 4 E960 vs Acer Liquid S2 vs Acer Liquid E3

general General Info

Manufacturer LG Acer Acer
Announced October 2012 August 2013 February 2014
Status Available - November 2012 Available - December 2013 Coming Soon - April 2014
Colors Black Black, Red Black/White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
166 x 86 x 8.99 mm
(6.54 x 3.39 x 0.35 in)
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Weight 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 231 g (8.15 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 320, 400 MHz Adreno 330 -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16 GB storage 16 GB 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 6.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.18% 69.58% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No 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, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Ring Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Geo-tagging, 27 MP Panorama Photos Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 4K@30fps, 1080p@60fps Yes
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
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, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Po Battery -
Capacity 2100 mAh 3300 mAh -
Stand by Up to 390 hours (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 12 hours (3G) - -