Phone Comparison - Acer Liquid E3 vs Lenovo Golden Warrior S8 vs Sony Xperia M2 Aqua

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Lenovo Sony
Announced February 2014 May 2014 August 2014
Status Coming Soon - April 2014 Available - May 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Black/White Golden Black, White, Golden
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 146 x 76.7 x 7.9 mm
(5.75 x 3.02 x 0.31 in)
140 x 72 x 8.6 mm
(5.51 x 2.83 x 0.34 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models
3G Network HSDPA TD-SCDMA 1880 / 2010 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - D2403
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D2406
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - D2403
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP65/IP68 certified - dust and water proof up to 1.5 meter and 30 minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6592M Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926-2 Snapdragon 400
GPU - Mali-450MP4 Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.3 inches 4.8 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (277 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (229 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 69.20% 63.27%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes Yes 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar] VGA, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA TD-SCDMA HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes v4.0, A2DP, apt-X, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM/ 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type - Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity - 2000 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 595 h (2G)
Up to 641 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 11 h 23 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)