Phone Comparison - Acer Liquid S2 vs Lava Iris 506Q vs LG Vu 3

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Lava LG
Announced August 2013 September 2013 September 2013
Status Available - December 2013 Available - September 2013 Coming Soon - Q4 2013
Colors Black, Red Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 166 x 86 x 8.99 mm
(6.54 x 3.39 x 0.35 in)
143 x 73 x 8.9 mm
(5.63 x 2.87 x 0.35 in)
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Weight 231 g (8.15 oz) - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 - LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 / 850
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - OGS Screen, Touch Less Operation, Gesture Control -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU Adreno 330 - Adreno 330
RAM 2 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB (2.25 GB user available) N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches 5.0 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 960 x 1280 pixels (308 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.58% 66.20% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, autofocus 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 13 MP, autofocus
Flash LED Ring Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, 27 MP Panorama Photos Auto Focus, Back Light Sensor, 99 Burst Mode, Smile Detection, Panorama, Geo-tagging, HDR, Best Shot Night Mode Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 4K@30fps, 1080p@60fps Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [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, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE-A, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 11 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 21 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, 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, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB (2.25 GB user available), 512 MB RAM 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG - Supported 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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 2000 mAh -
Stand by - Up to 230 h (2G) -
Talk Time - Up to 5 h 18 min (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
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