Phone Comparison - HTC Desire VC vs Acer Liquid E3 vs Sony Xperia M2

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Acer Sony
Announced June 2012 February 2014 February 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Coming Soon - April 2014 Available - May 2014
Colors Black, White Black/White Black, White, Purple
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.5 x 62.3 x 9.5 mm
(4.7 x 2.45 x 0.37 in)
- 139.6 x 71.1 x 8.6 mm
(5.5 x 2.8 x 0.34 in)
Weight 119 g (4.2 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
CDMA 800 / 1900 - SIM 2
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA HSDPA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Scratch-Resistant Glass

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (D2303, D2306)/ MSM8226 (D2305)
GPU Adreno 200 - Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 4 GB 8 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.7 inches 4.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (229 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.30% - 64.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes Yes Yes, 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 86 kbps
Edge No Yes Up to 237 kbps
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Yes 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 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion - Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1650 mAh - 2300 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 588 h (2G)
Up to 633 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 13 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 36 min (3G)