Comparison of Acer Liquid M220 Duo and ASUS ZenFone C smartphones based on their characteristics

Acer Liquid M220 Duo

ASUS ZenFone C

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

Acer

ASUS

Phone model

Liquid M220 Duo

ZenFone C

Year of release

2015

2015

Appearance

Case type

Monoblock

Monoblock

Body length

125 mm

137 mm

Body width

65 mm

67 mm

Body thickness

9.6 mm

6.2 mm

Weight

120 g

150 g

Volume

77.46 cm³

56.7 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Plastic

• Plastic

Colors

• White
• Black

• Black
• Red
• White

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• Qualcomm MSM8210

• Intel Atom Z2520

CPU clock speed

1200 MHz

1200 MHz

Number of processor cores

2

2

Level 1 cache (L1)

24 + 32 kB

Level 2 cache (L2)

512 kB

Processor size

32 bits

Instruction set architecture

IA-32 (x86)

Manufacturing process

32 nm

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU

GPU model

• Adreno 302

• PowerVR SGX544MP2

GPU clock speed

300 MHz

Number of GPU cores

2

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

512 MB

1 GB

RAM type

LPDDR2

RAM frequency

533 MHz

Number of RAM channels

2

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 4 GB

• 8 GB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• microSDHC
• microSD

• microSDXC
• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

32 GB

32 GB

Mainboard

Chipset

• Intel Atom Z2520

Operating system

Operating system

Windows Phone 8.1

Android 4.4

Battery

Battery capacity

1300

2100

Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion

Removable battery

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

3 h

Standby time in GSM networks

200 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

3 h

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

200 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

4 in

4.5 in

Screen resolution

800 x 480 pixels

800 x 480 pixels

Pixel density

233 ppi

218 ppi

Screen technology

TFT

TFT

Color depth

24 bit

24 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Capacitive

Capacitive

Aspect ratio

1.667

1.667

Auto-rotate screen

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

5 Mp

5 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

1600 x 1200 pixels

2592 x 1944 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

LED

Aperture

f/2

Shooting settings

Autofocus

Face detector

Viewfinder

Touch focus

Other photo settings

• Serial shooting
• Panoramic shooting
• Hdr shooting
• Face detection

Video capability

Maximum video resolution

854 x 480 pixels

1920 x 1080 pixels

Movie speed

30 fps

30 fps

Movie settings

Movie settings list

• White balance
• Color effects

• White balance
• Color effects

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels

2 Mp

0.3 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

1886 x 1061 pixels

730 x 411 pixels

Aperture

f/2.8

Front camera video

Maximum video resolution

640 x 480 pixels

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

2

2

Mode of operation of multiple SIM-cards

Alternating

Alternating

SIM card type

Default

Micro-SIM

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Video ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Video calls

Noise reduction during a call

Ability to mute the microphone during a call

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

Unlimited

Unlimited

Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

VoIP telephony

Mobile communications

Cellular generation

3.5G

3.5G

GSM support

GSM frequencies

• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

UMTS support

UMTS frequencies

• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards

• HSPA+
• EDGE
• GPRS

• HSPA+
• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi standards

• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n

Wi-Fi hotspot mode

USB

USB connector

USB connector type

Micro USB

Micro USB

USB standard

2.0

2.0

USB Mass Storage support

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

4.0

4.0 + EDR

A2DP support

Other Bluetooth profiles

• EDR

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

A-GPS support

Installed GLONASS

Built-in digital compass

Radio

Built-in radio receiver

Radio range

87.5 - 108 МГц

87.5 - 108 МГц

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Accelerometer

Orientation and rotation sensor

Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Images

Supported image formats

• PNG
• JPG
• EXIF
• GIF

• PNG
• JPG
• EXIF
• GIF

Installed image editor

Geo tags

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MPEG-4
• AVI
• 3GPP

• MP4
• MPEG-4
• MKV
• AVI
• 3GPP
• 3GPP
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

Video resolution formats

• Full HD
• HD

Streaming video

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

• MP3
• WMA

• AAC
• MIDI
• MP3
• WMA
• WAV

MP3 support

Streaming audio

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Control elements

Touch input

Multitouch

Pinch zoom

Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Office document support

Supported document formats

• PDF

• PDF

Email

IMAP4 protocol support

Convert speech to text

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Tethering support

Synchronization over the mobile network

OTA sync

Synchronization with services

• Gmail
• Gtalk
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Youtube
• Google search
• Google maps

• Gmail
• Gtalk
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Youtube
• Google search
• Google maps

Software features

Installed browser

• HTML
• WAP

• HTML
• HTML5
• CSS3
• WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

SMS output in the form of a chat

MMS support

Security

Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)