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Acer Liquid vs Xolo A42

Compare recorded specifications, size and practical differences.

Acer Liquid

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Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

  • WidthLiquid: 1 mm narrowerLiquid: 62.5 mm · A42: 63.5 mm
  • Screen diagonalLiquid: 0.5 in smaller diagonalLiquid: 3.5 in · A42: 4 in
  • DepthA42: 2.3 mm thinnerA42: 10.2 mm · Liquid: 12.5 mm
  • HeightLiquid: 9.5 mm shorterLiquid: 115 mm · A42: 124.5 mm
  • Release year2009 / 2014Liquid: 2009 · A42: 2014

Physical size

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

Front
Liquid: 115 × 62.5 mm 1 A42: 124.5 × 63.5 mm 2
Side
Liquid: 115 × 12.5 mm 1 A42: 124.5 × 10.2 mm 2
  1. 1. Liquid
    Height
    115 mm
    Width
    62.5 mm
    Depth
    12.5 mm
    Weight
    135 g
  2. 2. A42
    Height
    124.5 mm
    Width
    63.5 mm
    Depth
    10.2 mm
    Weight
    Unknown

Specifications

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Everyday essentials
Everyday essentials
SpecificationLiquidA42
Dimensions (HxWxD)
  • 115 Х 62.5 Х 12.5 mm
  • 124.5 Х 63.5 Х 10.2 mm
Weight
  • 135 g
  • 0 g
Technology
  • TFT
  • IPS LCD
Screen size
  • 3.5" inch
  • 4" inch
Screen resolution
  • 480 x 800 px
  • 480 x 800 px
Internal memoryRecorded storage / RAM variants. Entries are alternatives, not a combined maximum. Ambiguous formats stay as recorded.
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 512 MB RAM - Liquid M2208 GB
  • 4 GB
  • 512 MB RAM
Memory card support
  • microSD
  • up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
  • microSD
  • up to 32 GB
BatteryCapacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.
  • 1350 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
  • 1400 mAh
  • Li-Ion
Operating system OS
  • Android 1.6 (Donut)
  • Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset
  • Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon S1
Unknown
NFC
  • Super AMOLED
Unknown
Headphone jack
  • Yes
  • Yes
Display
Display
SpecificationLiquidA42
Touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
Display colors
  • 256K
  • 16M
Screen area
  • 34.9 cm2
  • 45.5 cm2
Screen format
  • 5:3 (height:width)
  • 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio
  • 48.5%
  • 57.6%
PPI /points per inch/
  • 267 PPI
  • 233 PPI
Camera and Video
Camera and Video
SpecificationLiquidA42
Rear camera, main
  • 5 MP
  • Single
  • 5 MP
  • Single
Camera specs
  • 5 MP
  • AF
  • 5 MP
Video
  • 480p@20fps
  • Yes
Front camera, selfie
  • 0 MP,
  • 1.3 MP
  • Single
Specifications
  • Super AMOLED
  • 1.3 MP
Performance
Performance
SpecificationLiquidA42
Processor CPU
  • 768 MHz Scorpion
  • Dual-core 1.3 GHz
Graphics processor GPU
  • Adreno 200
Unknown
General specs
General specs
SpecificationLiquidA42
Release date
  • 2009
  • October
  • 2014
  • July
Colors
  • Black
  • White
  • Dark red
  • Yellow
  • Blue
  • White
Historical recorded priceLegacy catalogue value; date unknown. Not a current offer.
  • 90 EUR
  • 80 EUR
Battery life
  • Stand by time- Up to 400 h Talking time- Up to 5 h
  • Stand by time- Up to 180 h Talking time- Up to 5 h
Communication and Connectivity
Communication and Connectivity
SpecificationLiquidA42
SIM card
  • Single SIM (Mini-SIM)Dual SIM (Mini-SIM/Micro-SIM
  • Dual SIM
Network
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2-3G - HSDPA 900 / 2100-4G - LTE
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
Speed
  • HSPA 7.2/2 Mbps
  • HSPA
GPRS
  • Class 10
  • Yes
Edge
  • Class 10
  • Yes
Wi-Fi
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • hotspot
GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
USB
  • miniUSB
  • microUSB
Bluetooth
  • microUSB 2.0
  • A2DP
  • 2.0
Harmful irradiation
  • SAR - 1.11 W/kg (head) 0.35 W/kg (body)
  • SAR EU - 0.69 W/kg (head) 0.71 W/kg (body)
Music and Audio
Music and Audio
SpecificationLiquidA42
Radio
  • panorama
  • FM radio
Other features
Other features
SpecificationLiquidA42
Dop
  • Sensors Accelerometer
  • proximity - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player -MP4/WMV/H.264 player -Document viewer -Voice memo -Predictive text input
  • Sensors Accelerometer
  • proximity