Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Which One To Buy?

By Vijaykumar

| Published: Friday, November 6, 2015, 16:08 [IST]

Acer launched a new 4G enabled selfie-centric smartphone - the Liquid Z630s in the Indian market. The company has joined the ‘Make-in-India' club with its latest Liquid Z series smartphone. It is set to be manufactured at their new facility in Pondicherry.

Recently, the desi smartphone maker, Micromax has launched its flagship smartphone under its popular Canvas line-up, dubbed as the Canvas 5. The company has tried a new thing in its mobile line-up by providing a leather-like back cover.

Both smartphones are quite affordable and shares similar specifications like processor, RAM and more. To give a better perspective on both smartphones we have compared them. Have a look at the slider to know more.

Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Design

The Acer Liquid Z630s is not exactly a good looking phone, considering that it is pretty big, thick, and heavy. It measures 156.3 x 77.5 x 8.9 mm and weights 162 grams. It looks old-fashioned in terms of design, and feels bulky on hand, which is due to its 4,000mAh battery.

On the other hand, the Canvas 5 looks nice, feels good on hand, and is comfortable to be used single handedly. The display on front runs almost edge to edge, with very thin bezel on the sides, which adds to the looks of the phone.

Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Display

The Liquid Z630s sports a 5.5 inch IPS OGS display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. The display has a pixel count of 267ppi pixel density. While, the Canvas 5 sports a 5.2 inch IPS full lamination display with 1920x1080 pixels, which is translated into 423ppi and 450 nits brightness alongside of 2.5D arc glass, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Under The Hood

Both smartphones have the same processor inside. They are powered by MediaTek MT6753 CPU, clocked with 64-bit 1.3GHz octa-core processor, paired with 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system.

Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Storage

On the storage department, the Liquid Z630s is equipped with 32GB of inbuilt memory, with an expansion option via microSD card. While, the Canvas 5 comes with 16GB of on-board storage, and an option to expand memory using a microSD card up to 64GB.

Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Camera

The Liquid Z630s flaunts an 8 megapixel auto focus camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording, and an 8 megapixel front-facing camera with wide-angle lens under the board. On the other hand, the Canvas 5 comes with a 13 megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and 5 megapixel front-facing camera with flash.

Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Battery

Acer Liquid Z630s is packed with a bigger 4,000mAh battery, which the company claims to juice the device for a longer period. While, the Canvas 5 comes with a smaller battery compared to the Liquid Z630s. It comes with a 2,900mAh battery, that is claimed to provide 10 hours of talk time over 3G.

Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Price

Acer Liquid Z630s comes at a price of Rs. 10,999 and will be exclusively on Flipkart starting from November 12th. While, the Micromax Canvas 5 comes in Black color variant with metal frame and Tan color with golden frame at a price of Rs. 11,999. It will sell through all retail channels including online and offline stores.

Acer Liquid Z630s vs Micromax Canvas 5: Verdict

Acer Liquid Z630S and Micromax Canvas 5 both have similar processors and RAM. In terms of display, the Canvas 5 has better display than the Liquid Z630s, but the Acer's smartphone has larger display than Micromax.

Well, in the camera department, Canvas 5 has more megapixel than the Liquid Z630s in the primary camera, but Acer holds a better selfie camera with wide-angle lens.