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A3

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Overview & Features

Brand
BenQ
Model
A3
Released
2013 Nov

Technical Specifications

Display

Pixel Size
0.10377 mm/pixel
Resolution
540x960
518400 pixels
Display Area
5582.5 square millimeter
Display Type
Color IPS TFT LCD
display
Display Width
56.04 mm
Pixel Density
245 PPI
Display Height
99.62 mm
Display Diagonal
114.3 mm
Display Color Depth
24 bit/pixel
Display Illumination
Yes
Display Subpixel Scheme
RGB Matrix (3 subpixels)
Display Area Utilization
63.2%
Number of Display Scales
16.8M
Scratch Resistant Screen
No
Horizontal Full Bezel Width
9.96 mm
Display Light Reflection Mode
Yes

Power Supply

Battery
Lithium-ion
removable
1-cell
Nominal Battery Capacity
2000 mAh battery
Nominal Cell Capacity (1st cell)
2000 mAh cell

Sound Playing

Audio Output
3.5mm
Loudspeaker(s)
mono

Cellular Phone

SIM Card Slot
Yes
Call Alert Sound
64-chord melody
Cellular Antenna
Internal antenna
Cellular Controller
Qualcomm MSM8225Q
Supported Cellular Bands
GSM 850MHz (B5)
GSM 900MHz (B8)
GSM 1800MHz (B3)
GSM 1900MHz (PCS, B2)
UMTS 2100MHz (Band I, IMT)
UMTS 900MHz (Band VIII)
bands
Complementary Phone Services
Voice transmission
Voice speaker
Vibrating Alert
Speakerphone
Supported Cellular Data Links
GPRS (Class unspecified)
EDGE (Class unspecified)
UMTS 384 kbps (W-CDMA)
HSUPA (Cat. unspecified)
HSUPA 5.76 Mbps (Cat. 6)
HSDPA (Cat. unspecified)
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Cat. 8)
data links

Audio Subsystem

Audio Channel(s)
stereo

Sound Recording

Microphone(s)
mono

Auxiliary Camera

Aux. Camera Image Sensor
No

Built-in Sensors

Built-in compass
Yes
Additional sensors
Light intensity sensor
Proximity sensor
Built-in accelerometer
No

Operative Memory

RAM Type
mobile (LP) DDR2 SDRAM
533 MHz
RAM Capacity
1024 MiB RAM

Ingress Protection

Protection from liquids
Yes
Protection from solid materials
Yes

Control Peripherals

Touchscreen Type
Capacitive multi-touch sensing
screen
Touchscreen Simultaneous Touch Points
Yes

Graphical Subsystem

Graphical Controller
Qualcomm Adreno 203
Dedicated Graphics Memory
0.25 MiB

Non-volatile Memory

Non-volatile Memory Type
Flash EEPROM
Non-volatile Memory Capacity
3815 MiB
Non-volatile Memory Interface
eMMC 4.5

Physical Attributes

Mass
135 g
Depth
9.99 mm
Width
66 mm
Height
133.9 mm
Bounding Volume
88.3 ccm

Multimedia Broadcast

FM Radio Receiver
FM radio (88-108 MHz)
Proprietary headset as antenna

Satellite Navigation

GPS Antenna
Internal antenna
Navigation Controller
Qualcomm MSM8225Q gpsOne
Supported GPS protocol(s)
GPS (NMEA 0183)
Complementary GPS Services
Assisted GPS
Geotagging
QuickGPS

Software Environment

Platform
Google Android
Operating System
Google Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)

Audio/Video Interfaces

A/V Out
No

Auxiliary Camera No. 2

Aux. 2 Camera Image Sensor
No

Auxiliary Camera No. 3

Aux. 3 Camera Image Sensor
No

Auxiliary Camera No. 4

Aux. 4 Camera Focus
No
Aux. 4 Camera Image Sensor
No

Primary Camera System

Zoom
1.0 x optical zoom
Flash
single LED
Focus
Contrast Detection Autofocus (CD AF)
Video Recording
1920x1080 pixel
30 fps
Camera Placement
Rear
Camera Resolution
3264x2448 pixel
Camera Image Sensor
CMOS
Camera Extra Functions
HDR photo
Macro mode
Recordable Image Formats
BMP , JPG
Recordable Video Formats
3GP , 3G2 , MJPG
Number of effective pixels
8.0 MP camera

Secondary Camera System

Secondary Camera Sensor
CMOS
Secondary Video Recording
960x540 pixel
3 fps
Secondary Camera Placement
Front
Secondary Camera Resolution
1920x1080 pixel
Secondary Camera Number of pixels
2.1 MP sec. cam
Secondary Recordable Image Formats
JPG
Secondary Recordable Video Formats
3GP

Communication Interfaces

USB
USB 2.0
USB Hi-Speed (480 Mbps)
Bluetooth
Yes
Internal antenna
USB Services
USB charging
USB Host
USB Power Delivery
Wireless LAN
IEEE 802.11b
IEEE 802.11g
IEEE 802.11n
Internal antenna
USB Connector
USB Series Micro-B (Micro-USB)
Wireless Services
DLNA
Wi-Fi Tethering
Bluetooth profiles
A2DP
AVRCP
Expansion Interfaces
TransFlash
microSD
microSDHC

Secondary Cellular Phone

Sec. Supported Cellular Networks
No

Secondary Auxiliary Camera

Sec. Aux. Cam. Image Sensor
No

Application processor, Chipset

CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8225Q (Snapdragon S4 Play), 2013, 32 bit, quad-core, 45 nm, Qualcomm Adreno 203 GPU
CPU Clock
1200 MHz

Secondary Auxiliary Camera No. 2

Sec. Aux. 2 Cam. Image Sensor
No

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