Acer has announced a midrange Android-powered handset: the dual-core Liquid E1 smartphone.
The 4.5-inch device sports a qHD resolution (960 x 540) and is powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor, as well as 1 GB of RAM, alongside 4 GB of internal storage.
A 5-megapixel camera is on the Liquid E1's rear, joined by 0.3-megapixel front-facing shooter. Powering the screen is a 1760mAh battery, with Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean installed.
In addition to up to 8 hours of talk time and standby time up to 400 hours, the device supports HSPA: 900 / 2100 MHz bands and GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz.
Acer has yet to reveal availability or pricing details for the Liquid E1.
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gmaster456 Looks like a pretty budget device. The OS looks to be lightly skinned though which is good.Reply -
olaf gmaster456Looks like a pretty budget device. The OS looks to be lightly skinned though which is good.Reply
No skinning there its the vanilla JB ... with just a widget and Chrome installed... -
CrArC pacomacWhy so fuggly? What's with all the round edges, thought they were patented by Apple?Apple had a tenuous grip on rectangular devices with rounded corners. This device tapers into and out of each corner at either end, so despite the large round corners, it's not "rectangular" as far as the lawyers are concerned.Reply