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The Acer Liquid is a Snapdragon-based Android smartphone announced in late 2009. It utilizes a customized Google Android operating system (version 1.6), which is codenamed Donut and allows for a more social-networking-based experience like the Palm Pre or HTC Sense. Included is a 5MP camera (with ISO levels) that can tag pictures with GPS data, an 800x480 3.5” WVGA touchscreen display, and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor that can handle the vast array of games and applications available on the market. The Liquid is also designed for high-speed Internet access through WiFi and/or 3G networks, which means streamlining audio and video is certainly not likely to be a challenge with it. Additional features include 256MB of integrated RAM, a 1350 mAH battery, and address book syncing with leading social networking platforms.
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Release date December, 2009
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Features
- Acer Liquid Smartphone
- Google Android v1.6
- Snapdragon Processor
- WVGA Touchscreen
- WiFi/3G (HSPA)
- 5MP Camera
- Integrated GPS
Specifications
- Band: GSM Quad-band, UMTS tri-band global 3G
- Data: GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 1.8 Mbit/s/HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s/HSUPA
- Screen: WVGA (800x400) TFT
- Camera: 5MP
- Video: QVGA (320x240)
- Radio: FM
- Music Player: MP3
- OS: Android 1.6
- Processor: Qulcomm 8250, 768MHz
- Memory: 256MB RAM / 512MB ROM
- Battery: Li-Ion, 1350 mAh
- Voice: Recording, Speaker Phone
- Email: IMAP/POP3/SMTP
- GPS: A-GPS
Connectivity
- Google Chrome
- miniUSB
- 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Headphone Jack
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This report was started
October 20, 2009 at 1:22 am by
vsaxena911
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Monday, 5:46 PM by
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Competitors
Acer Liquid is ranked 3rd among it's competitors.
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MSRP --
Released November, 2009
Pros
- open Android OS
- WiFi
- 3.5mm headphone jack
Cons
- annoying/elitist/standard Sony gadget porn teaser advertisement
- custom Sony UI
- absence of multitouch features such as zoom or rotate
Acer Liquid
0%
vs.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (X3, Rachael)
100%
MSRP --
Releases January, 2010
Pros
- amazingly well designed interface - feels like it's not a Windows based device
- packs a next-gen 1GHz snapdragon CPU
- massive high resolution (480 x 800px) 4.3-inch touchscreen display
Cons
- slightly larger than the iPhone (which is already quite large)
- no internal storage
- Windows Mobile based
Acer Liquid
0%
vs.
HTC HD2
100%
MSRP $439.99
Released July, 2008
Pros
- 8 or 16gb of internal storage
- microSD slot for storage expansion
- Touch screen
Cons
- Onscreen keyboard somewhat cramped
- Confined to preloaded widgets
- Stylus either hangs buy a string on the phone or is not attached (although works well without it)
Acer Liquid
vs.
Samsung i900 Omnia
MSRP --
Released November, 2009
Pros
- DivX support integrated (first in Android!)
- 800MHz CPU clock frequency
- microSDHC flash memory expansion (up to 32GB)
Cons
- no (i.e. insignificant amount of) integrated flash memory
- only Android 1.5 (Cupcake) at launch (may be upgradeable if Samsung cares enough)
- slow ARM11 CPU architecture
Acer Liquid
100%
vs.
Samsung i5700 (Galaxy Spica)
0%
MSRP $199.00
Released June, 2009
Pros
- much faster processing
- video recording
- larger storage
capacities
Cons
- no background running apps
- not a revolutionary upgrade
- AT&T is not supporting many of the new updates quite yet - 7.2Mbps HSDPA in 2011, no tethering information/pricing, no MMS until later this summer
Acer Liquid
100%
vs.
Apple iPhone 3GS
0%
MSRP --
Released October, 2009
Pros
- 3.5mm Headphone Jack.
- Expandable memory (Up to 16GB) via microSD slot.
- Support for (even fullscreen) Flash.
Cons
- need a better processor
- The "Chin"
- Uses an older generation ARM 11 CPU, considerably slower than that used by Pre and iPhone
Acer Liquid
vs.
HTC Hero
MSRP $649.99
Released September, 2009
Pros
- now includes WiFi
- 3.2MP camera
- 3.5mm headphone jack
Cons
- no QWERTY keyboard
- heavy
- limited internal storage compared to other consumer targeted offerings
Acer Liquid
vs.
RIM BlackBerry Storm 2
MSRP --
Released February, 2009
Pros
- 8.1MP camera for large photos and full 720p/24 video
- beautiful 3.7" AMOLED screen with large 360 x 640 resolution
- huge AMOLED touchscreen
Cons
- will be extremely expensive and/or subsidized by long term contracts
- doesn't run a real customizable OS with downloadable applications
- glossy finish, fingerprint magnet
Acer Liquid
vs.
Samsung Omnia HD i8910
Reviews
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Pros
- large 3.5" 800 x 480px touchscreen display
- runs Android OS 1.6
- 5MP geo-tagging enabled camera
- WiFi
- 3G
- the latest and greatest 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 256MB of memory
- FM radio
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- GPS
Cons
- no physical QWERTY keyboard
- Acer is not known as a quality phone manufacturer (this is among the first few of their phones)
- based on reviews of the neoTouch this probably won't be so great
Competitors
Yale prefers
HTC HD2 over
Acer Liquid
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