Acer Liquid - Rs 25,000 Android-based phone hands-on impressions and video

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Acer today, have launched the 'Liquid', their latest touchscreen smartphone powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon (the Qualcomm 8250 running at 768mhz) processor and based on the Android Donut (v1.6) operating system. Launched in Mumbai, the Acer Liquid is targetted at business as well as casual users, this phone comes with a 3.5-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen.
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The build quality of the phone is quite good and features smooth curves. It comes in a choice of three colours - black...

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[Sarvesh]

NICE!! - But COSTLY - since

this phone comes with a 3.5-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen.
The phone can play HD videos at 1080p resolution.

• Screen should have been little bigger - 1080 makes no sense.

The build quality of the phone is quite good and features smooth curves. It comes in a choice of three colours - black, white and metallic red.

• Common to almost all phones

There are three unique LED indicators for status notifications; these sit beside the audio jack, and on the top bezel of the phone. The LED can notify new messages, missed calls and battery life.

• LED indicators is old fashioned (My opinion - others may differ)

The Acer Liquid has a 5 MP autofocus camera without flash.

• Without flash ?? makes no sense!!

The volume control buttons are present on the right hand side edge along with the camera shutter. It does not have any protruding buttons on the body and the four buttons at the bottom of the screen are touch sensitive.

• Common feature found in most phones

Acer has bundled two in-build apps - one called Spinlets is an audio streaming app and the other called UrFooz is an avatar creation app;

• Who creates Avatar ? - I mean its not a regular or daily need and most people use freely available 'millions of ready Avatars' from the net.

The phone is quite competitively priced at Rs. 24,900 (with 2GB micro SD).

• Of course , if you are not looking for 4GB micro SD and Dual / Triple Sim with GSM / CDMA simultaneous compatibility.

by Siddharth Parwatay, Nimish Sawant

• I am giving hereunder Specifications not disclosed by the reviewers .

Acer Liquid Specs

The Acer Liquid A1 Specs have already been discussed but here they are in bullet point format (with some comments) so that you can read them easily.

* 1GHz Snapdragon Processor – Fastest smartphone processor available (underclocked to 768Mhz)
* WVGA Screen (800 x 480 resolution) – Most phone use half the resolution
* 3.5 inch Capacitive Touch Screen – Touch screen along with four flat, touch-sensitive buttons: home, back, menu and search
* 5MP Camera with auto focus and Geo-tagging
* HSPA Connectivity – 7.2Mbps Speeds High Speed Packet Access Internet Browsing
* Wifi Synching – Use your wifi connection to sync files between your computer and your Acer Liquid phone
* Android 1.6 Donut – The latest Android build is 2.0
* GPS: Internal GPS antenna
* Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets. Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi ®: IEEE 802.11 b / g, 3.5 mm audio jack 3.5 mm audio jack
* Memory: ROM: 512 MB / RAM: 256 MB ROM
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery. Capacity: 1350 mAh, Talk time: Up to 300 minutes Talk time: Up to 300 minutes, Standby time: Up to 400 hours. (The above are subject to network and phone usage)
* Dimensions (LxWxT): 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm
* New UI including access to entertainment/bookmarks – Quick access to things you use most often
* Spinlets – Free music/video streaming that can be shared with friends/family through web/email
* Expansion Slot: microSD ™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
* Social Network Integration… Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, and other Social Media/Networks
* Weight: 135 grams with battery 135 grams with battery
* Comes in Red, White or Black