After a poor initial performance in the smartphone market by Computer Giants, Acer, on the release of their Liquid A1, the company had chosen to try again and see what success it may obtain in the booming industry, as a mid-entry phone. They have decided to announce the release of what they like to call, the Acer Liquid Metal. Even though word leaked out of its development and future release beforehand, Acer managed to cover up soon enough with an official announcement.
The Acer Liquid Metal deals a 3.6 inch capacitive touchscreen which displays up to 16M colours and has WVGA resolution. Like its slightly lower end brother, the Liquid E, it doesn’t have a very fast processing Unit. Only of 800MHz as compared to the Liquid E’s 768Mhz. Yet speed is surprisingly not a major issue due to the management efficiency of the Android 2.2 Froyo Operating System.
Other features that it boasts of include a 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, LED flash, along with face and smile detection. Video recording is also provided at an impressive 720p HD resolution. The multimedia is only enhanced by the Dolby Mobile and XviD base.
Connectivity is seen in the form of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, impressively fast 3G, and standard GSM. Flash 10.1 support is also present thanks to the Android 2.2 Froyo OS, providing greater multimedia presence even during online browsing via the set.
It has a pretty good build and should be quite successful in the market due to its comparatively better performance as compared to other phones who are still struggling with Android 2.1 Éclair or lower, such as The Samsung Galaxy 3 or its own brother the Acer Stream. Overall, it is a good buy with just a slightly expensive price tag, but in comparison to some other sets in the market, it is quite reasonable for what it offers.
