The Acer Liquid A1, come with the 768MHz Snapdragon processor, 5-megapixel camera, support for HSDPA 7.2Mbit/s, A-GPS and 3,5-inch WVGA display that takes up most of the upper part of this phone. The device runs the OS version 1.6 the feature is symmetrical, with rounded lower and upper parts of its body. Regrettably, the display sometimes fails on registering your touch; this might become particularly annoying while typing.
The Acer Liquid A1 looks more bulkier than it really is, The plastic that is made of does not feel cheap, however it does not look impact or scratch resistant either. The Acer Liquid A1 has a glossy finish attracting fingerprints all the time. All the keys are touch-sensitive on the front end.
The Acer Liquid A1 comes set with 3.5mm jack also, miniUSB oddly instead of the microUSB slot used for connecting to the computer and charging. A light indicator for unread messages, missed calls and battery charge status appear cool, however are, impractically, located at the top end.
Software and Functionality:
The Acer Liquid A1 is preloaded with a few applications that are not, developed via Acer. You have Documents like Microsoft Office files, Calendar RoadSync, and Mail to synchronize the handset to the Microsoft Exchange servers and urFooz, which helps to make up your personal avatar this, could be, used for various websites. a program that’s called Spinlets it allows for online listening to music looking at pictures of bands or artists.
nemoPlayer this is the default application used for all multimedia files pictures video tracks and audio. The Acer Liquid A1 comes with a built-in GPS, however comes only with Google Maps. The manufacturer added automated software up date making sure your device is always up-to-date.
Internet browser is pretty much a standard application, which comes set with Android it,’s good. Sadly, navigation is a bit sluggish.
Camera:
It is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera and auto focus, and without flash. The camera is sluggish it needs 3-4 seconds to focus correctly then 4-5 seconds for saving your picture you just took.
The images lack good details colors are somewhat thin. Sadly, without a flash the snapshots are bad in low light conditions.
The Acer Liquid A1 capture videos on VGA resolution at 20 frames a second. The general quality is fine, but its sound is very mediocre.
Multimedia:
The phone comes equipped with a cool multimedia player also 3.5mm jack. Once you use a proper set of headphones, it offers a sharp sound you cannot stand if the volume is anywhere to the mid setting even higher.
One video format you able to watch videos on, without any problems, is MPEG4 with resolution1, 280×720 pixels the quality is good. Unfortunately, the MPEG4/H.264 files only played, at a low-resolution 320×480 pixels and without sound. Xvid and DivX file is not, supported.
Performance:
Without a surprise, the Acer Liquid A1 works very smoothly without any lagging and hang-ups even with numerous applications active – the 768MHz Snapdragon processors are surely powerful, plus, the handset comes equipped with plenty memory – 256MB RAM. The incoming-call quality is good – voices sound loud and perspicuous. The battery on the Acer Liquid A1 must provide about 5hrs continuous talks and operational another 400hrs. Regrettably, once the Wi-Fi stays switched on continuously, or surf Web all the time and call for 20 minutes a day, it will not last through a whole day.
Conclusion:
The Liquid A1 is equipped with a capable hardware, which, unfortunately, it does not have a back up through a sophisticated interface personalization, yet the Android seems to be much more user-friendly.
We rate your Acer Liquid A1 up to par with other handsets in the same bracket its clearly superior with terms of software. Nevertheless, if you looking for an outstanding smart phone look no further than the Acer Liquid A1. an excellent choice where you don’t have to burn a hole in your pocket for one, since the retail price is quite low, making it an affordable handset t obtain and own
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Pros
* Truly snappy
* Suitable pre-installed software
* High incoming-call quality
Cons
* has mediocre personalization
* Almost unusable combination of social networks
* Headset of Low quality (boxed)
* Software becomes unstable sometimes
