Acer announces more new smartphones at Computex

At the ongoing Computex 2014 in Taipei, China, Acer announced five new smartphones, an 8-inch tablet, and its first-ever wearable accessory. We have already told you about the Acer Liquid Jade smartphone with the Acer Liquid Leap wearable. We have also told you about the Acer Iconia Tab 8 premium Android tablet. So lets take a look at some of the other interesting announcements, which include an entry-level smartphone with DTS Audio and a triple-SIM smartphone for the extra-communicative among you. Lets take a closer look at these devices

Acer Liquid Z200

The Acer Liquid Z200 is meant for users on a budget, looking for an entry level device with option dual SIM capabilities. Its specs include a 4 inch WVGA (480x800) display, a 2 megapixel rear camera, a 1300mAh battery and a 1.0GHz dual-core MediaTek processor with 512MB of RAM. 

Acer has also included DTS Studio Sound™ (previously available only in Acer’s mainstream series smartphones), four user interface profiles (youngsters, seniors, first-time smartphone users, feature-phone switchers), and three camera modes (auto-smile, continuous, panorama). The good news for users is that the handset runs Android 4.4 KitKat, while means MediaTek has finally updated its Android support from Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

Acer Liquid X1

The Acer Liquid X1 features a 5.7 inch touch display, quad-core graphics and a octa-core processor with 2GB of RAM. You get a 13 megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, 0.3-second autofocus, and some interesting camera features such as Bright Magic (for brightening up low-light photographs), Free Focus (the phone does all the focusing work on its own), and Motion Tracking (for capturing moving objects). In addition,

Acer has also included a feature called Zoom Fit - a mode that adjusts the interface to 4-inch display proportions for easy one-hand usage; AcerRAPID for quickly accessing camera, calls, and apps; and AcerFLOAT for multi-tasking with app windows that stay open.

Acer Liquid 600

The Acer Liquid 600 features a 5 inch IPS display with a 854 by 480 pixel resolution, 4GB of internal storage which can be expanded through microSD, an 8 megapixel rear camera, a 2 megapixel front camera, Cat-4 LTE connectivity, a 2500 mAh battery

The device includes Acer's own Android apps and tweaks such as AcerFLOAT™ UI, Acer Music, Photo, Acer Docs, Acer Data Traffic Manager, Acer Float Caller, AcerFLOAT Maps / Notes / Camera / Calculator, AcerFLOAT Text / Stopwatch / Browser, Acer LiveScreen, Acer Quick Mode, AcerRAPID. Is it just us, or does Acer feel like you shouldn't be using Google's apps?

Acer Liquid 700

The Acer Liquid 700 features a 5 inch 720p HD IPS display, 4GB of internal storage which can be expanded through microSD, an 8 megapixel rear camera, a 2 megapixel front camera, and a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor with 1GB of RAM. You also get three SIM slots and a generous 3500 mAh battery to manage the talking and texting you will be doing on three separate networks.

The device includes Acer's own Android apps and tweaks such as AcerFLOAT™ UI, Acer Music, Photo, Acer Docs, Acer Data Traffic Manager, Acer Float Caller, AcerFLOAT Maps / Notes / Camera / Calculator, AcerFLOAT Text / Stopwatch / Browser, Acer LiveScreen, Acer Quick Mode, AcerRAPID. Is it just us, or does Acer feel like you shouldn't be using Google's apps?