The Taiwanese Company,
Acer revealed three new smartphones in the MWC 2015. The three new smartphones
will add up to the Liquid series of Acer’s existing phone line. The new phones
that were announced are Liquid Z220 Liquid Jade Z and Liquid Z520.
The company announced that
the Liquid Jade Z will be available very soon from March at a price tag of 13,750
INR (EUR 199). This will be followed by the availability of Acer Liquid Z220
which will also be in the market by March and will hold a price tag of 6,150
INR (EUR 89). The other phone i.e. the Acer Liquid Z520 will hit the markets in
the month of April and it will be sold at a price of 7,500 INR (EUR 109).
Coming to the
specifications of the phones, the Acer Liquid Jade Z will feature a 5-inch 720
x 1280pixels HD IPS OGS display which will be protected by Corning Gorilla
Glass 3. Acer claims that the phone is equipped with a Zero Air Gap Technology
that will reduce the unwanted reflections. Coming to the processor embedded in
the phone, it is a Media-Tek 64-bit quad-core processor that is supported by a
1GB RAM. The memory installed in the phone is 8GB and that can be extended by
micro-SD card but up to how much, it’s unknown. The Liquid Jade Z also has a
Read Mode feature that will take out the blue-light emissions from the image
processing engine to reduce strain on eyes. Apart from that it also supports
DTS Studio Sound and 24-bit High resolution audio quality. The phone will come
pre-loaded with Android Kitkat which will receive the Lollipop update later.
Liquid Jade Z will incorporate a 13MP camera with flash and Autofocus whereas
the on the front it will feature a 5MP camera.
Acer
Liquid Jade Z Specs:
Model
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Acer Liquid Jade Z
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Display
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5-inch HD IPS OGS screen (1280x720p)
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Processor
|
64bit MediaTek
Processor
|
GPU
|
-
|
OS
|
Android Kitkat
|
RAM
|
1GB
|
Storage
|
8GB-expandable
|
Camera
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Primary: 13MP; Secondary: 5MP
|
Battery
|
2300 mAh
|
Weight
|
110 gms
|
Price
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Rs. 13,750/-
|
The other two phones fall under
the budget phones category with features being similar to the budget phones
available in the market. The Liquid Z220 and Z520 features a new design that is
inspired by Thai Silk with silver pyramid mid-frame
The Liquid Z220 will
feature a 4-inch 480x800 pixels WVGA display. The processor is a good one with
that of Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 that is clocked at a speed of 1.2 GHz
which is backed up by 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage. On the camera specs,
the Z220 features a 5MP camera at the back with 89 degree wide view angle and
the front camera is equipped with a 2MP one. And software wise, this will be
the only phone to run on Android Lollipop from the factory itself.
Acer
Liquid Z220 Specs:
Model
|
Acer Liquid Z220
|
Display
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4-inch FWVGA screen (800x480p)
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Processor
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Dual-core Qualcomm
Snapdragon 200 @ 1.2GHz
|
GPU
|
-
|
OS
|
Android Lollipop
|
RAM
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1GB
|
Storage
|
8GB-expandable
|
Camera
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Primary: 5MP; Secondary: 2MP
|
Battery
|
1300 mAh
|
Weight
|
-
|
Price
|
Rs. 6,150/-
|
The Liquid Z520 is
equipped with 854x480 pixels 5-inch FWVGA screen. On the processor side, the
phone bears a Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and clocked at what frequency
is currently unknown. The phone possess 1GB of RAM and 8GB internal memory
which can be expanded by micro-SD card. The phone will feature an 8MP camera
embedded with a voice-activated feature. The front camera is a 2MP shooter
which is quite for the price being offered. On the software side the phone will
run on Android Kitkat which will receive the Lollipop update in the later
stages.
Acer
Liquid Z520 Specs:
Model
|
Acer Liquid Z520
|
Display
|
5-inch FWVGA screen (854x480p)
|
Processor
|
Quad-core Qualcomm
Snapdragon 400 (1.2 GHz)
|
GPU
|
-
|
OS
|
Android Kitkat
|
RAM
|
1GB
|
Storage
|
8GB-expandable
|
Camera
|
Primary: 8MP; Secondary: 2MP
|
Battery
|
2000 mAh
|
Weight
|
110 gms
|
Price
|
Rs. 7,500/-
|
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The Liquid Z220 and Liquid
Z520 are available in black as well as White colors. All these phones are quite
good for the price being available. Thus, with these phones we will have more
options when we have to for budget smartphones. These two phones should be
consideration when buying a new budget smartphone. Stay tuned to us for updates
from the MWC 2015.