The sub-£250 finish off of the smartphone sell is a like a bulky apple pie so as to each manufacturer wants a slice of. But you can simply carve so as to pie up so many ways.
The Motorola Moto G has been the mode on the whole materialistically consumed designed for a while but nearby are forkfuls of extra handsets spilling into this group and by the side of an ever-faster rate. Acer's most up-to-date introduction, the Liquid bottle green, has particular serious budding.
It is by far Acer's top looking smartphone to appointment, but does it offer sufficient to rap the custard given away of the Moto G? We've been living with the Acer Liquid bottle green designed for a pair of weeks to attain given away.
Slim & light design
The Acer Liquid bottle green is a less important and additional convenient handset than the Liquid Z5 so as to we reviewed earlier on modish the time. It has a footprint of 140.5 x 69mm and it weighs barely 110g, delivering a lovely small fry device so as to delivers a 5-inch spectacle lacking feeling too bulky to conduct.
It is wonderfully slim by the side of barely 7.5mm and although so as to is a miniature fatter than the likes of the (far pricier) iPhone 6, the way Acer has designed its phone makes it look slimmer than its concrete measurement. Nearby is a curved gloss-finished rear so as to skin texture the Acer logo modish silver modish the hub and it is a firm delight to handhold.
The Liquid bottle green fits beautifully modish the hired hand and the faux gunmetal embellish gives it a premium look from far-off, but up close it is very much a plastic handset and it feels a miniature on the low-cost feature.
A dual-SIM tray sits flush with the verge of the device, at the same time as does the volume rocker on the opposite feature, both of which are tucked away neatly to bestow a fuss-free end, except for designed for a slight raised bump.
The power button is by the side of the top, which we found a miniature tough to spread by the side of time and feel it would tolerate been better situated by the side of the feature - but it's something you pick up used to. The earphone jack plus sits by the side of the top of the device, on the opposite feature to the power button, while the micro USB charging docks is placed on the floor, but unusually to the appropriately feature more willingly than centralised.
A unimportant circular depressed lecturer can befall found by the side of the top of the handset, finished modish the same gunmetal material at the same time as the embellish around the verge, while a superior protruding circular lecturer is placed on the rear by the side of the floor. The sound is pretty run of the mill and it's not at the same time as loud at the same time as we would tolerate liked by the side of comprehensive volume. However, it is take home and the DTS HD Premium Sound be included capital you can adjust the treble and low to suit your preferences.
By the side of the rear of the device is a protruding camera lens, which is the single most important design element of the Liquid bottle green we aren't convinced going on for. Protruding camera lenses seems to befall a smartphone factor designed for 2014, but we'd more willingly it wasn't. On the bottle green it's too bulky and draws a group of attention, which we didn't feel fitted with the place of the otherwise delicate design.
The glossy end on the rear is plus a bulky fan of fingerprints. It collected them like they were up for grabs given away of vogue and we found ourselves constantly pulling a jumper casing down to wipe it clean.
Overall, however, the Liquid bottle green is a well-behaved looking device so as to is slim and light. It might not offer the wow feature modish the design area, but you wouldn't befall ashamed of it either and despite it's plasticky feel, it's tough to attain fault.
Decent spectacle
The Liquid bottle green comes with a 5-inch IPS LCD spectacle, which although is kind and bulky, it's plus single of the areas so as to Acer has chosen to scratch a corner with. The spectacle offers a 1280 x 720 pixel outcome, delivering a pixel density of 294ppi, putting it modish the Moto G 2014's territory. It's nix flagship spectacle, barely at the same time as the newest Moto G's isn't, and while it isn't the sharpest modish its style it still provides an ample sufficient offering.
Viewing angles are ok and the colours kind and glowing - but the whites on the Liquid bottle green aren't quite at the same time as clean pallid at the same time as we wanted, which is simply really noticeable as soon as sat after that to a device with cleaner whites.
As soon as we deposit the Liquid bottle green after that to the iPhone 6 on our desk, the difference was very obvious. Granted the iPhone 6 is three time the cost, but it would tolerate been kind to get a miniature additional from the Acer at this point.
Watching movies and on stage games on the 5-inch screen is a benefit by the side of this climb over, plus the slim bezel around the screen's verge looks important. The capacitive on-screen buttons prepare devour into the spectacle, however, taking given away barely under a centimetre of the spectacle. That's a small piece of a indignity known nearby seems to befall a group of further bezel over and beneath the screen so as to possibly will tolerate perhaps served a better point.
It's well-behaved to get any more reasonable smartphone with a bulky spectacle but a goad modish outcome before overall quality possibly will tolerate helped the Liquid bottle green place given away from the crowd. Both Sony and Motorola offer 1280 x 720 displays on their cheaper mid-range handsets - the Acer is £79 additional than the Moto G 2014, which is questionable.
Hardware and performance
Under the lid of the Liquid bottle green has a pretty run of the mill 1.3GHz quad-core Mediatek MT6582 chipset supported by 1GB of RAM, which is additional than the Liquid Z5 had on board and additional modish line with the Moto G 2014 mode, but we found the Acer to befall a miniature sluggish modish spaces.
It handled everyday tasks well sufficient and if you aren't decrease from a flagship device at that time the Liquid Jade's performance spirit befall ample.
However, all through difficult we noticed slight pauses modish particular instances, especially as soon as loading images, and decisive the bottle green to prepare something wouldn't continuously upshot modish immediate war. The pauses weren't extensive hangs but evident nonetheless - and formerly we noticed it, we found it tiring to ignore.
As soon as switching linking tasks we again veteran a miniature small piece of lag, primarily as soon as we went through the up to date apps button to launch any more game before service. The button took greater than a moment to respond, designed for exemplar, which particular can not befall fussed going on for - but if you are used to a fast phone, at that time you might attain this a miniature frustrating.
The Liquid bottle green comes with 8GB of home luggage compartment, which is expandable via the microSD docks, although if you are using the dual-SIM function at that time the moment tray is given away of war. You either tolerate the luggage compartment and single SIM, before you tolerate two SIM cards on the spread and employment the phone's luggage compartment remembrance single-handedly. Dual-SIM is convenient designed for merging a small business and separate delicate digit - a be included so as to lacks modish many UK handsets and has been well executed at this point.
Run of the mill battery
A 2100mAh battery powers the 5-inch Liquid bottle green and while it spirit pick up you through a casual day's employment by the side of a goad, you spirit often struggle to pick up so as to kind of longevity. If you employment your phone a group like we prepare at that time there's barely not sufficient aptitude to keep things ticking greater than. The Acer's battery life isn't at the same time as impressive at the same time as the Moto G.
Nearby is a CPU power saving mode which limits highest CPU performance to multiply battery life and keep the warmth of the Liquid bottle green worse. Acer goes single step more as soon as it comes to battery saving with a out-and-out Power Save app, importance negligible employment possibly will get the phone live through designed for a pair of days - and it's these light-use users who spirit befall top suited to this Acer.
The app allows you to opt top Mode anywhere the device spirit preserve straightforward functions such at the same time as calls and messages, before you can exclusive My Mode whereby you can exclusive could you repeat that? You care for to keep running and could you repeat that? You're exultant designed for the phone to close up inedible to conserve battery.
My Mode enables you to series the spectacle brightness and be dead to the world timeout, at the same time as well at the same time as opt whether you disable GPS, WLAN, Bluetooth and cellular phone data before functions like the LED notification light. It's a manageable be included at the same time as it gives you additional control and is important designed for individuals who still care for to receive WhatsApp messages on the end train at your house but are exultant designed for Bluetooth to befall close up inedible.
Verdict
The Acer Liquid bottle green is the top looking smartphone to occur from the company so far. The design is small fry and slim, while offering a spectacle so as to might not sport the highest of resolutions, but by the side of its big 5-inch climb over so as to makes light do of cartridge playback and the like.
Its 13-megapixel camera is single of its better skin texture, with a out-and-out app so as to offers additional skin texture than pigs machine. Even lacking fiddling with the settings you'll pick up a decent shot with simplicity. The Acer Float interface is plus a valuable addition designed for multi-tasking.
But barely as the bottle green shows advance from Acer doesn't mean it succeeds modish making the scratch. It's not so as to tempting slice of pie barely yet. A group of which comes down to cost peninsula. By the side of £79 additional expensive than the Moto G 2014 and even £49 additional than the Asus Zenfone, by the side of this mid-level peninsula each grind counts.
Our other biggest complaint is so as to the Liquid bottle green feels sluggish to employment. We know it's not a flagship device by the side of this cost peninsula, but we would tolerate liked it to befall a miniature closer and switch tasks a miniature better like the cheaper Moto G does.
Overall the Acer Liquid bottle green has its strengths and lackings, making it a functional but not fantastic handset designed for the cost. With particular stiff competition modish cheaper guises it's really the cost so as to holds the Liquid bottle green back from being the tastiest extra talk of modish the mid-range section.
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