With CES 2016 quickly ramping up ahead of Wednesday’s official opening, NVIDIA is hitting the ground running. While the company will be holding their traditional CES press conference this evening – with a focus this year on self-driving ca…
With CES 2016 quickly ramping up ahead of Wednesday’s official opening, NVIDIA is hitting the ground running. While the company will be holding their traditional CES press conference this evening – with a focus this year on self-driving ca…
For much of the last month we have been discussing bits and pieces of AMD’s GPU plans for 2016. As part of the Radeon Technology Group’s formation last year, the leader and chief architect of the group, Raja Koduri, has set about to make h…
Today, Acer is announcing the Liquid Jade Primo smartphone. This device is supposed to be their flagship smartphone running Windows 10 Mobile. This means the latest SoC, Snapdragon 808, a 5.5” FHD AMOLED display, a 21MP f/2.2 rear camera, 8MP front-facing camera, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, and 802.11ac MIMO WiFi. In order to better support Continuum, the Liquid Jade Primo also supports USB-C and can connect an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse for enhanced productivity.
Acer indicates that the antennas are integrated into the back cover with laser direct structuring, which is an industry standard method for placing antennas in a back cover. The display is also said to have on-cell touch, which is standard for all SAMOLED displays. The Liquid Jade Primo also has some cooling system without much detail in the press release, but it wouldn’t be a big surprise to discover either the use of heat pipes and/or thermal paste to help disperse heat.
Pricing for the Liquid Jade Primo is currently unknown, but the specs are fairly high end so it’ll be interesting to see if Acer will try to undercut the Lumia 950 and 950 XL on price.
In addition to launching a brand new Windows Mobile 10 device, Acer has launched a new Android tablet in their Iconia line. The new tablet is called the Acer Iconia One 8, and with a price of $99 it’s clearly targeting the budget segment of the tablet market.
As of right now, the specifications for the Iconia One 8 are somewhat vague. According to Acer’s press release, it features an 8″ HD IPS display, which most likely refers to a 1280×800 panel. Powering the tablet is an unknown quad core MediaTek SoC paired with 1GB of DDR3L RAM, 16GB of NAND, and a MicroSD card slot. It also comes with a 5MP rear-facing camera and a 2MP front-facing camera.
At launch, the Iconia One 8 will come in both blue and white finishes, and will ship with Android 5.1. At $99, it represents a very inexpensive way to pick up an Android tablet. It’s probably best to wait until some of the specifications such as the SoC are specified in greater detail, but one can make a fairly good guess as to what will be available at this price point.