The Acer Iconia A1-830 Wi-Fi tablet which has hit India through Flipkart for a price of Rs 11299, is a slick piece of work mainly because of one element. If you haven’t spotted it yet, then we’ll point out that its design bears a faithful resemblance to the iPad mini.
Acer liked the look of the Apple device so much, it decided to make a version of it running Google’s mobile OS, we guess. The Iconia A1-830 is undoubtedly a good option for all those of you who’ve been craving for some Android action on an iPad mini duplicate.
This page on Flipkart shows the iPad mini 16GB Wi-Fi selling at Rs 17900 upfront and for approximately Rs 13900 if you trade in your old smartphone, tablet or laptop. From that point of view, there’s nothing but your love for Android stopping you from choosing the iOS tablet over the Iconia A1-830 Wi-Fi tablet variant priced at Rs 11299.
Acer Iconia A1-830 Wi-Fi specs at a glance:
– Dual core 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2560 chip
– 7.9-inch 1024 x 768p LCD touchscreen
– Android Jelly Bean v4.2 OS
– 5MP main camera, 2MP webcam
– 1GB of RAM, 16GB ROM
– 32GB microSD card support
– Wi-Fi connectivity, no voice calling
– 4000mAh battery, 7.5 hours average use
– 138.4mm x 203mm x 8.15mm
– 375gm
PCMag’s review of the Acer tablet sums it up as an affordable device sculpted in aluminum to give it a premium feel. But they found the performance to be mediocre, with the weak battery life and somewhat low resolution display doing it no favors. Although it runs on Jelly Bean 4.2, the software is upgradeable to KitKat 4.4.
Also see: Acer Iconia A1-713 with 3G and voice calling support unveiled at Rs 12999
Here’s the Flipkart link to the Acer Iconia A1-830 Wi-Fi product page from where you can click to buy it.
