Other BrandsAcer Liquid C1 price and release date declared, driven by Intel Atom Lexington

Acer Liquid C1 price and release date declared, driven by Intel Atom Lexington

The Acer Liquid C1 price and release date have hit the surface and the handset is expected to take its first peek out of the box during the Mobile Expo in Thailand. Seemingly, the company is quite eager to point out that this will be first smartphone in the nation to be fitted with an Atom processor Z2420.

Speaking of which, the Intel CPU (codenamed Lexington) that has been placed within the Liquid C1, runs at a clock speed of 1.2GHz and utilizes the Hyper Threading Technology. This is said to use the processor’s resources more efficiently by permitting each core to run more tasks than one at the same time.

Acer Liquid C1

A 4.3-inch touchscreen display rests within that device’s dimensions of 127.3mm x 65.5mm x 9.95mm. The screen employs IPS technology to facilitate wider viewing angles and spews visuals in qHD resolution. The handset settles for a helping of Android Ice Cream Sandwich and it could compete with gadgets such as the Huawei Ascend G600 and G330.

With respect to camera, an 8MP snapper finds its way onto the flip side and bags in auto focus and an LED flash. Users should find the integrated VGA front-facing webcam and a microphone sufficient for carrying out video conferencing. Apart from 4GB of internal storage, the OEM moreover proffers memory expandability of up to 32GB via a microSD card.

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The 140g device hides a 2,000mAh battery which keeps it up and running, though the exact activity time derivable hasn’t been revealed yet. Users will naturally spot connectivity features such as Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n for browsing the Internet, Bluetooth 2.1 for wireless sharing and GPS for turn-by-turn navigation.

Buyers in Thailand will be able to pick up the Acer Liquid C1 bundled with special promotions from February 7 to 11, 2013, following which it will most likely be made available in retail outlets across other Asia-Pacific regions, though the release date might vary depending on the area. It will be seen bearing a price tag of THB 9,990 which translates to approximately $335.

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Let’s steal a quick peek at the smartphone’s technical specifications:

1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor
4.3-inch IPS touchscreen display
540 x 960 pixel resolution
Android 4.0 OS
8MP main camera with auto focus and LED flash
VGA front-facing webcam
4GB internal memory, expandable up to 32GB
2,000mAh battery
127.3mm x 65.5mm x 9.95mm in dimensions
140g weight

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