15
Jun
2009
Acer F1, fast and efficient smartphone
Excitement’s been building about the Acer F1 since first sightings of the sleek, ultra thin handset at the Mobile World Congress in February. Back then though that’s all there was to see: a dormant shell that, while good to look at, told us nothing about what the phone was capable of. Now Acer’s turned on the juice and has been showing off just what we can expect when the Acer F1 is launched this September. It looks like it’s going to be something special.
It’s a Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon is an energy-efficient 32 bit processor, the main benefit of which is longer battery life. This means that those of you who like to be always-on won’t have to worry about your battery running out every five minutes. So no need to be worried about always having a charger close at hand. Snapdragon also helps video, GPS, 3G, and Bluetooth all run smoother than ever before. Transitions and animations flow beautifully and swapping between applications is seamless – just take a look at the video’s below if you don’t believe us.
Other features of the F1 (only a codename, so keep your eyes peeled for any name-change in the coming weeks) include:
- A stunning 3.8 inch TFT touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels
- HSDPA 7.2Mbps
- GPS
- Wi-Fi
- 3.5mm headset jack
- FM radio
- 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash
There’s also a more in-depth Acer F1 review here.
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