At the recent Computex trade show Acer announced a number of new Android smartphones. The announcement included company’s new flagship model called Stream, and a number of inexpensive phones. There was not much information available about these new models, but yesterday Acer sent out an official press release about the new products. Let’s look at them.

Acer E120

If you look at the characteristics of this phone you will see that this is an average low-cost Android smartphone. It is better than the Acer E110, but simpler than the Liquid and especially Stream.

• Operating System: Android 1.6 (Donut)
• Networks: GSM / EDGE, UMTS / HSDPA
• Processor: ST Ericsson PNX6715, 416 MHz
• RAM: 256 MB
• Memory for program storage: 512 MB + microSD card
• Interfaces: Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, micro-USB. 3,5 mm headphone jack
• Screen: Resistive TFT, 2.8″ with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels (QVGA)
• Camera: 3 megapixel
• Navigation: GPS with A-GPS support
• Additional: FM-radio, G-sensor
• Battery: Li-Ion 1500 mAh
• Dimensions: 104,5 x 54 x 13,2 mm
• Weight: 105 grams

E130

Also an inexpensive smartphone. It is build in blackberry-style with a full-size QWERTY-keyboard below the screen.

• Operating System: Android 1.6 (Donut)
• Networks: GSM / EDGE, UMTS / HSDPA
• Processor: ST Ericsson PNX6715, 416 MHz
• RAM: 256 MB
• Memory for program storage: 512 MB + microSD card
• Interfaces: Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, micro-USB. 3,5 mm headphone jack
• Screen: Resistive TFT, 2.6″ with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels (QVGA)
• Camera: 3.2 MP
• Navigation: GPS with A-GPS support
• Additional: FM-radio, G-sensor
• Battery: Li-Ion 1500 mAh
• Dimensions: 115 x 62,5 x 11,5 mm
• Weight: 109 grams

Both devices look quite boring to me. It is rumored that there will be two colors available – black and white, but it will probably not be enough to make them more appealing. I believe that price will be the main factor that can affect the popularity of these devices. This definitely applies to E130, as there are not many Android phones in this form-factor on the market, except for unusual devices like Motorola FlipOut.

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