Acer Iconia One 10 (2017)

By Sean Cameron

Though high-end Android tablet options have all but died off, at the budget end there is still a niche for svelte slates.

Enter Acer, one of the most enthusiastic manufacturers of these cut-price options, with its Iconia One 10 (2017).

It has a 10.1-inch 1,200 x 1,920 screen, front-firing speakers and a £180 price tag (around $230/AU$290 but with no word on a US or Australian release) attached – but is this enough to ensure a place in your living room set-up?

A media mogul

• 10.1-inch 1,200 x 1,920 screen
• Two loud front-firing speakers
• 5GHz Wi-Fi for fast data speeds

The key feature of any tablet looking to succeed in a big way is its screen. While people may use smartphones in various different ways and settings, tablets are primarily used on couches – they must succeed in this one scenario.

Luckily, the screen on the Acer Iconia One 10 is big and sharp, measuring 10.1 inches across and with a resolution of 1,200 x 1,920 – which amounts to 222 pixels per inch. It’s an IPS panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio, and as such is almost perfect for widescreen viewing.

The screen is an LCD, rather than the punchier AMOLED variants, but that is to be …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac