Hands-on review: Acer Liquid Zest Plus

Hands-on review: Acer Liquid Zest Plus

By Hugh Langley

Hands-on review: Acer Liquid Zest Plus

Three days. That’s how long Acer claims its new Liquid Zest Plus smartphone can last you, although realistically, you’re probably looking at closer to two with normal usage. Nonetheless, by 2016’s standards, it’s not something to turn your nose up at.

To make the magic happen, Acer has placed inside a 5,000mAh battery. For context, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge packs in a 3,600 mAh battery. Acer’s phone also has the benefit of quick charging, the result of which should require a lot less time juicing up.

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The phone itself is nice; nothing incredibly beautiful, but it shows that Acer is giving more love to design than before. It’s a mid-tier phone in 2016, one that stocks a decent looking 5.5-inch IPS screen, 2GB of RAM and Android 6.0 Marshmallow onboard.

Acer also talked a lot about the 13-megapixel camera, which it’s particularly proud of. The camera uses a holy tech trinity of laser focus, face detection and contract detection autofocus to spruce up photos.

I found the contrast detection to be the most notable effect, and overall it’s a good camera, although I’d need to take it off the show floor to see how well it really …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Phones

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