The sequel to Acer's high-end smartphone

Mar 4, 2015 03:11 GMT  ·  By

Among the many smartphones Acer showcases this year at Mobile World Congress 2015 trade fair, the company announced its high-end Android smartphone, the Liquid Jade Z.

The sequel to the Liquid Jade comes with slightly better specs and one daring tagline: “lightest 5-inch LTE smartphone.” Having said that, let's now see what the smartphone really has to offer in terms of hardware.

First of all, the Liquid Jade Z comes with a 5-inch IPS HD (720p) resolution that features Corning Gorilla Glass 3 coating and Zero Air Gap technology, which is supposed to reduce unwanted reflections.

It also embeds a special Read Mode feature that should protect users' eyes by eliminating the blue-light emissions from the image processing engine.

Acer Liquid Jade Z is powered by a MediaTek 64-bit quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz and 2GB of RAM. No word on amount of internal memory or microSD card slot.

Coming to selected territories later this month

However, we do know the smartphone boasts a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus, LED flash and full HD (1080p) video recording. There's also a 5-megapixel camera in the front for video calls and selfies.

Several other exclusive enhancements for the camera have been highlighted by Acer, such as F1.8 aperture allowing 20% more light to reach the sensor, Bright Magic Selfie and Surround light, as well as exposure control with one finger.

Connectivity-wise, Liquid Jade Z offers LTE Cat.4 support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB and GPS with AGPS support. The smartphone also features 24-bit high-res audio through HD speakers and DTS Studio Sound.

And because Acer says the Liquid Z is the lightest 5-inch LTE smartphone, then you should know the smartphone is only 7.9mm thin. It also weighs 110g (battery included).

Acer Liquid Jade Z will be available in the coming weeks in selected countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Potential customers should know the smartphone will be available for only €199 (£144) outright.

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