14 DAY TRIAL // The Acer Aspire Switch 10 was launched not so long ago in the form of a tablet/laptop hybrid coming with a 10-inch display.
But recent rumors have shown us that the company is considering bumping up the screen size of the 2-in-1. Thus, the idea of the Acer Aspire Swith 11 or 12 was born.
The machine will compete with the recently unveiled ASUS Transformer Book T200TA which, unlike the Transformer Book T100, comes with a more spacious display.
Until now, we’ve had no info on the specs the new model will bring to the tablet or on whether we’re going to see a more sensible upgrade from the 10-incher, but the mystery has been solved.
The folks at Mobile Geeks have managed to dig up the information, and we’re here to share it with you. The Acer Aspire Switch 12 will become available in two distinct configurations, one base model and a more advanced one.
The lower model (SW5-111) will take advantage of an Intel Atom Z3745 quad-core Bay Trail processor clocked at 1.86GHz fitted with 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage.
But if some customers feel like they need a little bit more in terms of performance, Acer will also be offering the SW5-171 model which arrives with an Intel Core i3-4021Y combined with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.
It seems like the machine is quite similar to the Microsoft Surface Pro 3, but the good thing is, it will be sold for a lot less.
Apart from that, the two Aspire Switch 12 models will share the same 11.6-inch display and will boast 1366 x 768 pixel resolution.
This aspect is quite disappointing, as we were hoping to see Acer bump things up at least to FHD (1920 x 1200 pixels), but the company probably decided to keep it like that in order to salvage things in the pricing department.
Another nice touch could have been the addition of an active digitizer, but it will not be the case. Anyway, suppose you would really like your Acer tablet/laptop hybrid to have better resolution, it's doable.
A while back, we told you the Aspire Switch 10 SW5-012 model had surfaced on the company’s official Dutch website. This new version offered 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution and ran Windows 8.1 with Bing out of the box. So you are never out of options when it comes to Acer hybrids.
Going back to the Aspire Switch 12, we don’t know when the two products will arrive on the market or for how much they will be sold, but we'll update you when the info becomes available.
