Acer Liquid A1

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Acer Liquid A1
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Manufacturer Acer Inc.
Availability by regionDecember 2009 (UK)
Successor Acer Liquid E
Dimensions62.5 x 115 x 12.5 millimetres
Mass135 grams (battery included)
Operating system Android 1.6 Donut (Upgradeable to Android 2.1 Eclair)
CPU Qualcomm QSD 8250 (Snapdragon), 768 MHz
Removable storage microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash, SDIO
Battery Li-Po 1350 mAh
Display3.5" TFT LCD, capacitive touchscreen; 480x800 pixels [1]
Rear camera5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus [1]
Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR; Wi-Fi 802.11g, GPS with A-GPS
OtherGoogle turn-by-turn navigation

The Acer Liquid A1 (S100) is a smartphone manufactured by Acer Inc. of Taiwan. It was launched on 7 December 2009 in the UK. [2] The phone is Acer's first to use the Android operating system, backed by Google. [3] It is also the world's first Android phone to use a Snapdragon processor. [4]

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Specifications

Hardware

The Acer Liquid A1 has a 3.5-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display, 768 MHz Scorpion Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor, 256 MB of RAM and 512 MB of internal storage that can be expanded using microSD cards up to 32 GB. The phone has a 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery, 5 MP rear camera with no selfie camera. It is available in Black, White, Red colors. [5]

Software

Acer announced their intention to release an update for the Acer Liquid in the first half of 2010 that would upgrade the Android OS 1.6 version to version 2.1 (Eclair). [6] The update finally came in July 2010. [7]

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References

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