The look of titanium Stream contrasts with the plastic aspect of Liquid. Acer seems inspired by HTC devices … The back of the Acer Stream is coated with a plastic soup of the most beautiful effect. Even turned off, this smartphone has an elegance uncommon in other Asian mobile manufacturer. Its dimensions are slightly more massive than iPhone 4.
This first impression is confirmed by turning the Acer Stream. The gorgeous 3.7-inch AMOLED (more than 5mm iPhone 4) displays millions of colors with high resolution of 480 x 800 pixels.
The consultation web pages (in 3G or WiFi) is very comfortable. With the penultimate version of the Google mobile OS (2.1 Flash aka Android), this text provides better ergonomics for the user, without showing slowdowns thanks to SnapDragon processor, pulsing to 1 GHz and supported by 512 MB RAM.
With these specific high-end (see our benchmark what is the most powerful Google Phone), the Acer Stream could benefit from Android 3.0 …
Moreover, the resemblance to a HTC Desire with the same processor and screen diagonal is not accidental … The Stream is characterized by its price and large internal memory of 2GB. The user will be able to extend it with a MicroSD memory card but it will unfortunately remove the battery …
This last seemed a priori 1400mh light for a smartphone, but this Acer is still three days in moderate use. To recharge, simply plug the microUSB cable to a power outlet or a USB port of PC.
Acer Stream: HDMI and Multimedia
Beside the microUSB connector, found another outlet. It is a micro-HDMI (1.4). With a 5 megapixel sensor, the Acer Stream is indeed capable of recording videos in high definition pretty 720p (1280×720 pixels, 24 frames / s). (See facing photo / video: Samsung S Galaxy VS iPhone 4)
We regret in particular the absence of a flash …
If the transmission HDMI, viewing on a flat screen causes no loss of audio or video there is sometimes a few jerks. The video player (Nemo), however, is very complete and supports codecs MP4/Xvid/WMV/H.264/H.263 720p.Une HD video compatibility which approximates the benchmark in this field, the Samsung Galaxy S.
Dolby Mobile technology introduced in this mobile offers a striking aural relief, as long as it puts on her headphones. You can also put your headphones on his jack 3.5 mm for FM radio.
To serve the purpose multimedia device, facing the talented Galaxy S Samsung or Apple iPhone 4, Acer has slipped three physical buttons at the bottom of the screen for video playback. Apart from these buttons and the host, the other buttons are tactile and the slab supports capacitive multitouch. At launch, the Acer Stream is distributed exclusively to Virgin Mobile.
Acer Stream is a good phone and a smartphone talent for multimedia, which will give shade to the Galaxy Samsung and Apple iPhone 4 S, sold a lot more for almost the same benefits.
Plus : Screen Resolution AMOLED, responsiveness of the mobile, self-correct, HD video capture, micro-HDMI video performance, sound quality
Less : Sensor worse than its main competitors, no flash, few jerks on a TV via HDMI, memory slot under the battery
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