Review: Acer Liquid E
updated 05:40 pm EDT, Sun June 20, 2010
Acer 50-dollar Android phone reviewed
Acer is still very much a newcomer to the smartphone arena, but it has been quickly gaining the same reputation it has with computers: cheap but powerful devices for those who like the speed but not the usual price tag. The Liquid E is perhaps the most tempting example: Android 2.1 plus a Snapdragon chip in one of the cheapest contract smartphones should be a promise of success. We'll learn in our Liquid E review if it proves to be a potent cocktail for challenging rivals or if it's sacrificing too much to reach its goals.
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The Android smartphone race to the bottom is
starting to hit stride. It was inevitable. A free OS on a really cheap smartphone. This is the third-world dream phone. The poorest people in the poorest countries will be able to walk around with an Android smartphone in their pockets. Hopefully, those users will be able to get affordable carrier rates to go along with their bargain basement smartphones. I'm not sure where these manufacturers are going to cut corners to produce such a cheap smartphone, but it'll likely be all plastic with the cheapest components money can buy. I only hope they're not going to call this c*** a threat to the iPhone. One thing for sure, Google will be sitting pretty with 70 or 80 million of these "bargain phones" to deliver ads to. The clientele won't be rich, but they'll sure be plentiful. There'll be no stopping the tremendous Android growth numbers with smartphones like these on the rise.