4.3″ may be the default size for a high-end smartphone these days, but Acer looks to push that standard and challenge the very word “phone” with their Iconia Smart smartphone. To start, the Iconia Smart makes use of a larger (and longer) than life 4.8″ display running at 1024 x 480 resolution. For those not able to do the math themselves, that translates to a 21:9 screen — on a phone. Such display sizes are few and far between in the smartphone world. Truth be told, they haven’t proved to be all that popular yet. Acer hopes customers will think otherwise, however.
Other features of the Iconia Smart include a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8255-1 processor, 512MB of RAM w/ 8GB of ROM, 8-megapixel camera with 720p video capture + 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat, aGPS and GNSS (Russian GPS technology) and Andorid 2.3 skinned with Acer’s own Acer UI version number 4.2.
The feature list is worthy of attention which is more easily evident by actual pictures of the device. As for upgrades to future version of Android, Acer wasn’t quite as forthcoming meaning it could be dead at Android 2.4, or it could all the way to 3.x and beyond.
Is 4.8″ and 21:9 too much for the pocket?
Via: Unwired View
