Large Touchscreen Smartphone Acer E130 – QWERTY
If you are even slightly interested in Android smartphone, you probably know that the vast majority of devices are made in the form – factor candy bar with a large touch screen, and there are only a few models with high-grade mechanical QWERTY – keyboard while mostly lateral sliders (HTC Diser Z and LG GT-640). But the Acer has decided to depart from the general “rules” and has developed a smart phone with full keyboard and touch screen while the device has the same form factor candy bar.
Specifications Acer E130 :
Processor – ST Ericsson PNX6715, a clock frequency of 416 MHz;
Memory – RAM 256 MB, ROM 512MB + memory card slot microSD;
Display – Resistive TFT 2,6 “320×240 pixels;
Interface – Wi-Fi, jack microUSB (USB 2.0), Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (A2DP), 3.5 mm headset jack;
Camera – 3 megapixel fixed-focus;
Navigation – GPS with support for A-GPS;
Battery – removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh;
Dimensions – 115 x 62,5 x 11,5 mm;
Weight – 109 grams.
Design
On what looks like the phone? Perhaps to find analogues among other Android – smartphones. Landscape with a full-featured touch screen QWERTY – keyboard, perhaps this is the most accurate description of the device. Dimensions phone is not too great, it easily fits in the palm of your hand, but here they get run just use the second hand. The velocity of a set of messages and the text is quite high. The unit is completely made of plastic, with sufficient quality.
Above the display is a small oval slit behind which earpiece, it is located slightly below the company logo.
Below the display and keyboard unit to be cut with a spoken-in microphone that provides excellent sound quality during conversation, and even in a noisy place you’re talking you will hear quite well.
The ends of the Acer E130 made from the same plastic with a smooth surface, which is very pleasant to the touch. The ends of the ends slightly smoothed and rounded. Of course, it would be better if the surface of the sides was a bit rough, such as that of E400, there would have been uncomfortable with the fact that the phone is a little slip in conversation, but it is not critical, in any case, simply dropping the phone in you are unlikely to succeed.
On the right side of smartphone is a button for volume control, it also is made of plastic, though at first glance it may seem that in the metal. The button protrudes slightly above the body and has a pleasant and mild stroke. From a user point of view it does not raise any problems, even during a conversation is very convenient to adjust the volume, simply by touch.
Just below the volume buttons is a socket for synchronizing and charging with your computer. It does not close any gag that is not always good, because there can get dust and dirt, which may further affect the operation of the port.
On the upper side of the device to be 3.5 mm audio jack and headphones. A number of developers have positioned mounting hole for the lace, if the user wants to wear the device around the neck or to hang a pendant.
The back cover also made of the same material as the rest of the unit as a whole, it also has a glossy surface and deep blacks. At the top, camera is there. Also on the back cover there is another logo of the manufacturer. Left of the “eye” camera to be an external speaker, who used to play music while it is hidden under the protective netting. Note that the speaker is quite loud and quality, even at full power is not there any – any distortion.
Display
Quite difficult to find such a display that would be able to fit on a small device with a fully functional QWERTY – keyboard, but still the developers of Acer has generally been that. The device has a display diagonal of 2.6 inches with a resolution of 240 by 320 pixels (QVGA). The screen is designed for technology TFT, which is of course strongly affect the final image quality, especially in contrast. Display behavior in the sun is quite predictable – it is very faded, but the maximum brightness of this trouble can be somewhat offset, though still the screen is difficult to read.
However, viewing angles are quite good, even with a significant deviation of the picture is not distorted, and the colors do not vary greatly. Acer has been able to squeeze everything out of the TFT technology, and eventually the picture turned out great (as far as possible with this technology).
The display is protected by a thick plastic plate, which protects it from scratches and damage when carrying the device along with the keys. The surface of the display is not easily soiled, and the taps are left traces. Well, plus the mechanical control unit on the face, the sensor is almost never used, everything can be done with the keys. Recall that the E130 is equipped with a resistive sensor, but despite this it is quite responsive and does not suffer from not pressing the correct interpretation, and in addition to this you can use the stylus, which is such a small screen is a big plus.
Keyboard
We reached the main features of Acer E130 – QWERTY – Keyboard. At the top of the control unit to the bleaching and die-cast plate are key standard for Android – devices that are pressed, they can easily and clearly, it is difficult to confuse the key when using the device. There is also a navigation keys. On both sides of the unit keys are large buttons “Reception \ lights out.”
Camera
The smartphone has a 3 megapixel camera that has auto focus with CMOS-module. The camera allows you to create photos with a maximum resolution of 2048×1536 pixels in. When shooting using a standard application, which incidentally has a sufficiently high functionality and flexible configuration. In the settings you can set the white balance (auto, cloudy, fluorescent, fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp), add effects, You can also change the picture quality resolution and much more.
As there is an opportunity to create videos, but this possibility is rather a “check” as the quality of end rollers do not hold water. The maximum values ??are limited to recording – 352 x 288, 19 fps.
Results
What Acer’s managed to create an interesting smartphone, which brought the advantages of Android smartphone and high-quality QWERTY keyboard, while maintaining balance. In addition to this unit has excellent build, mature and pleasant design. And if you remember, about its low price, It can win great popularity among office workers, middle managers and students for whom social networking is an integral part of life.