Acer Enters U.S. Smartphone Market With $80 Liquid M220 Windows Phone

[scolaner]

Acer's smartphones are sold in 55 countries, but the Liquid M220 will be the first Acer smartphone sold in the United States.

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[will1220]

gotta love that 2233 ppi display

 

[scolaner]

gotta love that 2233 ppi display

Impressive, isn't it? 😉

Just a typo. Fixed.

 

[belardo]

Is it just me... or does it look like an ugly POS? Kind of like an uglier version of an old Motorola design from 5 years ago... with a horrible screen.

 

[Quixit]

Is it just me... or does it look like an ugly POS? Kind of like an uglier version of an old Motorola design from 5 years ago... with a horrible screen.

Acer has never good good at design. I think they've had one product (S7) in the last 10 years that didn't look terrible.

 

[PaulBags]

The liquid seems to be perplexingly solid...

 

[g-unit1111]

That display looks almost 8-bit compared to my Galaxy S6. I take it this is aimed at the disposable phone market?

 

[scolaner]

That display looks almost 8-bit compared to my Galaxy S6. I take it this is aimed at the disposable phone market?

Oh, tut tut. A phone is not a phone is not a phone.

Comparing this to a hot new flagship is like comparing a Ferrari to a Honda Fit. If you compare them and say, "The Honda Fit has a laughably weak engine compared to this Ferrari," you are technically correct but entirely missing the point.

I think these very inexpensive smartphone options are wonderful, because there are throngs of people, in the U.S. and around the world, that simply cannot afford an expensive handset.

I would beg of you not to belittle these inexpensive phones. For some people, they're a godsend.

 

[g-unit1111]

Comparing this to a hot new flagship is like comparing a Ferrari to a Honda Fit. If you compare them and say, "The Honda Fit has a laughably weak engine compared to this Ferrari," you are technically correct but entirely missing the point.

Yeah true, I was joking in my post but it didn't come off quite that way. :lol:

I think these very inexpensive smartphone options are wonderful, because there are throngs of people, in the U.S. and around the world, that simply cannot afford an expensive handset.

Plus there's also the need for people who engage in, um, shadier activities that need a second low cost no contract phone line to stay off the grid, if you catch my drift. :lol:

 

[scolaner]

Comparing this to a hot new flagship is like comparing a Ferrari to a Honda Fit. If you compare them and say, "The Honda Fit has a laughably weak engine compared to this Ferrari," you are technically correct but entirely missing the point.

Yeah true, I was joking in my post but it didn't come off quite that way. :lol:

I think these very inexpensive smartphone options are wonderful, because there are throngs of people, in the U.S. and around the world, that simply cannot afford an expensive handset.

Plus there's also the need for people who engage in, um, shadier activities that need a second low cost no contract phone line to stay off the grid, if you catch my drift. :lol:

Heh, I wouldn't know anything about that! Lol...