Acer Liquid Jade Primo Dock, Quick Look

[scolaner]

We got a quick look at the Acer Liquid Jade Primo and its still-in-development dock at CES.


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[CaedenV]

This looks awesome! First gen of continuum enabled phones will likely not do much for Windows Phone sales... but in 2-3 generations when phone hardware rivels that of a business PC? So many companies now buy work phones for their employees. Having a single managed device to hand out to employees that can work as phone, desktop, and portable compute solution could be a big game changer. If they added a 2nd SIM slot so employees could add their personal lines to the device then it would be even better.

Also, this dock solution looks WAY better than Microsoft's dongle/dock thing. I like the idea of having something that my phone 'docks' onto securely, rather than a mess of cables on the desk.

 

[ATL_Tech_Guy]

Uhh... we want BOTH HDMI 2.0 + USB Type C for video on the dock. Why is that problem ?

 

[floppyedonkey]

This looks awesome! First gen of continuum enabled phones will likely not do much for Windows Phone sales... but in 2-3 generations when phone hardware rivels that of a business PC? So many companies now buy work phones for their employees. Having a single managed device to hand out to employees that can work as phone, desktop, and portable compute solution could be a big game changer. If they added a 2nd SIM slot so employees could add their personal lines to the device then it would be even better.

Also, this dock solution looks WAY better than Microsoft's dongle/dock thing. I like the idea of having something that my phone 'docks' onto securely, rather than a mess of cables on the desk.

You have a point about the generations and hardware potential for the future. Although I think you are missing the larger picture with a "secure" dock, you can't hold the phone to your head to take a call if its in the Acer style dock. Major disadvantage, which Microsoft's dock solves.

 

[RedJaron]

Although I think you are missing the larger picture with a "secure" dock, you can't hold the phone to your head to take a call if its in the Acer style dock. Major disadvantage, which Microsoft's dock solves.

Not a huge problem. Many users likely have BT or wired headsets to use. Acer could even throw a wired set in with the phone itself.

Seth, I'm not sure what you mean about an HDMI video port being an odd choice. Even MS's dock has an HDMI port since that's one of the most common AV jacks being used right now. Replacing the HDMI means you could only connect a display over USB, WiDi, or Miracast instead of the millions of HDMI displays already out there.

 

[alextheblue]

Seth, does it have a dedicated shutter button anywhere? It doesn't look like it but I haven't looked at any really good shots of it from all angles. I've gotten used to having one on my Lumia, you can unlock the phone and snap shots almost instantly with the shutter button.

Although I think you are missing the larger picture with a "secure" dock, you can't hold the phone to your head to take a call if its in the Acer style dock. Major disadvantage, which Microsoft's dock solves.

Can you use the MS dock with the Acer Jade Primo?

 

[Just A Guy Named Joe]

I seriously want this phone. Currently using a Lumia 1020 and am a true believer in the WP platform. I want this Acer so much more than the 950, though. When is it hitting the states? My contract is up in March and I'd love to purchase this phone with the dock.