Microsoft may have just revealed the Lumia 950 and 950 XL heroes for Windows 10 Mobile, but that doesn’t mean they’re the only game in town.
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The Aspire Z3-700 at first looks like a traditional Windows 10 all-in-one, albeit with a smallish 17.3-inch display (1920×1080 with 10-point multi-touch and stylus support). The Acer Aspire R 14 will be available in North America in late October and will start at $699, the company announced on Oct. 12 when it unveiled the new devices. To reduce eye strain both devices employ Acer low blue light technology.
For exceptional portability the Z3-700 features a battery that is said to provide five hours of use away from the mains.
“Acer has a heritage of delivering the best user experience through innovation in technology and design”, said Acer corporate president and CEO Jason Chen.
Sticking with the industry trend of two-in-one devices, the Aspire R 14 is a laptop with a display that can fold over without gaps, turning it into a tablet. It also has integrated MU-MIMO wireless technology which can offer users with up to three times faster downloads compared to other 802.11ac products, especially in crowded networks.
Acer also refreshed its 14-inch Aspire R14 convertible notebook, adding Windows 10 and sixth-gen Intel Core processors.
The Aspire Z3-700 is a relatively odd evolution of the all-in-one PC. The Acer Aspire Z3-700 portable all-in-one PC will be launched in Europe, the Middle East and Asia by 2015 end; with its cost starting at approximately $680.
The Jade Primo features a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 process and 3GB of RAM with a 21MP rear camera with dual LED flash, and a 8MP front facing camera. Users get an Intel Skylake CPU, up to 8GB of RAM and storage thanks to an SSD drive.
The Z3-700 is powered by unspecified Intel Pentium and Celeron processors.
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This tablet-meets-all-in-one approach, we’d argue, is not without its upsides, as it allows Acer to worry a little less about making the thinnest tablet out there and instead offer a fairly powerful, portable device at a fair price.
