New smartphone goes 4K with video

Acer has joined the six-inch race. The company, which is a relatively new entrant into the Smartphone business, announced  during the IFA in Berlin this weekend that its brand new phablet boasts industry`s first smartphone with capabilities to record 4K.

At least that is what it did when the device was first announced a couple of days before the announcement of Samsung Note 3.

The Note 3 too is capable of powerful 4K recordings, capturing videos at a resolution of 4,000 pixels.

Current HD resolutions mean just 1080 pixels. The 13 megapixel camera incorporated into the Acer phablet can do much more, offering complete multimedia experience by offering full HD display  - with IPS technology and 368 ppi -  4 x slow motion and full panorama 27MP photo.

It also has a 2-megapixel front facing camera with an 88-degree wide viewing angle.

The Acer tablet is powered by the Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 2.2GHz processor, 2GB of RAM and a powerful battery (3,300 mAh).

The Liquid S2 is just 8.99mm thin and has a curved design using the curved Gorilla Glass® 3.0 to boast native damage resistance.

The metallic ring highlighting the four LED ring flash for low light and macro capturing. The curved glass surface keeps a soft touch and "edgeless" feeling around the rim.

The Liquid S2 has 4G LTE capable of average upload speed of up to 150Mbps and supports the latest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11 ac, more advanced compared to the current 802.11 n standard.

The device comes with dolby digital Plus speakers.

The phone is available in red or black and has a 16 GB storage capacity expandable up to 128GB. The phone will hit the market next month.

Detailed camera features

• BSI Sensors and LED Ring Flash: Sharper pictures in any environment

• Video Recording: 4K Ultra HD, fast full HD 1080p 60FPS, 4 x slow motion

• Full Panorama Pictures: Up to 27-megapixels in a single picture

• Quick First Shot: Take picture right from unlock the screen with automatic center-focus by tapping any location on the screen

• Smart Best Shot: Automatically detects photo type and takes multiple shots for best selection

• Tag Widget: Convenient photo browsing with scene tag.

• Favourite Mode: Create up to five profiles with customized effects, flash, capture mode and scenes

• Exposure Control: One finger focus and exposure adjustment

• Freehand Capture: Crop out anything on the screen using hand or a digital pen

• Live Screen™: Share ideas and journey through pictures and scribble

Features and specs

Display 6", full HD (1,920 x 1,080), 368 PPI, IPS

Main camera 13 MP auto-focus, f2.2, 28 mm lens, BSI sensor, LED ring flash, 4K video

Front camera 2 MP, f2.2, 24 mm lens, 88° wide angle, BSI sensor, 1080p video

Processor: Quad-core 2.2 GHz

Storage / memory: 16 GB / 2 GB

Battery: 3300 mAh, non-replaceable Li-polymer battery

Dimensions: 166 x 86 x 8.99 mm,

Network: 4G: 800/1800/2600 3G: 900/2100 2G: 850/900/1800/1900

Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11ac/a/b/g/n, Bluetooth® 4.0, GPS+GLONASS, NFC

Sensors: Light sensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, digital compass, gyro

Operating system: Android™ 4.2.2

Acer features: Acer Float UI, Acer HD Channel, Acer Docs and Acer Remote Files, Acer Data Traffic Manager, Acer Float Caller, Acer Float Apps
(maps/notes/camera/calculator), Acer Live Screen™, Acer Print, Acer

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Additional features: Skitch, YouTube™, Moodagent, Polaris Office, Swype text input, Google Keep, Evernote®, wireless display, Dolby Digital Plus