The Acer Liquid A1 has surprised me in so many ways and is a complete departure from what Acer has made before. Acer has a habit of making competent phones which have advanced features and which somehow fail to inspire. The A1 is completely different and the screen makes Android come to life in more ways than I thought possible.
From the fashionably cool design through to the screen and the general speed of the unit I have struggled to find significant failures. The entertainment capabilities take it to a whole new level and make it a genuine competitor for the HD2 and iPhone. Indeed, it is sort of a marriage of the two- you get lots of expansion, a highly customisable OS and iPhone style entertainment.
The words ‘iPhone killer’ are far too often written, but in this case I would go as far as to say that the A1 is close. The voice quality is the main issue, but that is because I am seeing it on a unit which does almost everything else near perfectly.
The A1 is without doubt the best Android device I have used to date and the mixture of all of the parts (hardware, OS and software) make it better than the HD2 in my opinion, and even the iPhone. It truly is an excellent smartphone and much better than I ever expected. Acer is finally in the game.
Available from Clove for £328.90.
