Acer Liquid Metal / Acer Liquid mt

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71% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Solid design and build quality ; Some innovative features ; Acer UI can be switched off

Sluggish performance ; Poor camera ; Acer UI on by default

Acer’s Liquid mt has a few strong points but more drawbacks, making it a tough sell with so many solid Android phones available for the same price or less.

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Better build quality; good in the hand ; Low price ; Info on the lock screen ; 720p video and good outdoor photography ; Good battery life ; Top-mounted e-mail notifier ; Hotspot on some carriers

Breeze UI hurts as much as it helps ; Bundled apps are often redundant or poor ; Poor photography in any less than ideal conditions ; Call quality a step down from the Liquid E

DesignWith a casual look, you'd be forgiven for thinking the Liquid Metal was last year's Liquid E. In some senses, that's not far off the mark. The shape is still the familiar, rounded candybar with four touch-sensitive navigation buttons. Wh

Decent camera performanceGood battery mileageSmooth user experienceMobile Dolby sound enhancing options

Unintuitive Breeze UIBulky and 'fingerprint magnet' exterior

The Acer Liquid Metal is definitely a contender in the Android world. It's rockin' a 3.6 inch touchscreen, Android 2.2, 5 MP camera, and an 800 Mhz processor.

Despite the thick bezel making it look small, the screen actually measures 3.6 inches across the diagonal and its resolution is very good at 840 x 480 pixels, so text in the web browser looks very sharp even when zoomed out a bit and pictures and icons...

Great screen ; Good sound output thanks to Dolby Mobile ; Quality web browsing ; Good battery life

Annoying curved backplate ; Disappointing camera ; Flash not pre-installed ; Breeze user interface fiddly ; SocialJogger Twitter and Facebook app fails to hit the spot

Acer has stuck with the same UI as the Acer Stream for the new Acer Liquid Metal, and if you hated it before, you'll probably still hate it. But the Liquid Metal costs £299 SIM free, while the Stream costs £329 as we write.

It’s distinctive, Dobly Mobile sounds great, doesn’t do anything drastically wrong

Acer’s custom UI is radically and might deter some, poor camera performance, video format support basic, design not cohesive, screen scratches easily

So overall the Acer Liquid Metal is a good device. We’re impressed with the level of customisation that Acer have undertaken - it makes it distinctive with the added addition that if you want to revert back to standard Android you can in a flash.

With a price tag of Rs. 20,990 (MOP), the Liquid Metal had the potential to be quite a competitor for the Motorola and Samsung handsets available in the same range. Although it’s got a lot to offer, like its predecessors, it just lacks the...