Acer launches phone with 4K video recording

[adder7712]

Sources: GSMArena, Engadget

As the IFA 2013 show is about to unfold in Berlin, Acer has jumped the gun announcing the first smartphone with 4K video recording support - the Liquid S2. The device comes running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a Snapdragon 800 chipset with a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor and 2GB of RAM.

At the front you get a 6" Full HD IPS display (368 ppi) covered in Gorilla Glass 3, while inside a 3300 mAh battery provides the juice. The 16 gigs of storage is expandable by a whopping 128 GB thanks to the microSD card slot.

The main camera on board is a 13 MP unit with a 28 mm wide-angle lens and a back-side illuminated sensor. The front cam features an ultra-wide 88-degree 24 mm BSI sensor of 2 MP resolution and 1080p video recording. Speaking of which the Acer Liquid S2 can capture 4K UHD (Ultra HD) video along with high-framerate Full HD (60 fps) and slow motion video.

There's a panorama mode that produces up to 27 MP shots, quick first shot lets you capture an image straight off the unlock screen.

The Acer Liquid S2 footprint measures 166 x 86 mm and the phablet is 8.99mm thick. There's 4G LTE support, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi ac/a/b/g/n as well as the usual connectivity goodies - 3G and GPS.

The Acer Liquid S2 will launch at the end of October across Europe, but there's no word on specific countries availability or price just yet.

Thoughts? Definitely interested how the implied quality would entail.

 

[tbayrgs]

Love the specs, all except for the size--it's huge (15mm taller and 6mm wider than a Galaxy Note II).

Shrink everything down to a 4.7-5" display equivalent and I'd be interested--as it is, way too big. Likely doesn't matter though as I'd guess this won't ever make it stateside.

 

[InuNacho]

It sorta makes sense. Phones take crappy 1080 video so why not just dump a higher resolution video-something on it and just downscale it for 1080, now it'll still be cellphone video crap but be nicer looking crap.