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REVIEWS Acer Iconia Tab A110
Acer Iconia Tab A110
This a 7in Android tablet faces stiff competition from the Google-subsidised
Nexus 7, but it may still be worth a look
● Price £179 ● comPany acer ● WeBSiTe acer.co.uk
PROS
Good performance;
microSD slot;
micro HDMI port;
up-to-date OS; good
battery life
COnS
Chunky, dated design;
poor screen; plastic
build;
VERDICT
The Acer is a great
7in tablet, but it can’t
compete with the
cheaper Nexus 7 on
storage or design
OVERALL SCORE
58 TABLETWORLD
At first glance the Acer Iconia Tab A110 looks almost the same as the popular
Google Nexus 7. It's a similar size, but closer inspection reveals some
differences – not all of them good.
This tablet is both thicker and heavier than the Nexus 7, and its square sides
make it feel larger than it really is. It’s just 49g heavier than the Nexus 7, but you’ll
certainly notice the difference.
Although the A110 feels robust, we're not fond of its dated slab-like design
and plasticky feel. The entire body of the tablet is made of plastic, making it feel
very cheap – and that’s not great considering it costs more than the Nexus 7.
Acer tells us the screen is fronted by glass, but it feels as though it's made of
plastic. It resists scratches well, but the same can't be said for fingerprints.
Hardware and performance
In hardware specifications, the Acer Iconia Tab A110 almost identical to the
Nexus 7. It, too, uses an nVidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM.
In Geekbench the Acer scored a little lower than Google's tablet –
1,389 versus 1,452 points. We also recorded an slightly slower score of 1,747ms
in the SunSpider JavaScript test, but in GLBenchmark it managed a slightly faster
16fps (the Nexus 7 mustered 14fps).
Storage matches the original Nexus 7 with 8GB, but this has since been
boosted to 16GB at the same price. A microSD slot allows expansion, though.