Acer announces affordable new Liquid Z and 64-bit Liquid Jade Z smartphones

At MWC 2015, Acer announced three new additions to its Z-series smartphone lineup. These are the new Liquid Z220 and Liquid Z520, a pair of entry-level handsets, while the Liquid Jade Z (not to be confused with the Acer Liquid Jade S we recently reviewed) is more of a mid-range offering.



The Liquid Z220 and Z520 offer 4-inch WVGA (480x800) displays with pixel densities of 233 pixels per inch. Both are powered by the frugal Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor paired with 1GB of RAM, have 2MP front cameras, and look essentially the same. However, the Z220 packs a 5MP rear view camera, ...