Acer has announced the new Swift 7 laptop and new
Chromebook 315 which is the first AMD-powered Chrome OS device. The Swift 7
comes with an impressive 92% screen-to-body ratio and runs on Windows 10. The
bezels on the Swift 7 measure just 2.57 mm.
The Acer Swift 7 sports a 14-inch Full HD
(1920×1080) touch-screen display with IPS technology with 100% sRGB/72% NTSC
color gamut and 300 nits of brightness. The laptop comes with Corning Gorilla
Glass 6. It is powered by the 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8500Y processor coupled
with 16GB of LPDDR3 RAM, 512GB of fast PCIe SSD storage. The company promises
up to 10 hours of battery life.
It comes with two USB Type-C ports supporting
Thunderbolt 3, as well as USB 3.1 Gen 2. The DisplayPort 1.2 provides fast data
transfers at up to 10 Gbps. It features 2×2 MU-MIMO technology, Bluetooth 5.0.
The power button doubles as a fingerprint reader for password-free Windows
Hello secure login. The camera has a 55-degree angle of view, and features
high-dynamic-range (HDR).
The company also announced the Acer
Chromebook 315 which is the world’s first AMD-powered Chrome OS device. It is
powered by the 7th Gen AMD A6-9220C or A4-9120C processors with Radeon
graphics. It sports a 15.6-inch Full HD screen display with 178-degree viewing
angles and wide 88-degree field-of-view.
It comes with Google Play support and can run
Android apps as well. There is also an HD webcam with built-in microphone.
There are two USB Type-C Gen 1 ports and features fast WiFi 802.11ac wireless
featuring 2×2 MIMO technology, Bluetooth 4.2, two USB 3.0 ports.
The Acer Swift 7 (SF714-52T) with a touch display
will be available with 8GB or 16GB of LDDR3 RAM and either 256GB or 512GB of
SSD PCIe storage. The new Swift 7 will be available in North America in May,
starting at US$ 1,699 in EMEA in April. While the Acer Chromebook 315
will be available in two variants; touch and non-touch display. The new line
will be available in North America in February, starting at US$ 279.99, and in EMEA in April, starting at € 349.
