Acer beTouch E400 Android smartphone

HTC beater?

By Sandra Vogel • Get more from this author

23rd July 2010 07:02 GMT

Overall performance was fine, until I challenged it having more than half a dozen apps running at once, at which point it started to get a bit fidgety about responding to requests. Inside the E400 is a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor – a fair bit niftier than the 528MHz MSM7225 chip used in the HTC Wildfire. Call quality was fine, with clarity at both ends of a conversation.

Certainly functional, but not outstanding

Battery life was not wonderful. The 1090mAh battery managed to get through the better part of a working day with Wi-Fi switched on, including a bit of Web browsing and a little GPS activity, but by mid evening it was ready for a power boost. As ever with smartphones, a daily charge is the order of the day.

Verdict

Acer’s E400 is the top of the beTouch range, but it isn’t at the top of the Android smartphone range, in general. The screen is on the small side, the camera leaves a bit to be desired, and the processor struggles at times. In terms of specs and capability it is more middle of the road than trailblazing. ®