Acer Stream S110

“The Acer Stream managed to surprise us pleasantly, we won't hide it. We would even go as far as to say that it reinvented the image of a mediocre smartphone maker the company had established for itself for us. You usually have to come up with something truly noteworthy when you find yourself with a bunch of uninspired devices behind your back. Sometimes, this means you have to get off the beaten track and... you know, go for it. Acer has done just that with the Stream, and they've managed to reach the end of the tunnel just before it collapses.While we wouldn't proclaim the Acer Stream to be the most beautiful gadget of the year, it is definitely charming and has a relaxed, yet attractive color scheme. Its features, of course, are there to complement its design, including the 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 1GHz Snapdragon and 512MB RAM, which are somewhat of a must-have in the upper range of Android smartphones these days. So, the design and hardware aspects are well-covered. Equally important however is the software realization, as this is what differentiates the true smartphone that's going to accompany you for a good deal of time, from one that you'd never wish to use for more than a month or so. Acer has chosen the unsafe approach here as well, by crafting an unconventional Android homescreen personalization, which doesn't try to alter the whole Android experience, but is quite intuitive and and fun to use.It's not all rosy, of course, with the Acer Stream's mediocre photo/video capturing, lack of flash and average call quality, as well as screen that's not really well-suited for reading. Interestingly enough, these drawbacks were not enough to spoil our overall experience with the phone, which comes to prove that Acer has a pretty darn good smartphone in its hands. It just needs to market it right. Either way, a good device would remain a good device.”