Acer Z150: specs, reviews. The Acer Z150 hangs, does not turn on

The company Acer once again pleased consumers with a stylish and multifunctional device. At this time, the brand was presented smartphone Acer Z150, which quickly gained popularity among fans of these new products. Despite the fact that the smartphone is a budget model, it has rather high technical characteristics and attractive design.

The first acquaintance with the smartphone

When buying a smartphone Acer Z150, the user receives a rather pleasant to touch box, which contains:

• Instruction for use;
• Headset with control unit;
• Charger for 1 ampere;
• USB cable.

Everything is pretty well packed, which excludes damage to the smartphone during transportation.

Appearance

The Acer Z150 is somewhat different from the previous models. This time the company Acer slightly changed its style and made the new device angular. The smartphone is absolutely flat, except for the small protrusion of the main camera module on the back side. Beveled upper and lower edges are equipped with a conversational and multimedia speakers, a microphone, which are covered with thin grilles.

The sides are rounded and gently crossed to the rear. On the right sidewall there is a protruding volume key. It has a kind of droplet that allows you to make adjustments to the touch. On the same side is the memory card slot. On the left side of the smartphone are slots for 2 SIM-cards. They allow you to use both micro-Sim and mini-Sim. Using them is not very convenient, but, most likely, often you will not have to rearrange the cards.

In the upper end area there is a headphone jack. There is also a power button. From the bottom, the smartphone has a connector for the USB cable.

On the front side there is a smartphone display bordered with a thin frame of glossy plastic. At the top of the frame to the right of the logo is the front camera and the event indicator, and on the left is the proximity sensor. At the bottom of it there are three touch buttons for navigation: "Back", "Home" and "Last."

On the back side, in addition to the camera, there is an LED flash and a shortcut key, when pressed, it starts any attached application, including the player or camcorder, even if the screen is locked. On the right of the camera is another microphone. The back side also has an imprint of the manufacturer's logo.

Acer Z150: the characteristics of the display

The smartphone has a fairly large touch screen with a diagonal of 5 inches. Its resolution - 854x480 pixels - can be considered excellent, given that the phone Acer Z150 is a budget model. The screen has good horizontal viewing angles and good color rendering.

The screen is locked according to the system familiar to smartphones of this manufacturer. The status information is displayed in the upper corner of the screen. If you move the screen to the left, the camera will be launched on the smartphone, a list of widgets will appear when shifted to the right.

The display is covered with special tempered glass. Screen film is not included, so it will have to be bought separately. The brightness can only be adjusted manually.

A bit about the operating system

The smartphone Acer Z150 runs on the popular mobile operating system Android 4.2.2. Developers took care of people with poor eyesight and installed on top of Android 4.2.2 the proprietary shell of Jelly Bean, which changes the interface beyond recognition.

If desired, the smartphone can be flashed and installed a newer operating system. Comments on the specialists will help you find the most suitable version.

And what's inside?

The smartphone Acer Z150 uses a dual-core processor with a frequency of 1.3 GHz, which provides the device quite good performance, given that the phone is a budget model.

The installed RAM is 512 MB, and the built-in memory is 4 GB. According to experts, this volume is not enough to install modern games on the smartphone. Also, if you load a huge number of applications, the device can slow down or hang. To fix the situation will help flash cards, with which you can significantly expand the capabilities of the smartphone.

Performance

The smartphone does an excellent job with most everyday tasks. True, the interface can sometimes slow down slightly, which is typical of budget devices. Fans of complex games will be somewhat disappointed with the smartphone Acer Z150, because it is equipped not with the newest processor.

Data exchange in the Wi-Fi network has an average speed. Speech speaker allows you to transmit sound of normal quality. In a noisy environment, its volume is not enough.

The smartphone is equipped with a powerful battery that allows the device to work for a considerable period of time without recharging. It is also possible to use the energy-saving mode, but the Wi-Fi connection will be disabled.

Sound reproduction

For fans of listening to music, the Acer Z150 smartphone will be a good choice. Feedback from many users confirms the quality playback of sounds on this phone. But according to other owners of the device, good sound is possible only with correctly made settings.

The Acer Z150 can play sound files in the following formats:

• MP3.
• AMR.
• WMA.

Of course, the smartphone is not the leader in sound quality, but still the volume and purity of the sound are at a fairly high level.

Camera

The smartphone is equipped with a five-megapixel camera, which allows you to make a pretty high-quality photo or video. It has autofocus and LED flash, which allows you to take pictures in almost any light. The noise cancellation effect does not allow fine-tuning of fine details on the pictures.

The settings menu for the camera is quite extensive, which makes it possible to carry out continuous shooting, panoramic photography, detect faces, eliminate flicker and more. Also, it is possible to record information on the location of the filming in photographs or video clips. To display the geo-labels, you must enable the "GPS position data" function before recording.

The front camera has a resolution of 640x480 pixels, which is quite enough for video communication.

Opportunities for communication

Since at the present time communication in the network is most in demand, the speed of the Internet is an important parameter for modern communications. The smartphone Acer Z150 in this regard will not disappoint users. The menu allows you to make all the necessary settings to optimize the work on the Internet. It will also help you choose the right browser, which will not heavily burden the system and will provide a quick jump on the tabs of interest.

The Acer Z150 is all designed to quickly receive and send messages. It is also worth noting that the buttons on the keyboard are slightly highlighted, and this allows you to write messages even in very bright light. Thanks to the bluetooth that is available in the device, you can easily share various files with friends.

Disadvantages of a smartphone

Like all smartphones, the Acer Z150 has caused mixed reviews among users, among which are often voiced the cons of this device. Most of all the complaints are caused by a non-removable back panel. Of course, this innovation has some advantages, such as the absence of squeaks and backlash when using the phone. But it also does not allow you to disconnect the battery if the phone freezes. Acer Z150, according to users, slows down quite often, and it will take a long time to wait for it to work again.

Not satisfied with many and the brightness of the screen, because in sunny weather it is difficult to see anything. On the use of energy-saving mode, it is not worth talking about.

Also, many users claim that quite often the smartphone Acer Z150 does not turn on. Most often this happens due to a depleted battery. But there are times when only masters in service centers can bring it back to life.

The indignation of people who bought the Acer Z150, causes the absence in the domestic market of film for the screen and covers for this phone. They have to be ordered in China or other countries.

What do positive reviews say?

Despite all the shortcomings, the smartphone is a pretty good budget model. Very much satisfied with the size of its display and fast work. It also features good playback of both video and audio files. It is quite easy to use, despite its versatility. Of course, for fans of modern games this device is hardly suitable, but for communication, work or study, the smartphone will be enough.