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All-day battery life is dated, or so says Acer Spin 7. This new 2-in-1, just announced at IFA 2020 in Berlin, appears to last for several days on a single charge, thanks to the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2. 5G computing platform.
The Acer Spin 7 will support 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz frequencies, so wherever any 5G is that you will be able to connect and stream your favorite movies or send a quick email.
Here’s everything we know (and are still waiting to know) about the Acer Spin 7:
Acer Spin 7 price and availability
Acer has yet to announce how much the Spin 7 will cost or when it will come out. We will update this story once those details are available.
Acer Spin 7 design and ports
ACER SPIN 7 Specifications
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G
Weight: 3.1 pounds
Thickness: 0.63 inch
Battery duration: Several days (claimed)
Monitor: 14-inch Full HD
5G: mmWave and sub-6 GHz
Price: TBA
It’s hard to see in these press photos, but the Acer Spin 7 has been color-coded to help it stand out from the crowd, with a “vapor blue” chassis with gold accents. The Acer Spin 7 rotates between the four standard laptop positions: laptop, tablet, store, and presentation. Its hinge is designed to lift the laptop keyboard slightly, creating an improved angle for ergonomic typing.
It is also designed to create a cleaner user experience, with its screen coated with an antimicrobial Corning Gorilla Glass layer, and there is a silver ion antimicrobial agent in the coating used for the keyboard, touchpad and other surrounding surfaces, that Acer says “is shown to show a constant high microbial reduction rate against a wide range of bacteria according to the JIS Z 2801 and ISO 22196 test protocol”.
Acer doesn’t specify laptop connectivity in the press release, but The Verge reports that the laptop has two USB-C ports and one USB-A port for all of our devices that still use the older non-reversible connector. There is also a fingerprint sensor for Windows Hello login.
The Spin 7’s tablet mode should prove more useful with its included Wacom active stylus. The pen offers 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity and can be stowed away on the side of your computer once you need a refill.
Acer Spin 7 display and audio
The 14-inch IPS Full HD (1920 x 1080) display on the Acer Spin 7 looks pretty normal on paper. Its lower “chin” bezel appears quite thick, while its side bezels are thinner and the top bezel is somewhere in the middle.
The Spin 7 also includes “integrated Qualcomm Aqstic noise suppression and echo noise cancellation (ECNS) technology”, which should enable “high-fidelity sound for an immersive experience.”
Acer Spin 7 performance and battery life
Acer’s press release didn’t talk about the speed of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G computing platform, so we’ll have to do it ourselves to see how well it allows you to multitask.
However, Acer’s claim of “multi-day battery life” is the truly intriguing possibility here. Although we all work at home these days, I would love it if it wasn’t necessary to carry any of my laptops here. every night.
For context, the latest MacBook Air lasted roughly 9 hours and 30 minutes during our internal web browsing test, while the Dell XPS 13 lasted about 13. If Acer’s claims are true, we could see numbers that double those.
Acer Spin 7 5G capabilities
The Spin 7’s Snapdragon X55 5G RF-modem system allows it to operate on the mmWave and sub-6 GHz frequencies, the two different flavors of 5G. Acer claims that the laptop should hit maximum download speeds of up to 7.5 Gbps, although that’s as long as you have 5G on the air near you.
Acer Spin 7 overview
If the Acer Spin 7 can provide Okay performance and compatibility with all the applications you want now (ARM-based processors are not compatible with all legacy programs), this could be one of the most attractive laptops Acer released in a while, with its battery of various days of duration.
But what good is a long-lasting laptop if you’re having trouble using it in your current workflows? We can’t wait to see how the Spin 7 turns out when we have it to test.
