Acer announces extensive updates of the Spin series as well as the first device with Intel DG1

Source: Hardware Luxx added 21st Oct 2020

Acer has given the Spin 3 a completely new design. The 2020 iger generation now offers an aspect ratio of 16: 10 and thus provides even more screen space and an even slimmer screen frame. As a representative of the Spin family, it has a multi-touch display that can be completely folded down using the 360 degree hinge. The 13, 3 inch screen resolves with 2. ) x 1. 600 pixels and makes sketching or writing possible with the Acer Active Stylus, which has 4. 096 pressure levels, is equipped with AES technology and is already included in the scope of delivery. It can be sunk and loaded directly in the housing. After only about 30 seconds of loading time, thanks to the quick charge function, it should be able to offer its user entire 90 Can support for minutes.

On the hardware side, the Acer Spin 3 relies on Intel’s Tiger Lake processors up to the fast Core i7 model and offers the integrated Xe graphics. Up to two SSDs can be installed, two Type-C ports with Thunderbolt 4 technology and Killer – 1650 – WiFi are also available.

The Acer Spin 5 is the big brother, with a height of 14, 9 mm and a total weight of around 1.2 kg but still very portable. The screen area is slightly larger with a 3: 2 format, but otherwise the same technology is available as in the Acer Spin 3. The Acer Spin 5 should be available in time for the Christmas business from December at a price from 1. Euro follow.

The first device with Intel’s DG1 graphics

In addition, the Acer Swift 3x, extended by the abbreviation “X”, is due to hit stores this year. The X indicates the new Iris-X graphics, which will come under the code name DG1 (Discrete Graphics 1) as the first dedicated graphics chip from Intel in the notebook and will thus increase significantly in terms of graphics performance. Acer is still silent on further details, however, as the Intel graphics have not yet been officially presented. It should run under the name Iris Xe Max. A current core processor of the 11 serves as the basis. Core generation as well as faster PCIe SSD storage.

For the screen, you use a 13 inch IPS panel with full HD Resolution and high color fidelity, because the NTSC color gray