Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 has a 165.4 x 76.9 x 9 mm footprint and weighs 210 g, giving it a reasonably slim profile with a total volume of 114.47 cm³. The device does not feature a rugged build and cannot be folded, making it a standard candy-bar form factor. It also carries no water resistance rating, so it offers no certified protection against moisture or dust exposure.

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 features a 6.52″ LCD IPS touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and a pixel density of 269 ppi, delivering a reasonably clear image for everyday use. Typical brightness is rated at 350 nits, and the display is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 to help guard against scratches and accidental drops. The screen does not support HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision, and there is no Always-On Display mode or secondary screen included.

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 is driven by the MediaTek Helio P35, an octa-core chipset built on a 12 nm process that uses big.LITTLE technology with four cores clocked at 2.3 GHz and four at 1.8 GHz, supported by 8 threads and a turbo speed of 2.3 GHz. It comes with 4GB of DDR4 RAM running at 1600 MHz and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage, with a maximum supported memory amount of 6GB and a peak memory bandwidth of 14.9 GB/s. Graphics are handled by the integrated PowerVR GE8320 GPU, running at 650 MHz with a turbo of 680 MHz, and supporting DirectX 10, OpenGL 3.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 1.2. The chipset also includes integrated LTE, TrustZone security, NX bit support, HMP scheduling, and a thermal design power rating of 5W, with Geekbench 6 scores of 164 single-core and 744 multi-core.

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 carries a single-lens 16 MP rear camera with a CMOS sensor, phase-detection autofocus, touch autofocus, and continuous autofocus during video recording, though it lacks optical image stabilization, laser autofocus, and a back-illuminated sensor. It can record video at 1080p at 30 fps with slow-motion support, but does not support HDR10 or Dolby Vision recording. The camera app offers a solid set of manual controls including exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance, along with HDR mode, burst shooting, and in-camera panoramas, while RAW capture and manual shutter speed are not available. A single LED flash is present on the rear, with no dual-tone or RGB flash option, and the 5 MP front camera is a single-lens unit with no front-facing flash and is not positioned under the display.

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 runs Android 14, a free and open-source platform that supports multi-user profiles, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, widgets, and sharing intents. Privacy is well covered, with options for controlling camera and microphone access, location permissions, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking blocking and Mail Privacy Protection are not included. Customization options span dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, and customizable notifications, while practical tools like full-page screenshots, a media picker, extra dim mode, battery health check, child lock, and device tracking round out the feature set. The device also supports on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, and the ability to play games while they download. Focus modes, Wi-Fi password sharing, app offloading, Quick Start, and the ability to function as a PC are not available, and OS updates are not delivered directly from the vendor.

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 is equipped with a 5000 mAh rechargeable battery that includes a battery level indicator for convenient monitoring of remaining charge. The battery is non-removable and does not support wireless charging or fast charging, meaning it relies solely on standard wired charging.

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack for wired audio and a built-in radio, though it lacks stereo speakers, outputting sound through a single speaker instead. On the wireless audio side, none of the high-quality Bluetooth codec options are supported, meaning aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent.

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 supports Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Bluetooth 5, and a cellular module with download speeds of up to 300 Mbit/s and upload speeds of up to 150 Mbit/s, though 5G is not supported. It accommodates two SIM cards, includes a USB Type-C port running on USB 2.0, and offers an external memory slot for expandable storage. Navigation is covered by GPS and Galileo support, and an accelerometer is present, while a gyroscope, compass, and barometer are all absent. Security options include a fingerprint scanner, but NFC, 3D facial recognition, and an iris scanner are not available. Features such as HDMI output, ANT+, infrared sensor, heart rate monitor, crash detection, emergency SOS via satellite, DLNA certification, motion tracking, optical tracking, and a built-in projector are also not included.

The Acer Acerone Liquid S162E4 includes a video light to assist with recording in low-light conditions. The display is flat rather than curved and uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.