We expected the quad-core processor to have a negative impact on battery life, but the Iconia A1 managed to surprise us by lasting 8h 44m in our video rundown test. Games would only fill part of the screen, for example, but the touch-screen controls would stretch to fill the whole display area. Android still doesn't properly support the 4:3 aspect ratio either, so many apps don't render correctly. We could play most 2D and some 3D games smoothly, but the PowerVR SGX544 graphics chip struggles in intensive games such as Real Racing 3. The tablet is fast enough to render Android's multiple home screens and widgets smoothly, but it can take a while to load certain apps or generate thumbnails if you've filled the Gallery app with high-resolution photos from a digital camera. Performance comes from a quad-core MTK processor running at 1.2GHz, paired with 1GB of RAM. With access to the Google Play Store, you can quickly add your own selection of apps. This leaves as much room as possible on the 16GB of internal memory, which has around 12GB of internal storage available to the user. You do get AccuWeather, a file manager app and AcerCloud, which lets you save content to Acer's cloud servers. There aren't many pre-installed apps, which should be welcome news to anyone that appreciates a clean OS on their new device.
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