The Acer Swift 3 — celebrated by many outlets, is getting an OLED screen as the best student laptop on the market.
Acer announced today that it should make folks who desire to get more affordable, accessible OLED enthusiastic.
It doesn’t sound like one of those cheaper FHD OLEDs you sometimes find on ultraportables. Instead, it will have a 2.8K resolution and cover 100 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut, by Acer’s estimate.
It wasn’t too long before the phrase “OLED laptop” suggested a luxury product. But, over the past few years, that wave has slowly begun to shift. Samsung has already started mass-producing OLED panels for more portable form elements. And while they’re still not just commonplace, we’ve started to notice sub-$1,000 OLED devices trickle onto shelves.
A user writes on a notebook in front of the Swift 3 OLED on a desk in a workshop space. A starting price of $899.99 represents the Swift 3 won’t be the cheapest OLED laptop on the market (and that is a more elevated starting cost than the Swift 3 has had in the history), but it does seem likely to be one of the most inexpensive OLED 14-inches you’ll see this year.
In addition, the base prototype will be a few hundred dollars more reasonable than the flashier OLED notebooks we’ve noticed lately and will present a new opportunity for shoppers in the sub-$1,000 range who don’t desire to compromise on screen quality.
The Swift 3 OLED comprises 12th-Gen Intel Core H-series processors with up to 16 G.B. of LPDDR5 memory. It considers just 3.09 pounds, and Acer is claiming 10 hours of battery life. The device is expected to be open in July in the US / EMEA and China in May.
Acer’s switchable Spin 3 and Spin 5 have also been equipped with 12th-Gen Intel processors. The higher-end, 14-inch Spin 5 includes a 2560 x 1600 panel and up to 16 G.B. of memory LPDDR5 supports Acer’s Active Stylus.
In addition, Acer says new cooling upgrades will increase performance “by up to 75 percent” over the 11th-Gen model. The Spin 3 (also a 14-inches) has an FHD screen and supports the Active Stylus. The Spin 5 strikes shelves in July with an initial price of $1,349.99. The Spin 3 beats frames in August in the U.S. and in June in the EMEA with a starting cost of $849.99.
- Acer Swift 3 OLED: First up is the Swift 3 OLED, a 14-inch laptop that Intel’s 12th-gen H-series processors power. That means that it’s got a lot of CPU power with a 45W TDP, while the computer itself is still only 17.9mm thin, weighing in at 1.4kg. The screen is OLED 2.8K, and Acer pledges a 92% screen-to-body ratio. In addition, it supports 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, which you could expect from an OLED laptop like this one. It also arrives with an FHD webcam and features like Acer’s Temporal Noise Reduction for better video quality in low-light and A.I. Noise Reduction for microphone quality. The Acer Swift 3 OLED is arriving in the U.S. in July, beginning at $899.99.
- Acer Spin 5 and Spin 3: Along with the Swift, there are some unique convertibles with the Spin 5 and the Spin 3. First, the Spin 5 is raised to a 14-inch 16:10 display with a 2,560×1,600 resolution and an 88% screen-to-body ratio. In addition, it comes with 16GB LPDDR5 memory and up to 1 T.B. PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage.
- Acer Spin 5: Acer also expresses that the Swift 5 has a TwinAir cooling system and dual D6 copper heat pipes, which adds better thermals that will lead to more satisfactory performance. The Spin 5 is coming to the U.S. in July, starting at $1,349.99.
- Acer Spin 3: The Acer Spin 3 is more entry-level, still packing a 16:9 FHD display. However, it’s bumped up to an Intel 12th-gen processor, and it has fast charging that will bring you four hours of use in 30 minutes. The Spin 3 is arriving in the U.S. in August, starting at $849.99.
- Acer Vero: Vero is a relatively new label from Acer, and it stands for a more eco-friendly outcome. These devices are meant to be more sustainable, and they include a new Aspire Vero, a Veriton Vero all-in-one, and more.
- Acer Aspire Vero: For the Aspire Vero, it comes in 14- and 15-inch sizes, with Full HD 16:9 displays. They both come in Cobblestone Grey, with the 14-inch variant also coming in Mariana Blue and the 15-inch one coming in Starry Black.
For specs, they’re offered with Intel’s 12th-gen processors, Thunderbolt 4, etc. You also get a Full HD camera, helping to meet Intel’s Evo spec. More importantly, the chassis uses 30% post-consumer recycled plastic, saving 21% carbon emissions when making it.
The screen bezel also uses 30% PCR plastic, while the keycaps use 50% PCR plastic. There’s no paint used, and it’s designed for repairs to be easy with easily removed RAM and SSD. It comes with a 100% industry recycled plastic laptop sleeve, and also in the packaging is a 100% PIR plastic sheet between the screen and the keys.