Performance and battery life
Acer actually walks among a great number of
quad-core rivals, but as we all know, it’s not what you have but it’s what you
do with it is of importance. Below the hood, the CloudMobile packs a fairly
appropriate dual-core Qualcomm 8260A Snapdragon S4, with 1.5GHz speeds. Not
once did we feel we were making use of a phone that was unable to do what we
wanted it to. Remember, it packs the same processors as the Asus Padfone,
Sony’s Xperia T and the HTC One S. We also put it through some of the normal
games when we went on working in our days, and we're pleased to say that the
angry birds were flying with a glitch, Hill Climb Rally was as smooth as
possible, and Cut the Rope has never looked nicer. When not playing games, we
jumped between apps easily too. Of course, it is easier to say, so we have
prepared a number of quantitative comparisons to help you conveniently consider
their performance (SunSpider: lower scores are better.)
With
more normal use, the CloudMobile can last for almost two days, and that
consists of being kept on overnight.
Acer
CloudMobile
·
Quadrant: 5,502
·
Vellamo 2.0: 1,918
·
AnTuTu: 6,792
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SunSpider 0.9.1 (ms): 1,699
·
GLBenchmark Egypt Offscreen (fps): 14
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CF-Bench: 9,621
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Battery life: 6:10
Acer
CloudMobile
Sony
Xperia TL
·
Quadrant: 4,892
·
Vellamo 2.0: N/A
·
AnTuTu: 7,091
·
SunSpider 0.9.1 (ms): 1,850
·
GLBenchmark Egypt Offscreen (fps): 14
·
CF-Bench: 9,580
·
Battery life: 5:50
Sony
Xperia TL
HTC
One X (AT&T)
·
Quadrant: 4,784
·
Vellamo 2.0: 1,638
·
AnTuTu: 6,956
·
SunSpider 0.9.1 (ms): 1,453
·
GLBenchmark Egypt Offscreen (fps): 14
·
CF-Bench: 9,479
·
Battery life: 8:55
HTC
One X (AT&T)
You can see right away that the CloudMobile
gives HTC's One X a fascinating chase on most of our casual tests - in fact, it
beats One X in several tests, including Quadrant. There are no more bragging
rights for those who own the Xperia TL with Acer's courageous phones holding
its position against Sony’s senior phones. Well, you said that the 1460mAh
battery to keep the CloudMobile’s operation, it will probably die in the middle
of the day. Incidentally, it is not true. In our casual test (video looping, Wi-Fi
and 3G open, fixed screen brightness, etc.), it attained a little over 6 hours.
While this is not a long- term of time period, it is not just the poor showing.
With more normal use, the CloudMobile can last for almost two days, and that
consists of being kept on overnight. However, we know that with our readers,
little use is rare. We know, but even though you will have some average runtime
to get through a normal working day.
In terms of data and downloading, based on
the UK's O2 network, the CloudMobile often run faster than the Galaxy Nexus
when we conducted parallel tests. The CloudMobile usually reached from 4Mbps to
5Mbps on the speed tests, while the Nexus reached 4Mbps in the same area. On
the other hand the quality of voice calls was clear and decisive. The sound in
general is enhanced by Dolby support. When enjoying music with your phone, this
feature really makes the difference. It is difficult to assess whether it is
due to the increase in volume that it provides or not, but it is clearly a step
forward compared to the smaller sound without it. The small metal Dolby plate
is not only a logo, but also covers the loudspeaker. How does that loudspeaker
work (when used for something busier than voice)? Well, if you are interested
in listening to music in this way, you will enjoy the CloudMobile more than
most. Sound is louder than the Galaxy Nexus, but it's still just a small
speaker, so you shouldn’t expect much. The best thing about audio is that you
might have more control with it than a standard Android installation. But the
similar inevitable limitations (for example, where to place the better
speaker?) have still been there.
Camera
If
you are looking for a number, then in this section the figure you are
interested in is eight. That is the megapixel stuffed in the camera sensor.
If you are looking for a number, then in
this section the figure you are interested in is eight. That is the megapixel
stuffed in the camera sensor. But as you are likely to know, the number of
pixels is not the only measure of the ability of the camera. In fact, sometimes
it can be a worthless number. It is noted that although the CloudMobile’s
software is quite close to inherent Android, there are some noteworthy
additions in the camera section. The main difference is the inclusion of some
additional image modes, with a choice of Panorama, HDR, Low Light and
Continuous.
Panorama mode performs astonishingly well;
with that an on-screen display is very simple and clear for you to lead a blue
ball along a horizontal line into the central circle. Once you lead it there,
it automatically shoots the next photo until you make it stop. Low Light and
HDR modes work as you might expect (i.e., all the magic takes place behind the
scenes), still just working for one image before defaulting back to normal
mode. This is useful because it prevents you from accidentally opening these
modes. However, it is quite tiring to activate each time if you plan to shoot a
series of similar images in the same place. Finally, Continuous mode shoots 10
photos continuously. There is no way to configure the interval, but it's pretty
convenient to shoot occasional actions, or if you want to use a scatter-gun
approach, and go back to select the best shot. Please note that you can tap to
focus, if the phone’s autofocus does not perform what you want it to. Overall,
our sample images were quite interesting as long as light conditions were
favorable - fortunately we did not see any compression. When light conditions
were not so great, the quality dropped to the acceptable level.
