Acer Liquid Jade Primo officially announced, coming in February 2016

Acer has officially launched, its flagship Windows 10 Mobile smartphone, the Liquid Jade Primo. It was first showcased at IFA 2015 revealing partial details. Now the company has detailed all the feature ans also the pricing ahead of CES 2016.

Acer described the phone as a "PC in your pocket", referring to Windows 10 Mobiole Continuum features since the Jade Primo has the necessary hardware  to take advantage of the feature along with Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. With Continuum support the Jade Prime can be connected to a monitor, keyboard and mouse via Continuum dock and get a PC-like experience.

Just like the Lumia 950 and 950 XL, the Jade Primo comes with advanced cooling system as well that dissipates the heat from the processor, at the same time reducing the overall surface temperature.

Spec-wise, the Acer Jide Primo sports a 5.5-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection and is equipped with hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor with Adreno 408 GPU, 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. Camera-wise, it sports 21-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, f/2.2 aperture and can record 4K video as well. On the front there is a 8-megapixel camera with f/2.2 apeture and 1080p video recording capabilities. Connectivity features include 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (Dual Band) MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS and USB Type-C port. It is fueled by 3000mAh battery.

The Acer Liquid Jade Primo is priced at €569 (US$615 | Rs. 41,000) and will be available in Europe, Middle East and Africa region starting February 2016.

Acer Liquid Jade Primo to launch in December, will cost around $400

The Acer Liquid Jade Primo, which was showcased at IFA 2015, has been announced in the Philippines where it will go sale starting December for PHP 18,990 ($410 | Rs. 26,500).

The Liquid Jade Primo runs Windows 10 Mobile and comes with Microsoft's Continuum for phone, a feature that allows seamless transition from mobile to desktop modes. It will ship with a keyboard, mouse, and docking station giving it the feel of a PC phone in terms of both the hardware and software. 

By attaching the phone to the docking station, you can use it on a big screen by using keyboard and mouse. Taking the phone out of the dock provides you with a mobile-friendly experience.

The Acer Liquid Jade Primo was the first device to be announced with Microsoft Continuum feature, but will not be the first to hit the market, as Microsoft's Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL will be released sometime in November.

As for specs, the Acer Liquid Jade Primo features 5.5-inch Full HD (1080 x 1920 pixels) AMOLED display and is powered by hexa-core Snapdragon 808 64-bit processor with Adreno 418 GPU and 3GB RAM. On-board storage is 32GB, further expandable via microSD card up to 128GB. There is 21-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash and 8-megapixel front facing camera. It also has USB Type-C port The device will also be able to run universal Windows 10 apps.

Unfortunately there is no word on when the Acer Liquid Jade Primo will release in India, Europe and North America. 

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