Acer Iconia B1 Review The £99 Gaming Android Tablet

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Acer Iconia B1 Review The £99 Gaming Android Tablet that you are going to flip for. At this price point we usually don’t expect to much but the Iconia B1 blew us away!

This tablet handles the latest games with relative ease, while it may only have 512 of ram you can barely tell as it munches graphics of Temple Run 2, NFS:MW and Dead Trigger without breaking a sweat.

Acer Iconia B1 Specs that wow at £99

OS:Android (4.1.2)
Dimensions:7.77 x 5.06 x 0.44 inches
Weight: 11.29 oz
Display 7 inches
Resolution:1024 x 600 pixels
Pixel density: 170 ppi
Touchscreen: Capacitive, Multi-touch
Battery Capacity: 2710 mAh

Hardware
Processor: Dual core, 1200 MHz, MediaTek 8317
Graphics processor: PowerVR SGX 531
System memory: 512 MB RAM
Built-in storage: 8 GB
Storage expansion: microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB

The Iconia B1 is running Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and with the 7 inch screen it looks great, while direct sunlight is going to be a problem due to the plastic screen in normal indoor conditions colors pop on the screen. The display PPI is a little on the low side at just 170 but really what can you expect at this price point.

The real surprise in the Iconia B1 is the MediaTek 8317 & PowerVR SGX 531 they really push this tablet along at a fair old speed. Gaming on the Acer Iconia B1 is incredible with only the latest games like Vice City having any real problems we were able to play Need for speed and it felt as good as playing on higher end devices twice the price.

The storage space is limited at 8gig but with the MicroSD card slot you can expand that to 32gig with ease offering bags of space, it’s nice to see Acer ensuring that expansion is an option on the B1.

Battery life is what you may expect it will get you 6 – 7 hours of general use but play a few games and you will soon see the battery fall away in less than 2 hours.

512 of ram is at the minimum of acceptable but here it works just about ok, it would of been nice to see 1 gig but that would of pushed costs up. This will limit some games and cause larger applications to stutter so bear that in mind when you choose your downloads.

The over all feel of the tablet is solid although there is a bit of give in the screen when you press on it. The Acer Iconia B1 is well made and relatively light compared to other tablets in this class. You wont mind giving this tablet to your kids or taking it out in your backpack it will take a few light knocks and be fine.

Jelly Bean Android 4.1 provides a complete set of applications to get you started. Including the all important Gmail and Google Maps you also get the new Play store complete with Music, Movies and books. Google Currents  is also included and it’s really nice to see that Acer hasn’t put loads of bloatware on this tablet. Just the essentials the rest is up-to you!

We really hope you enjoy our Acer Iconia B1 Review we will be taking a look at how it stacks up against the competition soon.