Acer announces the Iconia A3, an Android tablet with 10.1-inch HD display, quad-core processor running Android 4.2

Acer today has announced the Iconia A3, a 10-inch Android tablet. The device features a 10.1-inch WXGA IPS display with 1,280×800 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core cortex A7 processor (regarded to be MediaTek) and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The tablet possesses a 5-megapixel rear camera and a front-facing camera. The Iconia A3 comes along with Dolby Digital Plus that offers a virtualized 5.1-channel surround experience over headphones. There is no information provided on the battery capacity or the RAM.

Technical specifications of the Acer Iconia A3 :

• 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) capacitive multi-touch IPS display
• Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
• 1.2 GHz quad-core Mediatek processor
• 5-megapixel rear camera
• front-facing camera
• 10.15mm thick and weighs less than 600 g
• 3.5mm audio jack, internal speaker
• 3G (optional), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI, GPS (optional)
• 16GB / 32GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with microSD

The Acer Iconia A3 (Wi-Fi Version) can be purchased at a price of 249 Euros. The device will be available in Europe, Middle East and Africa by early October. The 3G version of the Iconia A3 will cost 299 Euros and it will be available for sale in Europe, Middle East and Africa by early November. It is construed that Asus will advertise this tablet at IFA 2013.