Acer Iconia Tab A700 With HD 1080p Display Review

Name: Acer Iconia Tab A700
Brand: Acer

by Jennifer Johnson — Wednesday, October 03, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT

In an attempt to quantitatively measure the A700's battery life in a controlled benchmark environment, we ran a test in which we set up a webpage with a mix of graphics, Flash media and text. The page automatically refreshes every three minutes, we loop the page and also setup a screen lock utility that keeps the display from sleeping during the test. Battery life is measured down to the minute the tablet finally shuts down. The Wi-Fi radio is enabled in this test to simulate battery life in real-world web browsing over a wireless connection. The stock browser was used.

Battery Life Tests

Untethered Up-Time Measurements

For this test, we set the A700's display to 50% brightness, which is still plenty bright and easy on the eyes. The A700 lasted seven hours and 40 minutes untethered before it powered down, which places it right about in the middle of the pack.

Tags: Acer, tablet, Android 4.0, A700

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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