Acer’s 14-inch laptops claim 24 hours of battery life from Intel, Qualcomm, or AMD

At IFA today, Acer announced it’s expanding its Swift AI laptop statement pinch models featuring Intel’s new Lunar Lake chips, Qualcomm’s just-announced eight-core Snapdragon X Plus and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300. And, it claims, each of them tin theoretically past complete 24 hours playing backmost video, aliases complete 17 hours successful productivity tests.

If you bargain them pinch their IPS panels and 65 watt-hour batteries, Acer claims nan caller $1,199 Swift 14 AI and $999 Swift 14 Go AI tin last:

Those sorts of quotes aren’t different successful precocious 2024! Dell conscionable boasted its XPS 13 can get 26 to 27 hours of Netflix streaming pinch a caller Intel aliases Qualcomm chip, and we expect real-world life to beryllium less. But it’s much than these manufacturers person typically claimed successful years past.

Just statement that though Acer’s caller laptops are each called “Swift 14,” they aren’t quite nan same.

Swift 14 AI

The 14-inch Swift AI tin beryllium configured pinch either a caller Intel Core Ultra 5 aliases 7 processor (model SF14-51), aliases an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 spot (model SF14-61).

Both optionally connection premium OLED screens alternatively of nan IPS screen, and support up to 32GB of RAM, but nan Intel exemplary has 3K aliases 2K OLED options astatine 90Hz and a 2K IPS screen, while nan AMD exemplary only has a 3K OLED surface alongside 3K 120Hz and 2K IPS options.

The AMD exemplary tin besides beryllium configured pinch up to 2TB of retention space, while nan Intel exemplary only gets a maximum of 1TB. And while some laptops connection 2 USB-C ports, nan Intel exemplary gets Thunderbolt 4 ports arsenic accustomed while nan AMD 1 has generic USB4 — though some sets let for charging. Both besides person 2 USB-A 3.2 ports, an audio jack, an HDMI 2.1 port, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4.

All person a 1440p webcam, pinch IR extent sensing for Windows Hello facial nickname login, a privateness shutter, and proximity sensors to fastener nan surface erstwhile you move away.

Both Swift 14 AI laptops commencement astatine $1,200 and should beryllium disposable this month.

Swift Go 14 AI

If you’re looking for Qualcomm Snapdragon and a little starting price, that’s wherever Acer’s Swift Go comes in. The 2.91-pound laptop besides has a somewhat larger 14.5-inch screen, your prime betwixt a 2560 x 1600 IPS sheet pinch a maximum brightness of 350 nits, aliases a 1920 x 1200 that maxes retired astatine 300 nits. Both are dimmer than nan Intel and AMD options, but they do support up to 120Hz refresh rate.

Otherwise, nan Go likewise offers up to 32GB of RAM, has a 1440p webcam pinch IR extent sensing and a privateness shutter arsenic good arsenic fingerprint reader, 2 USB4 type C ports that support charging, 2 USB-A 3.2 ports, an audio jack, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4.

The caller Swift Go 14 AI starts astatine $999 and should beryllium disposable this month. 

Swift 16 AI

Acer is besides announcing a 16-inch exemplary too, 1 that weighs 3.3 pounds and is only disposable pinch a caller Intel Lunar Lake processor, either a Core Ultra 5, 7, aliases 9. You get up to 2TB of retention abstraction and only 1 show option: a 3K touchscreen OLED. All of that is powered by a 75Wh battery, though present Acer is notably not quoting its artillery life.

There are besides 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4 ports for charging and show output, 2 USB-A ports, an HDMI 2.1 port, an audio jack, a Wi-Fi 7 adapter, and Bluetooth 5.4.

Acer’s Swift 16 AI starts astatine $1,200, conscionable for illustration nan 14-inch model, and should beryllium disposable successful October 2024.

By nan way: Acer’s caller Intel and AMD-configured Swift AI laptops will join nan Copilot Plus PC family successful November 2024 via a free update, giving users entree to nan aforesaid Microsoft AI features presently only disposable connected Qualcomm Snapdragon X PCs.