The history of BenQ: from Acer roots to a business built around screens
BenQ’s history includes an ambitious break from Acer, a costly mobile-phone venture and a growing focus on how different people
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Acer Vero 16 makes repairability the headline instead of an afterthought
Tool-free access, replaceable battery and SSD, removable I/O covers and two-generation processor upgrade support make lifecycle engineering more important.
Read MoreAcer Swift Air 16 makes a 16-inch laptop travel like a smaller machine — but not without compromises
A 1.5kg 16-inch notebook uses a 70Wh battery, high-refresh display options and a replaceable SSD to balance large-screen productivity against travel.
Read MoreAcer Swift Blade 14 gets below 800g by making weight the primary engineering constraint
Acer’s 799g Swift Blade 14 makes weight the design constraint, using carbon fibre, magnesium-aluminium and a 50Wh battery to keep mass down.
Read MoreAcer Veriton RI110 puts 96GB of memory and OCuLink into a mini PC built for local AI
Acer’s Veriton RI110 combines 96GB memory and OCuLink expansion in a compact AI workstation built for local models and hybrid agent workflows.
Read MoreAcer Connect D5P turns 5G into a USB-C peripheral — with eSIM, nano-SIM and vSIM flexibility
Acer’s Connect D5P makes 5G a direct USB-C peripheral with eSIM, nano-SIM and vSIM support, while network compatibility remains the key dependency.
Read MoreAcer Connect X6ES treats 5G broadband as a failover problem, not just a speed test
Acer Connect X6ES combines 5G, WAN failover and Wi-Fi 6E, positioning it as resilient connectivity equipment rather than a simple speed upgrade.
Read MoreAcer Iconia A14 keeps the tablet-as-monitor trick in the range’s most portable large-screen model
A 14-inch IPS Android tablet prioritises screen area and USB-C video input over premium silicon, making it a potentially durable companion display.
Read MoreAcer Iconia A16 trades OLED for IPS to make the giant Android tablet idea more accessible
Acer’s 16-inch Iconia A16 keeps USB-C video input while moving to IPS, creating a lower-cost tablet, classroom screen and secondary monitor.
Read MoreAcer Iconia X14 shrinks the X16 idea into a more plausible carry-everywhere OLED tablet
The 14-inch version preserves OLED, 120Hz and wired display input while moving the concept closer to laptop-bag portability.
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