Acer beTouch E130

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 13 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

0
Average:

1
Bad:

12

Pros:

Good connectivity, great formfactor and awesome battery life.
Great look and feel, decent keyboard, good battery life....
Decent touchscreen performance, good qwerty keypad, stylish looks, reasonable price.

Cons:

Small resistive screen, older version of Android and slow performance
Poor camera and slightly unresponsive touchscreen.Look and Feel...

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Last revision on October 6, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Good connectivity, great formfactor and awesome battery life
Great look and feel, decent keyboard, good battery life
Decent touchscreen performance, good qwerty keypad, stylish looks, reasonable price

Reviewers Didn't Like

Small resistive screen, older version of Android and slow performance
Poor camera and slightly unresponsive touchscreen.Look and Feel
Flimsy back cover, small screen not great for browsing, basic camera

Expert reviews and ratings

Acer's beTouch E130 offers an affordable entry-point to Google Android, and its good connectivity options, social apps and combination of a touchscreen interface and qwerty keypad make this smartphone ideal for both work and play. It's...

By PC Advisor on January 05, 2011

One of the reason that BlackBerry is so popular is because of it’s form factor. The full qwerty keyboard along with a landscape mode screen allows for a much more usable experience over a portrait touch screen device- at least for typing out more...

By Tbreak.com on December 05, 2010

The Acer beTouch E130 is really a bit of a jack of all trades - not quite being the business device that the BlackBerry Bold is (or boasting such a bright screen), nor being as simple to use as other Android devices. It does look good, though. ...

By 3G UK on November 18, 2010

It looks good and works well, but there’s no denying there’s something curious about this phone. Does it want to be a BlackBerry-beater, or have the consumer accessibility of a keyboarded Android phone? It doesn’t quite succeed at...

By Mobile Choice on November 15, 2010

The Acer beTouch E130 takes Android and puts it in a smartphone with a BlackBerry-like miniature QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard is well made, and those who spend a lot of time typing text might find it tempting enough to try Android. However, the...

By IT PRO on October 08, 2010

When we first laid eyes on the handset, the first thing that hit us was its resemblance to the Blackberry Bold 9700. It's ever-so-slightly taller and wider than the Bold, but on the plus side it's also a few millimetres thinner. The black and...

By The Inquirer on October 08, 2010

The E130 is a messaging phone that sports a full QWERTY keyboard and as a result looks very similar to many of BlackBerry’s handsets. Acer has tried its hand at messaging phones before with the and , but those models were based on...

By Trusted Reviews on September 29, 2010

The beTouch E130 is remarkably similar to the BlackBerry Bold 9700, albeit with an Android interface. However, RIM's tight security measures have been well documented and business users are unlikely to switch to an Acer device even though it has a...

By V3.co.uk on September 27, 2010

A novel take on the Android OS, the Acer beTouch E130 is a worthy BlackBerry or Nokia E-series...

By CNET UK on September 24, 2010

The Acer beTouch E130 is an interesting take on the Android based smartphone. It will appeal to a niche of users who like the idea of relatively easy text generation on the physical keyboard, don't require a large screen for multimedia work, and...

By IT Reviews on October 19, 2010

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