Acer has announced several new Android-based devices for 2014

When Acer announced its bring your own cloud initiative yesterday, it was just getting started. Today, the company announced a new spate of smartphones as well as a wearable device. Up first is the Acer Liquid X1 smartphone, a monster 5.7-inch device with an octa core processor and a quad-core graphics processor. The LTE handset features 2GB of RAM with a microSD card slot for expandable storage. There’s a 13MP camera with a f/1.8 aperture and 0.3-second “ultra-fast” focus and a 2MP wide-angle front camera.

Acer on Friday announced a whole slew of Android-based devices ahead of next week’s annual Computex conference. Set to arrive in the second half of 2014 are no less than five smartphones, atablet, and a fitness band. Starting at the top of the Acer food chain we find the 5.7-inchLiquid X1 and its octa-core 1.7GHz processor. Equipped to support 4G LTE speeds of up to 150Mbps, the phablet boasts a 13-megapixel rear camera with ultra-fast focus and other enhancements. Also under the hood are 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, microSD expansion, and a 2,700mAh battery. Slightly smaller and a tad less powerful are the Liquid E700 and E600. Each packs a 5-inch display however the former features a higher resolution image (1,080×720 pixels) than the latter (854×480 pixels). Also present in the E700 are a quad-core 1.3GHz Mediatek CPU, 1GB RAM, 4GB storage, and microSD expansion card slot. In terms of camera, the smartphone comes with an 8-megapixel lens on the back and 2-megapixel shooter around front. Oh, and then there’s also a 3,500mAh battery and support for up to three SIM cards.