Acer Liquid Jade Z

Upon first glance of the Liquid Jade Z looks identical to the Liquid Jade S but when picking it up you'll notice a few subtle differences. The back panel is plastic with a textured feel giving impressive grip and a nice touch on the rear, whilst there is a chrome effect around the plastic edged bezel.It can be a bit difficult to get a good look at the back with this ugly security tag in the way so I took one a little closer up to show the effect.It's much lighter than you'd expect, picking up the handset was a shock to find it so light, it doesn't feel premium at all. It weighs 110g and is only 7.9mm thick - an impressive feat meaning it'll feel light whenever you've got it about your person.Down the left hand side is a drawer to put in your SIM card and on the left hand side is the volume rocker. It slightly protrudes a little too much suggesting it can be pulled out.I even found myself picking at the volume up button for a while thinking it was another drawer to put in a microSD before being told off by an Acer representative for almost breaking it. Colour choices are either white or black but there are no choices for the accent colours. I much prefer the white edition pictured throughout the review, it has a good looking back panel but the black would suffice as well. On the front is a 5.0-inch IPS LCD display with a pixel resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels - that's 294ppi. It's much the same affair as on its more expensive sibling and does the job but doesn't stand out amongst the rest of the competition in this market.