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Acer Swift 5 Notebook launched with Intel 8th gen processor, 16 GB RAM, weighing less than 1 kg

Acer's Swift 5 Notebook comes with Colour Intelligence technology which helps in optimising screen colour and brightness without over saturation.

Tech2 News Staff|May 24, 2018, 13:27:39 IST

Acer has launched a new portable laptop in the Swift series, called the Swift 5 Notebook. The 15-inch laptop weights less than 1 kg and comes with a Full HD IPS touchscreen display with 87.6 percent screen-to-body ratio. Acer launched the Swift 5 in New York at the Global press conference next@acer.[caption id="attachment_4480911" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Acer Swift 5 Notebook.[/caption]Acer's Swift 5 Notebook comes with Colour Intelligence technology which helps in optimising screen colour and brightness without over-saturating the display. It is powered by Windows 10 and latest Intel processor.Acer Swift 5 comes with a fingerprint reader which enables the Windows Hello feature to securely log into the system. The Taiwanese company has provided 1 TB of SSD storage with and 16 GB DDR4 memory with the laptop.Connectivity option on the Acer Swift 5 Notebook includes one USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 2 port, two USB 3.1 Type-A ports, one of which is capable of charging the laptop when its powered off, an HDMI port and a slot for SD card reader.The company recently launched Acer Swift 5 priced at Rs 79,999 in India.In addition to the Swift 5 laptop, Acer has also announced two new Predator Helios gaming laptops as well.

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