The models of the A series: A500,A501,A100 comes with the Android platform.
The models of the W series: W500,W501 comes with Windows 7 either Home Premium or Professional edition. They are closer to laptops and can optionally have a dockable keyboard.
Short name | Acer A100 16GB | Acer A100 8GB | Acer A500 | Acer A501 16GB | Acer A501 32 GB | Acer W500 |
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| Screen | ||||||
| Screen resolution | 1024x600 | 1024x600 | 1280x800 | 1280x800 | 1280x800 | 1280x800 |
| Screen size | 7 in | 7 in | 10.1 in | 10.1 in | 10.1 in | 10.1 in |
| Screen type | TFT | TFT | TFT | TFT | TFT | TFT CrystalBrite |
| Touch screen | Capacitive | Capacitive | Capacitive | |||
| Camera | ||||||
| Rear camera | Yes 5MP | Yes 5MP | Yes 5MP | Yes 5MP | Yes 5MP | No |
| Front camera | Yes 2MP | Yes 2MP | Yes 2MP | Yes 2MP | Yes 2MP | Yes 2x 1.3MP |
| Flash | Yes LED | Yes LED | Yes LED | Yes | Yes | No |
| Video recording | Yes | Yes | Yes 720p | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connectivity | ||||||
| 3G | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| 4G LTE | ||||||
| Wi-Fi | Yes 802.11b/g/n | Yes 802.11b/g/n | Yes 802.11b/g/n | Yes 802.11b/g/n | Yes 802.11b/g/n | Yes 802.11b/g/n |
| Bluetooth® | Yes 2.1 | Yes 2.1 | Yes 2.1 | Yes 2.1 | Yes 2.1 | Yes 3 |
| HDMI port | Yes micro | Yes micro | Yes Micro (type D) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| USB Host | No | No | Yes 1x mini USB 1x Full size USB | Yes 2x | ||
| Ethernet (LAN, RJ45) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Technical details | ||||||
| Processor | NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core 1GHz | NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core 1GHz | NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core 1GHz | NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core 1GHz | NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core 1GHz | AMD Fusion dual core 1GHz |
| RAM | 1,024 MB | 1,024 MB | 1,024 MB | 1,024 MB | 1,024 MB | 2,048 MB |
| Built-in memory | 16 GB | 8 GB | 32 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| External memory | Yes microSDHC | Yes microSDHC | Yes microSD, microSDHC | Yes microSDHC | Yes microSDHC | Yes SD |
| Sensors | ||||||
| Accelerometer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Barometer | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Gyroscope | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| GPS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Magnetometer | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Proximity sensor | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Dimensions | ||||||
| Height | 195 mm | 195 mm | 260 mm | 260 mm | 260 mm | 275 mm |
| Width | 117 mm | 117 mm | 177 mm | 177 mm | 177 mm | 190 mm |
| Depth | 13.1 mm | 13.1 mm | 13.3 mm | 13.3 mm | 13.3 mm | 19.5 mm |
| Weight | 450 g | 450 g | 730 g | 777 g | 777 g | 1.58 kg |
| Battery | ||||||
| Battery capacity | 1,530 mAh | 1,530 mAh | 3,260 mAh | 3,260 mAh | ||
| Charge via USB | No | |||||
| Replaceable battery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Additional | ||||||
| Name | Acer Iconia Tab A100 16GB | Acer Iconia Tab A100 8GB | Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S32u | Acer Iconia Tab A501-10S16u | Acer Iconia Tab A501-10S32u | Acer Iconia Tab W500 |
| Manufacturer | Acer | Acer | Acer | Acer | Acer | Acer |
| Release date | Aug. 14th 2011 | Aug. 14th 2011 | Apr. 15th 2011 | Apr. 24th 2011 | ||
| Operating System | Android 3.2 Honeycomb | Android 3.2 Honeycomb | Android 3.0 Honeycomb | Android 3.0 Honeycomb | Android 3.0 Honeycomb | Windows® 7 Home Premium |
| Price | $ 349.99 | $ 329.99 | $ 449.99 | $ 499.99 | $ 549.99 | $ 499 |
| Website | acer.com/... | acer.com/... | acer.com/... | acer.co.uk/... | acer.com/... |
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