Acer Iconia B1 spotted, sells for Php12,000

Went around SM Cyberzone in Megamall this afternoon and spotted Acer’s new Jellybean tablet. This could be the Acer Iconia B1 Jellybean tablet which was supposed to retail for only $99 in the US but then re-priced to $150 by Acer during CES 2013.

We think that this is just a parallel import and not really the official release of Acer in the country, thus the discrepancy in the pricing.

The Jellybean tablet has a 7-inch display (1024×600 pixels), Mediatek 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 512MB RAM, 8GB internal storage, up to 32Gb via microSD card, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.

We only spotted this in one store and only about 2 units were available. The Iconia B1 is supposed to be Acer’s answer to the affordable Nexus 7 (selling at Php13,995). At Php12k, it doesn’t seem that attractive but if they follow the $150 price tag (under Php6,200) then that’s another story altogether.

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Acer Iconia B1, Acer’s $99 Jellybean tablet?

While the world is waiting for the rumored $99 Google Nexus 7, Acer is already positioned to release it’s budget-friendly 7 incher – the Acer Iconia B1.

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The Acer Iconia B1 has just passed through the FCC and was found to carry Mediatek SoC with dual-core processors clocked at 1.2GHz, a screen resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, microSD card slot, a SIM card slot, and runs Android 4.1.2 Jellybean.

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So far there’s no official confirmation regarding the release date and if it indeed costs $99. But if Acer really wants to compete with the $99 Nexus 7, the Iconia B1 should revolve around that price tag and beat Google to market. Expect the tablet to make an appearance at CES in January.

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