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Acer Swift 5 SF514-54T-77V6 review

Acer Swift 5 SF514-54T-77V6

CHOICE Expert Rating

71%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Full-sized HDMI port
  • Thin bezel around the screen makes it look smaller than a 14in laptop
  • Very good touchpad
  • Very good screen
  • Very good Wi-Fi speed
  • Very good keyboard
  • Screen has excellent brightness and contrast
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Poor audio quality
  • No SD card slot

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 10 Home

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
71%
Performance score
57%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
77%
Battery life score
66%
Display score
84%
Audio score
45%
Wi-Fi score
82%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
1453
Storage read-speed (MBps)
1736
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
45
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
6:25
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
1:20
Expert tester comments
Acer's Swift 5 is a very lightweight laptop that looks smaller than other 14-inch sized laptops in a line up. It houses a powerful configuration that can be used for a little more than just Web browsing and social media tasks. Its 10th generation Core i7 CPU and Intel Iris Pro graphics give it good grunt for image and video work, and some modest gaming. You can even connect two external monitors if you wish, via USB-C (Thunderbolt 3) and HDMI.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
C
Warranty (years)
1
Replaceable battery
Not collected
Replace/upgrade RAM
Not collected
Slots for additional RAM
Not collected
Replace/upgrade storage
Not collected
Slot for additional storage
Not collected
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Not collected
Country of origin
Not collected

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Cost

Price
$1,763.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
14
Native screen resolution (pixels)
1920 x 1080
Processor (CPU) type
Intel Core i7-1065G7
CPU frequency (GHz)
1.3
RAM (GB)
8
Video graphics type
Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Storage capacity (GB)
512
Available user space (GB)
435
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
6
Weight of laptop (kg)
0.9
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.3
Size (mm, H x D x W)
19 x 215 x 320

Features

Screen finish
Matte
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
1
USB 3.0 ports
1
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
0
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
1
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
2

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