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Acer Swift 3 SF314-52G-77NA (NX.GQNSA.002) review

Acer Swift 3 SF314-52G-77NA (NX.GQNSA.002)

CHOICE Expert Rating

69%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Very good Wi-Fi transfer speed in our tests
  • Very good keyboard
  • Very good amount of connectivity built in (HDMI, 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB-C, SD card slot)
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Touchpad isn't great
  • Unreliable fingerprint reader in our tests
  • Needs a lip to make lifting the lid open easier
  • Lots of time required to perform Windows 10 upgrade from version 1607
  • Lots of preinstalled software

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 10 Home

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
69%
Performance score
56%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
79%
Battery life score
61%
Display score
74%
Audio score
60%
Wi-Fi score
83%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
452
Storage read-speed (MBps)
515
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
46
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
5:12
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
1:31
Expert tester comments
Traditionalists might warm to the Acer Swift 3. It's a conventional laptop design that includes three regular USB ports (in addition to one USB-C port), an HDMI port, and an SD card slot. There is a good amount of processing under the hood, zippy enough storage, and respectable battery life u002du002d all for a competitive price. Its build and design could be better (the lid is hard to lift, the touchpad isn't smooth enough, and the fingerprint reader was unreliable for us), but for the most part, it's one to go for if you just want a standard laptop. Note: This laptop's performance is not directly comparable to current products due to it being tested with an older version of our benchmark.

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
$1,199.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
14
Native screen resolution (pixels)
1920 x 1080
Processor (CPU) type
Intel Core i7-7500U
CPU frequency (GHz)
2.7
RAM (GB)
8
Video graphics type
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
Storage capacity (GB)
256
Available user space (GB)
199
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
5
Weight of laptop (kg)
1.7
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.3
Size (mm, H x D x W)
22 x 232 x 337

Features

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

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