Acer has just announced a bunch of new PCs with cutting edge hardware. The Acer Predator Orion 3000 is a desktop PC, while the Predator Helios Neo 14 AI and Predator Triton 15 AI are powerful gaming laptops. But alongside these models, the company has also unveiled Aspire 16 AI laptops that offer impressively long battery life across latest gen Intel, AMD, and Snapdragon platforms. So let’s check it out.
Acer Aspire 16 AI launch: What makes it special?
Acer has built the Aspire 16 AI with new and efficient processors that promise great battery life while not compromising on performance. The Intel variant arrived with up to a Core Ultra 7 258V, which is paired with Intel Arc graphics. Acer promises up to 26 hours of battery life on this model. Meanwhile, the AMD option features either the Ryzen AI 7 350 or Ryzen AI 5 340 processors. This is coupled with Radeon 860M and Radeon 840M, respectively.
Lastly, there is the ARM based Snapdragon version which includes the Snapdragon X platform. The most notable aspect of this model is its impressively long battery life of 27 hours. The new Aspire 16 AI sports a tall 16-inch OLED WUXGA+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 500 nits of peak brightness. Although, the Qualcomm option skips the OLED display for an LCD WUXGA panel that can be opted with 100 percent sRGB or 45 percent NTSC color gamut.

All Aspire 16 AI laptop can be paired with up to 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of PCIe Gen4 SSD storage. These also support microSD expansion. A sizeable 65Wh battery pack powers this model. Connectivity options include USB 3.2 Type-A, USB-C, HDMI 2.1, a MicroSD slot, and WiFi 6E/7. Acer Aspire 16 AI runs on Windows 11 OS, with the AMD options featuring Microsoft’s Pluton security chip and facial recognition. The Snapdragon variant gets the basic Windows Hello.
Other notable AI powered features include PurifiedVoice, LiveArt, and Copilot+ Hotkey. Acer is set to launch the Aspire 16 AI in the Snapdragon option in July for a starting price tag of 749 Euros. On the other hand, the AMD and Intel variants will go on sale in August. Team Red options will start from 999 Euros, while the base model of Team Blue versions costs 1,049 Euros.
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