Seven new products unveiled on Acer Day

IN an initiative to bring new energy to the brand, Acer marked Aug 3 as Acer Day, its first transnational event in the Asia Pacific region.
Besides Malaysia, the event covered 13 other territories including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and Vietnam.
In conjunction with the event, Acer Malaysia unveiled seven new gaming and lifestyle products to the Malaysian market.
Present at the launch were Acer Malaysia's product director Johnson Seet; products, sales and marketing general manager Chan Weng Hong; product manager Jeffrey Lai; as well as Acer Taiwan's IT Mobile Division director Karen Chiang.
Two of the most celebrated products unveiled at the event were the gaming-centric Predator Helios 300 and Acer Nitro 5.
The Predator Helios 300 is a gaming laptop that features the all-new AeroBlade 3D Fan for cooling, an overclockable Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 GPU, 7th Gen Intel Core i7 (7700HQ) desktop processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, as well as 256 GB SSD and 1TB HDD for storage.
It is also fitted with a 15.6in panel, and is priced at RM5,999.
The Acer Nitro 5 comes in two configurations underneath its matte black chassis. The Core i5 model with GTX1050 graphics is priced at RM3,299 while the Core i7 version with GTX1050Ti graphics is priced at RM4,699.
The lineup also includes new colours and screen sizes for the Acer Swift 3 laptop, the 2-in-1 Acer Switch 5, the convertible Acer One 10, and two new all-in-one desktops – the Acer Aspire U27 and Aspire Z24.
The Acer Swift 3 – which now comes in stellar blue and salmon pink colours, as well as a new 15.6in option – is priced between RM3,399 and RM3,899.
The new Switch 5, available with either a i5 processor paired with Windows 10 Home or a i7 processor paired with Windows 10 Pro, is priced at RM3,999 and RM4,999 respectively.
Powered by Intel Atom x5 processor, the Acer One 10 is priced at RM1,099.
Finally, the 27in Acer Aspire U27 and 23.8in Aspire Z24 all-in-one desktops are priced at RM6,499 and RM4,699 respectively.
All products mentioned are available now, except for the Swift 3, which will be available anytime soon.
The event that day also saw the launch of the Acer Day Be Cool Everyday campaign, which runs from now till Sept 30.
For customers who purchase select Acer products worth RM2,999 and below, they will receive RM50 shopping vouchers. For purchases of select products worth between RM3,000 to RM3,999, they will receive a copy of Microsoft Office 365, whereas select purchases worth over RM4,000 will receive a 1TB Hard Disk Drive.
For more, visit the Acer Day website.