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If you’ve been tuning in to IFA 2024, then you might have seen Acer’s massive announcement which encompasses several new Windows-powered machines, although the company also announced its new tablet with the Acer Iconia X12. We’ve seen a comeback of sorts for the Android tablet market, and it looks like Acer wants in on the action with the X12.
The Iconia X12 comes with most of the trappings of a modern-day Android tablet – there’s an aluminum chassis that surrounds a large 12.6-inch AMOLED screen with 2.5K resolution, a quad-speaker setup, a large 10,000 mAh battery, and even a headphone jack and microSD card slot, which are often rarities these days.
Acer also markets the tablet with a focus on productivity, and will sell additional accessories such as a folio stand case, a stylus pen, as well as a detachable keyboard. All of this looks fine and dandy so far, so what’s the catch?
For such a good-looking tablet, the Iconia X12 comes with a MediaTek Helio G99 chip inside, an SoC that’s usually reserved for budget-friendly Android device. For such a good-looking device with a killer display, it’s a bit of a shame that Acer went this route, so this limits other capabilities of the tablet such as gaming from the get-go.
Of course if all you’re after is a decent tablet with a great display and a decent-enough performance, then you’ll have to wait until January 2025 to get your hands on the Iconia X12, which launches in the US for $350.
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