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May 2015 promo: $40 for Acer smartphone with $100 airtime purchase
May 3, 2015
9:26 am
Peter
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For $140, you would get:
* Acer Liquid Z220
* $100 airtime
* 2 months of 100MB data

The fine print says that the $100 airtime purchase must be activated before July 1, 2015.

More details on the official site: https://www.speakout7eleven.ca/prepaid-phones-promotions/39.99-acer-smartphone

May 3, 2015
2:08 pm
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Has anyone purchased this phone and can give us an opinion?

May 3, 2015
10:46 pm
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When I purchased the huawei phone, the acatel became junk!
the huawei became a good tool.
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when I purchased the new acer phone on may 1, do you know what happened?

The huawei is still a good tool but the acer is like King!

Excellent Taiwan product at excellent price! China product became junk in this case.
Very fast phone; 2 cameras; a lot more adjustments and option in the camera;
you can fast shoot 10 pictures!!! very fast shooting time compared with huawei.
Never buy huawei again! You can check my previous review! Long battery hours!
Small capacity of the battery means low power consumption! at least 4-6GB can be used to save apps! unlike huawei that you can only use 560mb! I download many apps including the offline wiki (4gb)! Amazing, right? Best deal ever; buy the acer phone today!

May 4, 2015
5:07 am
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46jimbo said
Has anyone purchased this phone and can give us an opinion?

I do not own it, but I trust this review.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inq.....-on-review

This phone is apparently unlocked, and it can use 2 SIM cards, and it runs Android Lollipop. I would not buy it though, because of the awful screen, awful camera, awful processor, the crapware, and poor battery life. I know I have to weigh it against it being a $40 phone, but I have enough landfill Android devices already.

May 4, 2015
10:22 pm
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I think the above person is a lucky person. He has already got a few other nicer phones.
However, from the link he provided, you can see so-called Motorola phone provides better resolution...!? for 89 British Pounds = CAD163! And, does the motorola phone provides both front and rear lens with flashlight (torch light too)? Well, if you have $100 a month to spend on phone then you can buy iphone and all other phones become junk. However, if your budget is small, you can get a nice medium priced phone now for a price cheaper than a low end phone.
Just check other phones at speakout. Which phone provides 2 lens with flashlight and allow you to download big apps including wiki offine? I think you need to buy the motorola one with a price tag of $220 after discount. Check it out at 7-11 website. When people describe it as awful, which ones do you compare to? Samsung S5? iphone 6 or what other high end phones or medium priced phones? Remember this one has a price of half of a low-end priced phone.

May 5, 2015
2:19 am
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I just purchased this today. Needed $25 topup for another number so they sucked me in. :)
Much quicker than my T-Mobile Prism II and is unlocked so should be good for T-Mobile and Speakout.

Apps loaded and still fast and not out of memory.
Seems like a deal based on a few minutes of use!

Dual sim is great if they transfer one of my accounts/balances to the new small sim card.

May 5, 2015
7:51 am
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So those of you who have bought this phone, what do you think of the screen quality? Is it 'awful', as bridonca suggests?

(By the way, I have a Huawei Y300 and I find it's screen just fine.)

May 5, 2015
10:41 am
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It's a nicest little smart phone for $34 I've ever had. I paid $156 including bc tax for the phone and 100 minutes at my local 7-11 store. But I got a nice surprise on adding the $100 to my spouse's account. The $100 became $122. Not bad. I don't know how we got $122 when the receipt shows $100. The airtime is supposedly good for 365 days.

The phone includes a removable battery, 2-piece USB wall plug-in charging cable, a 2-in-1 regular / micro sim and black earbuds with mic.

For $34, it's a very good deal imo. It's unlocked and is dual sim. The phone accepts a regular sim or a micro sim. It also has a micro sd memory card... it supports up to 32 GB memory card based on the gsm arena or phone arena specs site.

Screen resolution is fine for what it is. 4". Running android 5.0. Anything over android 2.3 with wifi sharing is good for me. Screen resolution is Similar to Nokia lumia 530. Way better than Sony Ericsson j108 cedar that I paid $60 for years ago.

In the contacts, the swiping is a bit wonky. A little swipe goes all the way up or down through contacts. Going slow selects a contact.

Internet speed is ok when I put in my Fido sim. I noticed a speed lag compared to my Sony Xperia SP. Wifi set up went easy as did setting up an email account. I haven't figured out yet how to use the free 2-months data. With wifi all over, and only 100mb a month, it's probably something that shouldn't get hooked on.

Telephone voice quality is crisp and clear. I'm gonna get another one today. Will find out if $100 credit jumps again.

May 6, 2015
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Added second $100 to existing family line. No bonus minutes received, just the $100.

May 7, 2015
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The $122 for $100 is probably the 2 months data included in the deal.
I find the screen is not the best but better than my PrismII was and totally acceptable.
It's all relative and we are all different but I find it fast and enjoy using the phone, Call quality and speakerphone all great.
I don't know that there could be a better deal than this.
Unlocked, dual sim phone, good for Speakout, Rogers, T-mobile, AT&T, Telus?, Bell?.........

May 8, 2015
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Oops, very newbie rookie mistake on my part. My younger bro showed me that lack of screen responsiveness is due to my non removal of factory shipped screen dust protector. Once removed, the screen responsiveness is vastly improved.

May 12, 2015
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I also just took advantage of this 7-11 Acer Z220 offer for my wife. I'm no expert on phones (just have an old Speakout Nokia flip-phone myself) but it seems to work pretty well, works fast and the screen resolution looks fine to me. The on-line operation manual is very clear and well laid out compared to others I've seen.

Fixed up gmail, maps, what'sapp and a few others. All this stuff works just fine off the home wi-fi so I'm not sure we'll bother with getting data later. In any case, I didn't get 2 months as some people say they did, just got one month of100Mb and the account says "The cost of your 30 Day Value Plan/Add-On will be deducted from your account balance every 30 days." sf-frown_gif

Maybe I'm reading it wrong...I don't know. I paid $140+tax for the package. The present balance shown is $101.91 and 364 days.

May 13, 2015
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To update the data question I raised above, I just called customer service and was told that the $10 data charge would only be deducted if I opted for the data add-on after the 2 months initial trial (of 100Mb/month). So I'll check later to see if that's the case.

May 14, 2015
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I was happy with a 3 year old Alcatel 356 model phone, but a new job required me to have a cell phone. I have to pay for the phone service myself, so I chose not to use Speakout for the new job. 25 cents a minute would likely prove to be too expensive for that, so, I bought the Acer 220 a couple of days ago.
The Acer phone comes with a Speakout “dual sim” card installed.
The Acer 220 comes with two simcard slots, one full-size, and one micro sim.
With the dual sim capability, I put the full-sized sim card from my new phone service for the new job in the Acer, and snapped out the micro sim Speakout card that came with the Acer and contacted Speakout about moving my existing Speakout number and balance over to the new sim card. I followed the instructions provided, and the transfer of my Speakout number to the new sim card was completed by early the next morning.
I am still getting used to the Acer phone, as it is my first Android. The phone call sound quality is *very* good. The screen resolution seems very clear to me. I have seen higher resolution screens on iPhones, but frankly, I cannot see any difference in the clarity of text or images on web pages I have looked at using my home wi-fi connection.
So far, the only “problem” I am having is learning to type text messages on a new touch screen device. It is going to take a bit of practice for me.
I am *very* happy with the new device, and if you are interested in getting one, you might want to get one before they are all gone. Even at the full price of $90, it seems like an excellent value for money.

May 15, 2015
9:22 pm
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I already have a problem with this Acer Z220 that we just bought.

I was trying the included tutorial (to help me learn about it) and the phone now seems to be locked into that mode. Can''t access anything because the screen won't respond. First the screen said "touch disabled while tutorial is speaking" except that it wasn't speaking. There was an EXIT panel and a NEXT panel but neither would respond.

Then, a little voice started reading out all the details, time, wifi on, battery % etc etc. and it also stated the name of each icon I touched but nothing happens and I can't get out of it.

I tried removing/replacing the battery, and the sim card but the phone still comes back in the same mode.

Any ideas other than to return it?

May 15, 2015
11:12 pm
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Hi CW,

Just press and hold power button and UP Volume button at the same time for 5-10 seconds
to restart. It should be ok.

May 16, 2015
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Thanks...I tried that several times but it's no different. It powers off but when it comes back on, it reverts to the same tutorial mode.

A voice just keeps repeating the phone details, "bluetooth off, wifi on, 4 bars, battery 65%" etc etc. Then if I touch an icon, a green dotted line appears around it and the voice declares the name of the icon.

It's just the same with the sim card removed so it seems nothing to do with Speakout. Is this "tutorial" a feature of Android 5.0, or is it something Acer have put into the phone?

May 16, 2015
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Ok, I fixed it. The phone was in accessibility mode and apparently it's not an uncommon Android problem for that to happen if someone is looking through the menus or just messing with the phone. So it's back to normal. now. sf-laugh_gif

May 17, 2015
11:18 am
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Thanks for the heads up on this deal, Peter! I ran out and got one put my sim in and I am very pleased withit.
New to android myself but can't resist a few notes:
...don't let that review in post 4 turn you away...sure the pictures are not super for pixel-peeping but you have to consider they were thinking of inclusion to Multimediamessages etc. so compression is suitably high to save data. That in mind, they look pretty good to me.

gps is not the best -can be intermittent but It might be software issue. If you are new to Android, and keep a tinfoil hat in your closet, remember it is pretty much Google spyware.

There is a general issue in android 5.0 "lollipop"? with the stuff you put on an sd card. It is all set to a kind of "read only" by the phone so editing certain files can only be done by deleting the ones on the card and replacing with a new file, edited, from your computer. There's talk of this online....

@NW711 maybe a tip for you? turn the phone sideways to use the keyboard. No way I could use it in "portrait" mode.

May 18, 2015
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happycamper said

There is a general issue in android 5.0 "lollipop"? with the stuff you put on an sd card. It is all set to a kind of "read only" by the phone so editing certain files can only be done by deleting the ones on the card and replacing with a new file, edited, from your computer. There's talk of this online....

Change happened before 5.0 It's intended for security or something. A pain.

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