Acer Swift 3 15-inch (SF315 Series)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 131 reviews of Acer Swift 3 15-inch (SF315 Series). The average rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the keyboard and portability. The price and design also get good comments. Comments are divided on the screen, and there are some critical comments about the battery.

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Expert review by : Expert Reviews Staff (expertreviews.co.uk)

Acer Swift 3 SF315-52 review: Looks the part but lacks the power

A good looker and not a bad performer – but it's held back by a so-so screen and mediocre battery life

Appealing design ; Good performance

Low battery life ; Poor sRGB coverage ; Cramped keyboard

The Acer Swift 3 is a competent machine, but it has its foibles. If you’re in the market for a 15.6in laptop, therefore, we suggest you take a look at the PC Specialist Lafité instead, which has a better screen and more storage for a price that’s...

Sep, 2019

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Expert review by : Andrew Williams (techadvisor.co.uk)

Acer Swift 3 SF315

The Acer Swift 3 comes in various shapes and sizes and now includes an option with AMD Ryzen processing and Vega grahpics. But can it outpace the Intel version?

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Acer Swift 3 (Ryzen) review

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The Acer Swift 3 is a 15.6-inch laptop, and weighing in at 2.1kg, it might be pushing the concept of 'portable' for some. However, there's an appetite for large screen laptops, and they can be excellent replacements for the traditional desktop. With a...

Mar, 2018

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Acer Swift 3 (8th gen Intel) review

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The latest iteration of the Acer Swift 3, this powerful 14-inch ultrabook packs in the latest eighth- generation Intel i5 processor, backed up with 8GB of RAM and a solid state drive so we've got few concerns about its number-crunching ability....

Dec, 2017

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Expert review by : James Archer (itpro.co.uk)

Acer Swift 3 Ryzen review: Big, basic but amazingly brawny

This mid-range notebook is imperfect yet surprisingly potent

Ultrabook-beating performance; Affordable; Understated design

Display quality is mixed; Low battery life

It may be a basic laptop in some respects, but thanks to its AMD Ryzen processor, the Swift 3 is enticingly powerful.

Mar, 2018

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Expert review by : Brett Howse (anandtech.com)

The Acer Swift 3 SF315-41 Review: Ryzen Meets Laptop

It's been a long time since we've had a chance to review a laptop powered by an AMD CPU, but Acer has now launched the Acer Swift 3 powered by Ryzen Mobile, and we've got a chance to look at one. AMD has had a tough run in the laptop space over the...

The combination of AMD’s Ryzen mobile, along with a good design, and excellent specifications for the price, really do make the Acer Swift 3 an appealing proposition. We’ve never tested a laptop at this price point with a 512 GB SSD before, and the 8...

May, 2018

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Expert review by : Laptop Mag (laptopmag.com)

Acer Swift 3 (Ryzen, 2018) Review

Stays cool ; Dim, reflective screen; Overpriced; Middling performance; Tons of bloatware ; The Ryzen CPU-based Acer Swift 3 is a 15.6-inch laptop that's nothing to brag about.

Dim, reflective screen; Overpriced; Middling performance; Tons of bloatware ; The Ryzen CPU-based Acer Swift 3 is a 15.6-inch laptop that's nothing to brag about.

The Ryzen CPU-based Acer Swift 3 is a 15.6-inch laptop that's nothing to brag about.

Apr, 2018

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Expert review by : Sascha Mölck (notebookcheck.net)

Acer Swift 3 SF315-41G (Ryzen 5 2500U, Radeon RX 540, SSD, FHD) Laptop Review

Hit the brakes. The Swift 3 SF315-41G is a multimedia allrounder by Acer that relies on the combination of a Raven Ridge APU and a dedicated AMD graphics unit. They are joined by an IPS display, a backlit keyboard and an NVMe-SSD. As a result, the...

matte IPS display ; Full-HD resolution ; NVMe-SSD ; thin, light, compact

reflective display ; slow card reader ; gaming performance below GeForce MX150

Acer's multimedia allrounder comes with an AMD Raven-Ridge APU that offers more than enough computing power for all standard use cases. The dedicated GPU enables gaming in a limited capacity. However, resolution and quality settings have to be selected...

Jun, 2018

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Expert review by : Sam Medley (notebookcheck.net)

Acer Swift 3 (Ryzen 7 2700U, Radeon RX Vega 10) Laptop Review

Ryzen up. Acer has updated their popular Swift 3 laptop with AMD's most powerful mobile APU, the Ryzen 7 2700U with RX Vega 10 graphics. Unfortunately, the system fails to live up to its full potential.

competes well with Kaby Lake R CPUs ; Vega 10 GPU bests Intel iGPUs by wide margin ; relatively compact and portable ; ports are well-positioned and offer wide variety ; fingerprint reader is nice addition ; fans are well-tuned and quiet ; heat output...

relatively short battery life compared to Kaby Lake R devices ; no Thunderbolt 3 ; slow card reader ; inconsistent PCIe SSD ; screen is far too dim ; screen is far too reflective ; screen has low color space coverage ; sound is thin ; keyboard is...

Ryzen 7 is here, but not in full force. Acer's Swift 3 is one of the first machines to use AMD's new APU, but it may not be the best picture of what the chip can do. While performance is slightly improved from the Ryzen 5 2500U in most cases, it still...

Apr, 2018

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Expert review by : Sebastian Jentsch (notebookcheck.net)

Acer Swift 3 SF315 (Ryzen 5 2500U, Vega 8, 256 GB, FHD) Laptop Review

The boys are back in town. The mobile version of the Ryzen is here. Is this the first time that AMD is eye to eye with Intel? Overall, the answer is a definite yes, although Acer should not have cut corners with the SSD.

strong performance at Kaby Lake Refresh level ; Vega 8 IGP beats Intel UHD Graphics significantly ; thin, light and compact ; properly processed ; ports are well positioned ; TPM 2.0, fingerprint-reader ; very nice ClickPad ; very good contrast ratio ;...

short runtimes ; no Thunderbolt 3 ; cf. slow PCIe-SSD ; slow card reader ; narrow number pad ; screen too dark ; low color-space coverage ; unsatisfactory sound

With Ryzen 5 Mobile, AMD clearly sees itself ahead of Intel's Kaby Lake Refresh chips, a statement that we can agree with if we remove "clearly" from it. In the case of the 2500U, the general computing power is at eye level with the Core i5-8250U or...

Jan, 2018

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