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Acer Chromebook 514 sails through FCC, headed for US shores

Back in August, Acer introduced the Chromebook 514, a 14-inch laptop expected to start at $350. The company then said it would be available in North America around October and here we are: It appears the large Chromebook with a relatively small price tag is about to go on sale in the U.S.

The Acer Chromebook 514 was certified this week by the FCC and I caught the above label information showing the model number which confirms which device was tested.

At the time of the device announcement, hardware information was generally non-existent. But Android Police took the device for a spin about a week later — they weren’t impressed by the build quality but that could have been an early production model — and came away with these specifications:

CPU: Intel Celeron Quad Core N3450 or Intel Pentium Quad Core N4200 (both Apollo Lake)
Display: 14″FHD Acer ComfyView IPS LED LCD or FHD (1920×1080) IPS Multi-touch LCD
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 500 or 505
RAM: 4 or 8GB
Storage: 32 or 64GB eMMC
Camera: HDR
Battery: 12 hours
Connectivity: 2x USB 3.0, 2x Type C (Power and data on both sides), MicroSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone jack

Surely, the expected $350 price tag is for a combination of the Intel Celeron, no touchscreen, 4GB of memory and 32GB of storage, so upgrades will set you back another $100 to $250 in my opinion, depending on your choices. Assuming the final build quality is improved over what Android Police experienced in September, the Acer Chromebook 514 might be a nice entry-level Chrome OS laptop for those on a budget.

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Kevin C. Tofel

4 thoughts on “Acer Chromebook 514 sails through FCC, headed for US shores

  1. Any idea if this will come in Gold or another new color (maybe their new blue) like the original 14 did?

    1. All I see is the blue on their website for windows. No mention yet of chromebooks, maybe later this month.

  2. All I see is the blue on their website for windows. No mention yet of chromebooks, maybe later this month.

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