Finally Acer India launched the new Helios 300 series in the Indian market at a starting price of 129,000 Rs.However its price in U.S is $1,299 which is about Rs 88,000 in the Indian market. This series is made for a great gaming experience and heavy tasking. Although we get to see a major difference in the Indian Acer Laptop compared to that of U.S which we would discuss below.

Talking about the Indian side of this laptop, these series are powered with the Intel core i7 7700HQ series and an i5-7300HQ both visualized by the Nvidia’s Geforce GTX 1050 4gb series to deliver crystal clear graphics (not sure because there is no details provided in Flipkart as well as acer india website).The laptops contain 8gb of DDR4 SDRAM which can be expanded upto 32gb. They have given 1TB of internal storage along with a 128gb SSD in both the variants and comes with Windows 10 64bit Home edition running. These laptops contain an inbuilt mic and has 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 3.1 Type C (1st Gen) ,1 HDMI v2.0 Port and a 2 in 1 Card Reader (SD, SDXC).

The screen resolution is 1920 x 1080 Pixel with a 15.6 inch Full HD LED Backlit TFT IPS display. The sound generated from these are powered with Dolby Audio Premium Sound enhancement along with Acer TrueHarmony Technology.

You can easily connect to any wifi with a IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wifi card and a Bluetooth v4.0 as well as an Gigabit Ethernet slot. Talking about the extra features , we have an HD webcam which is placed right above the screen.It also has a Kensingston Lock slot to protect your laptop from getting theft.The keyboard used in this is Finetip Keyboard with numeric keypad and has a red colored backlit. The touchpad is a Multi Gesture touchpad. The laptop is cooled with an inbuilt Dual fan with Metal AeroBlade 3D and the whole laptop is powered with a 3220 mah Li-ion Battery. Acer included some of its softwares such as Acer Care Center, Acer Collection, Acer Configuration Manager, Quick Access and Microsoft Office 2016 and there will a 1 year warranty on this laptop both International and Domestic without physical damage.

Although the laptop is a beast but in the Indian market its not upto the point as they have changed a lot of parts inside the laptop as compared Globally.

Let’s have a comparison between the Indian and US versions of Acer Predator Helios.

ACER INDIAN VARIANT (G3-572) Processor :Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Memory : 8gb DDR4 SDRAM (exp 32gb) Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 with 4 GB Dedicated Memory Storage: 1TB HDD and 128 GB SSD Resolution: 15.6″ Full HD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 Price: $ 2326 or Rs 149,000 ACER U.S VARIANT(PH317-51-787B) Processor : Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Memory : 16 GB, DDR4 SDRAM (exp 32gb) Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 6 GB Dedicated Memory Storage: 1 TB HDD and 256 GB SSD Resolution: 17.3″ Full HD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 Price: $ 1399.99 ~ Rs 89,683

As we can clearly see the Indian version is priced higher for the lower specifications.

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G3-572 with Core i7 7th Gen

G3-572 with Core i5 7th Gen

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