Acer’s First New Phone in Years Has a Screen on the Back
Acer has returned to the smartphone market with the Sospiro A15, a midrange device featuring a unique secondary display on the back. The phone is currently limited to the Latin American market and focuses on basic functionality rather than high-end performance.
Why it matters
The release marks a rare hardware experiment from a company that had largely exited the smartphone sector, highlighting niche design trends in midrange devices.
Acer has largely stepped away from the smartphone industry in recent years; the company’s heavily focused on tablets , laptops, handheld gaming , and sometimes smart glasses these days. But today the company announced the Sospiro A15 , a midrange smartphone with a rare rear display.
The Sospiro A15—which is, for now, limited to the Latin American market—puts its secondary display directly next to the phone’s rear camera array. It’s small, at 1.88 inches, with a resolution of 240 x 284. The rear display has relatively limited functionality; you’re not meant to be navigating your phone with it. Rather, it’s more for showing notifications, music controls, and a viewfinder for the rear camera.
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