Archos 50 Diamond with 64-bit Snapdragon 615 CPU launching soon for around $200
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French-based gadget maker Archos today announced a new, relatively high-end smartphone called Archos 50 Diamond. This is the company’s first handset to be powered by a 64-bit, octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor (one of the new processors that Qualcomm introduced earlier this year), and Archos seems to be quite proud of it.
The Archos 50 Diamond will be available starting early 2015. Don’t let the handset’s name fool you: this is not an expensive device, and will be sold for around $200. The smartphone currently runs Android 4.4 KitKat, but we imagine that an update to Android 5.0 Lollipop will be available at some point (to make full use of the 64-bit Snapdragon processor). What do you think of this octa-core, $200 smartphone?
source: Archos (PDF, in French)
The 50 Diamond sports a 5-inch IPS display with 1080 x 1920 pixels, further featuring: LTE connectivity, dual SIM support, an 8 MP front-facing camera, 16 MP rear camera with LED flash, 2 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of expandable internal memory. The device measures 146 x 70.4 x 8 mm, weighs 142 grams, and includes a 2700 mAh battery.
The Archos 50 Diamond will be available starting early 2015. Don’t let the handset’s name fool you: this is not an expensive device, and will be sold for around $200. The smartphone currently runs Android 4.4 KitKat, but we imagine that an update to Android 5.0 Lollipop will be available at some point (to make full use of the 64-bit Snapdragon processor). What do you think of this octa-core, $200 smartphone?
source: Archos (PDF, in French)
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