8-inch tablet, 6.4-inch phablet and 8-core smartphone, or ... - BBC News

begin on Monday awaited by all fans of mobile technology exhibition MWC 2014. The French company Archos has revealed, however, their new little earlier.

offer Archos enriched by several new mobile devices.

/ press release

first of the upcoming device is the Archos 80 Helium 4G. The manufacturer promises this model as the world’s first 8-inch tablet that supports LTE network, the price of which does not exceed 230 pounds. Its screen has a resolution of 1024 x 768 and the density of 160 pixels per inch. Under the hood, the tablet will find the Snapdragon 400 (4 x 1,2 GHz), Adreno 305 graphics, 1GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory. For shooting will serve 5 megapixel camera (rear) or 2-megapixel (front), and the whole thing is powered by a battery with a capacity of 3500 mAh. Out of the box the device will work under the supervision of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

Another novelty is phablet Archos 64 Xenon equipped with a 6.4-inch HD (229 ppi). At the heart of this handset is Mediatek MT6582 processor with four cores clocked at 1.3 GHz, which supports GPU Mali 400MP2 and 1 GB of RAM. The rest of the specifications include 4GB of built-in memory, 8 Mpix camera, 2-megapixel webcam for video calling and a battery 2800 mAh. It is not clear whether the components exercised control over Android 4.3 or 4.2, as the producer in the press release gives conflicting information in the description and specification table.

Definitely smaller, but by no means the weakest smartphone is the Archos 50c Oxygen, whose biggest advantage is to be Mediatek MT6592 chipset built with eight cores clocked at 1.7 GHz. Moreover, the phone has to offer display with a 5-inch diagonal, 1280 x 720 resolution and 294 ppi, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB for user files and 8 Mpix camera and 2 megapixel. The used battery has a capacity of 2000 mAh. Like the earlier model, it is not entirely clear applied version of Android, but most likely it will be 4.3 Jelly Bean.

Last of the announced news that the low-end model Archos 40b Titanium. On board the smartphone into a 4-inch display with a resolution of 800 x 480 (233 ppi), Mediatek MT6572 dual core processor with 1.3 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB of internal memory, camera with 5-megapixel, front webcam VGA 1400 mAh battery, and – probably – Android 4.3.

prices of individual models are as follows:

Archos 80 Helium 4G – 229.99 pounds (about 1270 z?)
Archos 64 Xenon – 199.99 pounds (about 1010 z?)
Archos 50c Oxygen – 199.99 lb (ok.1020 z?)
Archos 40b Titanium – 99.99 pounds (about 510 z?)

While variations of 5 – and 4-inch even on the European market have a lot of budget competitors, that at this price very interesting presents an 8-calowiec with LTE and 6.4-inch phablet. If the manufacturer does not reveal any details on the availability of their new devices, but more details will be announced certainly during MWC 2014.

Miron Nurski

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