Archos It is not one of those manufacturers that is in the mouth of all, although it has been proposing serious low-end terminals for a few years that allow thousands of users to delve into Android or access decent terminals that have normal features without attracting much attention. They are not all HTC, Sony, Huawei, Samsung or other well-known ones, but there are others who also play their game in the background to carry Android in a cheaper way and with products without many pretensions, something that also becomes devices which can be purchased for not much money.
The French firm now is at CES 2016 to show some of its new products among which we can find those related to the Internet of Things and two new lines, Power and Cobalt, with the first with a special predilection for battery life and the second for what is a lower end of a higher price. So, if you are looking for a phone that is cheap and has a good autonomy, perhaps it would be convenient to wait for the launch of that Power series at CES in Las Vegas that takes place from this Wednesday, January 6. An opportunity to get to know the four terminals of these two series up close.
Archos 40Power
Archos 40 Power is a smartphone that has a 4 inch and characterized by having a quad-core chip and 2 GB of RAM. What the French company boasts of is its autonomy, since it maintains that it will arrive in two days without having to go through an electrical source to recharge.
Next, you have the list of specifications given and what the price of € 49,99 would be. For this price, being able to acquire a 1.900 mAh battery for a quad-core and 2GB of RAM, not bad at all.
- 4 inch 480 x 800 TFT screen
- SC7731C Cortex A-7 4 × 1.2GHz chip
- Connectivity: GSM and 3G
- 512 MB of RAM
- 8GB storage with micro SD card
- Battery 1.900 mAh
- 5 MP rear and 2 MP front cameras
- Price: 49,99€
Archos 50Power
El older brother of the two and that it is the one that is more on par with the rest of smartphones that are on the market by having a 5-inch screen, 16 GB of memory and a 13 MP camera on the back. The internal memory doubles the capacity of the 40 Power, although this phone will have a higher price when it reaches € 129,99.
Un adjusted price for this phone that when it is in the market it will have a series of competitors with a great balance in what is the set of components and price. Of the four presented, it becomes the most interesting of all.
- 5 inch 1280 x 720 IPS screen
- MTK6735 quad-core chip
- Connectivity: 3G, 4G, GSM
- 2 GB of RAM
- 16GB storage with microSD card
- Battery 4.000 mAh
- Dimensions: 145 x 72,2 x 9,2 mm
- 13 MP rear camera with autofocus LED flash, 2MP front
- Price: 129,99 €
Archos cobalt
This Cobalt line is more in line with what those devices have been like the Archos 50 Diamond or the Archos 50c Platinum. These two terminals are the Archos 50 Cobalt and the 50 Cobalt Plus. Its specifications:
Archos 50 Cobalt
- 5 inch 1280 x 720 IPS 2.5D curved screen
- Mediatek MT6535P chip
- Connectivity: GSM, 3G and 4G
- 1 GB of RAM
- 8 GB internal storage with microSD card
- Battery 2.000 mAh
- Dimensions: 132 x 70,5 x 7,9 mm
- 8 MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash and 2MP on the front
- Price: 99€
Archos 55 Cobalt Plus
- 5,5 ″ 1280 x 720 IPS 2.5D curved screen
- Mediatek MT6735P chip
- Connectivity: GSM, 3G and 4G
- 2 GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage with micro SD slot
- Battery 2700 mAh
- Dimensions: 152 x 77 x 8,3 mm
- 13 MP rear camera with LED autofocus and 2 MP on the front
- Price: 149€
All four devices have Dual SIM slot and they work with Android 5.1. The Power series will be available in May, while the Cobalt will be the month of April in which it will be commercialized. The Archos 50 Power is the most interesting for its balance between price, hardware and great battery.