Pockett.net - Archos Android phones and cheap dual sim

[Pockett.net] – With a 37% fall in sales in the first quarter following a net loss of 38.7 million euros in 2012, Archos should definitely find relay growth. Obviously, in Android tablets it does not work so well commercially, despite more original than the major competitors like the tablet / console GamePad products. Is that the solution of the French company is in smartphones

It has been several months since the rumors about possible smartphones . It’s now official: the company has developed a range of three very different of other devices to cover the market as widely as possible. Meanwhile other models already implied.

Compatible 3G +, these devices accept both SIM cards, which will appeal to many consumers (but beware, a chip is limited to 2G! ). The mark up on cost excluding operator subsidies rather attractive, moreover these devices are not simlockés, allowing their use in any operator. Archos 35 Carbon (80 €), Archos 50 Platinum (200 €) and Archos 53 Platinum (250 €) will be sold in late May 2013. The reference number indicates the size of the screen size in millimeters.

The Archos 35 Carbon is built around a Qualcomm 7225A chip to 1 GHz and 512 MB RAM. It runs through Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich . Its screen is only 320 by 480 pixels and the camera sensor is in VGA resolution (640 by 480). The battery is 1300 mAh. Difficult for us to advise a player.

The Archos 50 Platinum is much more powerful with the Qualcomm chip 8225Q Quad Core Cortex-A5 1.2 GHz. The memory is set to 1 GB of RAM and the display 960 by 540 pixels. The camera sensor is 8 megapixels. The battery is 2000 mAh. His older brother Archos 53 Platinum has a 2800 mAh battery. The screens of these devices are multitouch 5-point capacitive. Their operating system is Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean . Everyone has a memory of 4 GB expandable Micro SD. ! Short, for players, why not

The stock market seems pretty confident action Archos rose nearly 10% Friday after the announcement of these phones. For our part, we believe that the market for smartphones is more competitive than the tablets and the challenge is dared. Archos has to deal with a double competition: those Chinese models entry level “unknown” brands (still very present in Europe, it is true) and models of previous generations of major manufacturers (Samsung, Sony, HTC .. .) it will liquidate. On the one hand, deal with the “lambda” devices, Archos highlights the Google certification, but many buyers Android devices do not even know what it is. On the other side, Archos says its model 50 Platinum offers the performance of a Samsung Galaxy SIII but with a reduced price by half. It may be – we will wait to check out rooms – true today. But the price of this Samsung Galaxy SIII will drop when the Galaxy SIV will happen …

In fact, it still lacks the Archos range of a 4G device to face the Galaxy and SIV Apple iPhone 5. Finally, Archos has often played the precursors (MP3 players, tablets …), but even if Apple came up with a little delay in the same markets, it is always she who won in the end. In this context, a low cost iPhone – subject of many rumors – would be very difficult to Archos

Loic Poirier, CEO of Archos said “. tablet market and the phones are connected and meet with the emergence of “phablets” half tablet, half phone. It is therefore natural that the smartphones integrate with our product Android and we will ensure the growth of the brand . ” We believe that Archos could try to first run a phablet precisely closer to its current range of tablets and where the market is less competitive (but this is true, it will not be the case very soon).

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P. 23:13 on 20/04/2013