Archos Launches Budget Android Lollipop Smartphones, One Windows 10 Mobile Variant

[Guest]

Archos announced a new mid-range Diamond S smartphone with an octa-core CPU and Super AMOLED display, as well as two twin budget smartphones with identical specs that offer a choice between Android 5.1 and Windows 10 Mobile as the main OS.

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[thundervore]

8GB phones are so terrible. By the time all the prebundled Google apps update and you install Facebook you phone till tell you "insufficient storage" after a few months.

I deal with this every time Facebook, Google Maps and Google Games wants to update where to get space I have to uninstall and then update 🙁

16GB should be the minimum standard for entry level phones

 

[targetdrone]

8GB phones are so terrible. By the time all the prebundled Google apps update and you install Facebook you phone till tell you "insufficient storage" after a few months.

I deal with this every time Facebook, Google Maps and Google Games wants to update where to get space I have to uninstall and then update 🙁

16GB should be the minimum standard for entry level phones

Atleast this entry level phone has a SDHC slot unlike some flagship phones that cost 4 to 5 times as much with only 32GB of storage.

 

[razor512]

Archos is the worst electronic device maker ever?
They constantly design things with sub par specs, and cut corners. For example, during a time when most device makers were using capacitive touch screens, and wide viewing angle TN panels, archos was using narrow viewing angle TN panels and restive touch screens, all while charging close to the price of better devices. Furthermore they started early on the process of non user replaceable batteries and no SD card slot

 

[loki1944]

I wish they'd make a new version of their old 250GB/500GB Archos, still have mine, but the connectors are terrible and go bad over time; something with mini-displayport+screen+capacity would be awesome. More awesome than an 8GB phone anyway.

 

[alextheblue]

8GB phones are so terrible.

16GB should be the minimum standard for entry level phones

It's not as big a deal on the Windows version. You can uninstall any preinstalled apps you don't want, for one. Second, Windows Mobile has better SD card support. You can basically have everything but the OS moved to the SD card, and have it default to the SD card as well for future photos/videos/downloads/etc.

With that being said, i'd still prefer more internal memory but these are low-end devices.