Archos Unveils 50c Oxygen: an Octa-core Phone at $199

[JMcEntegart]

Archos is headed to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this weekend and it seems the company is looking to get in ahead of the rush of announcements as it today unveiled a host of new Android devices for the year ahead.

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[Datcu Alexandru]

8 cores and 1 GB of ram? wth is supposed to run on this thing to be so threaded it uses more than 4 cores and yet only 1 GB of ram? BALANCE YOUR GODAM SPECS.

 

[bustapr]

for $200 that doesnt look at all bad, but I have to ask, is Archos still crap in reliability and customer service?

 

[Datcu Alexandru]

It's not bad but it's horribly balanced. I would rather it have 4 cores clocked a bit higher with 2 GB of ram. Would make more sense.

 

[cooltofool]

One day we shall see an amd 8350 inside smartphones w/ liquid cooling

 

[MajinCry]

8 cores, huh?Ten bucks says it's only got one or two FPUs.

 

[anthony8989]

Is it 8 cores like the Samsung SoC? 4 performance and 4 power saver ?

 

[jacobdrj]

Any Android phone must come with 1.5Gb RAM. Period. And is 8 gigs of available flash too much to ask?

 

[Avus]

It is like put a Supra engine in a Corolla.... And all that with a 2000mAh battery?? it better be removable...

 

[rwinches]

This MT6592 is a LITTLE.LITTLE HMP version of big.LITTLE HMP Instead of A17(2.2Ghz) A7(1.7Ghz) (MT6595) combo it's A7 A7 (1.7Ghz)

The HMP variation means any combination of the 8 cores can be used as needed instead of either 4 core cluster.


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[JOSHSKORN]

With 1 GB of RAM, you only need 2 cores. Have at LEAST 3GB of RAM, maybe 4GB.

 

[keddaw]

Surely the apparent dual-SIM is worthy of comment?

 

[keddaw]

Surely the apparent dual-SIM is worthy of comment?

 

[lpedraja2002]

At this rate smart phones will probably replace a vast majority of desktops altogether. If they becomes as flexible as a real OS then nothing will stop users from just plugging it to a bigger screen and using bluetooth pheriperals.

 

[lukeperryglover]

Ya lpedraja2002 except it wouldn't last very long unless theres a huge breakthrough in battery tech....I remember the ubuntu edge whuch was on indiegogo , it had amazing specs and did plug into monitors with the full ubuntu os, as well as having android

 

[lpedraja2002]

Ya lpedraja2002 except it wouldn't last very long unless theres a huge breakthrough in battery tech....I remember the ubuntu edge whuch was on indiegogo , it had amazing specs and did plug into monitors with the full ubuntu os, as well as having android

Well with the use of slimport or mhl you don't need to worry about battery since you can charge it while connected to the tv or monitor.

 

[cypeq]

Ya lpedraja2002 except it wouldn't last very long unless theres a huge breakthrough in battery tech....I remember the ubuntu edge whuch was on indiegogo , it had amazing specs and did plug into monitors with the full ubuntu os, as well as having android

Well with the use of slimport or mhl you don't need to worry about battery since you can charge it while connected to the tv or monitor.

This is only valid option for web browsing and video playback.Arm is small and energy efficient and by small it's really small it isn't full size processor it only possesses fraction of 'processing units' of a x86 cpu.Another problem is rather limited and slow storage. Portable hdd/ssd would be mandatory for this device.The biggest problem of this phone replace desktops idea is this is only suitable for let's say single people, because when you are away of your phone-pc station it isn't functional.Whenever you'd let someone else use it they have full access to your phone, most people don't like that idea. There obviously is market for this but I only assume it's not very big right now and that will also influence the price of whole solution.