ARCHOS Diamond S & 50e Helium Release Date, Specs & Features to Be Unveiled at IFA 2015
ARCHOS has a reputation of releasing multiple devices at the same time. They are set to carry on the tradition with their upcoming offerings this year.
The French electronics company recently announced that they will be unveiling new budget smartphones in September.
According to their official website, the Android-powered Diamond S and 50e Helium will be presented during IFA 2015 in Berlin, Germany, which will run on September 4-9.
Both devices will then hit the market in November in selected stores. The next-gen Diamond smartphone will cost £159.99 in the U.K. and $250 in the U.S. while the 50e Helium will be for £99.99 or roughly $150.
The Diamond S will have a 5-inch Super AMOLED 720p display, an octa-core 1.5GHz Mediatek MT6753 chipset, 2300 mAh battery, and 2GB of RAM. It will come with a 16GB of internal storage with microSD expansion of up to 32GB. The device will be fitted with a 16-megapixel main camera and an 8-megapixel selfie snapper. It will have the Android 5.1 Lollipop along with LTE connectivity and dual SIM support.
Moreover, the 50e Helium will have a 5-inch IPS LCD 720p display, 1GHz Snapdragon 210 processor, 2100 mAh battery, and 1 GB of RAM. It will come with 8GB of internal storage with microSD expansion of up to 32GB. The device will be fitted with an 8-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing shooter. It will also have the Android 5.1 Lollipop.
The device will boast of a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU and Adreno 304 GPU. Its dimensions are 147 x 72.5 x 8.5 mm. Same as the Diamond S, the 50e Helium will have dual SIM support and LTE connectivity.
A Windows 10 variant of the 50e Helium called the "ARCHOS 50 Cesium" will also be showcased during IFA 2015. The device will then be launched in November for the same price as the 50e Helium, Phone Arena reported.
The ARCHOS 50 Cesium will join Microsoft's next Lumias as the first batch of smartphones to be running on the Windows 10 OS.
The two upcoming Lumias, believed to be the Lumia 940 and the Lumia 940 XL, will be showcased together with the Surface Pro 4 and Band 2 during Microsoft's press event to be held in October, multiple reports have claimed. The first of the pair will allegedly cost $600 while the bigger Lumia will be for $649.
Read more specs and features of the two new Lumias here.
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