Archos has announced two new smartphones, 50 Helium 4G and 45 Helium 4G with 4G LTE support head of CES 2014. The 50 Helium 4G comes with a 5-inch HD capacitive touch screen IPS display and the 45 Helium 4G has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display. These phones are powered by a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8926) processors and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean).
These have single micro SIM slot, 1GB of RAM and comes with Google Play store app, Google Chrome browser and a range of Google apps.
Archos 50 Helium 4G specifications
- 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display
- 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8926) processor with 450 MHz Adreno 305 GPU
- Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS
- Single micro SIM
- 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor and 1080p HD video recording
- 2MP front-facing camera
- 8.95 mm thick
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- 1GB LPDDR3 RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with MicroSD
- 4G LTE (up to 150Mbps / 50 Mbps), 3G ( DC-HSPA+ 42Mbps / 11Mbps ), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS
- 2000 mAh battery
Archos 45 Helium 4G specifications
- 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display
- 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8926) processor with 450 MHz Adreno 305 GPU
- Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS
- Single micro SIM
- 5MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor and 1080p HD video recording
- 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
- 9.75 mm mm thick
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- 1GB LPDDR3 RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory with MicroSD
- 4G LTE (up to 150Mbps / 50 Mbps), 3G ( DC-HSPA+ 42Mbps / 11Mbps ), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS
- 1700 mAh battery
The Archos 50 Helium 4G is priced at 229.99 GBP / 239.99 GBP and Archos 45 Helium 4G would be priced at 189.99 GBP / 199.99 GBP. These 4G smartphones would be showcased at the CES 2014 next week. No word on availability yet.