The ARCHOS 50 Diamond, future flagship 4G dual-SIM smartphone from the brand was was announced about 2 months ago and got recently covered at CES 2015 in Las Vegas. In a interview at the trade show, an ARCHOS representative has revealed to clubic.com website that the 50 Diamond should be available on the market sometime in March 2015 for €199.
Here are the full ARCHOS 50 Diamond phone specifications:
| Operating System | Android 4.4.4 Kit-Kat |
| CPU | Octo-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615: Quad-Core @1.7 GHz Cortex A53 & Quad-Core @1 Ghz Cortex A53. 32-bit & 64-bit GPU: Adreno 405 |
| Flash Storage Memory | Capacity: 16 GB |
| System Memory | 2048 MB |
| Interfaces | Micro USB 2.0: Mobile Transfer Protocol (MTP) Micro SD slot (up to 64GB) |
| Display | 5.0″ IPS 1920 x 1080 resolution – 440 ppi |
| GPS | Yes + Galileo interestingly, a Galileo global navigation satellite system GPS compatibility is announced on the ARCHOS Diamond, while most Galileo satellites aren’t yet launched and the navigation system is only expected to be fully operational by 2019 (according to Wikipedia) |
| Bluetooth | 4.0 |
| Camera | Back: 16 MPx + LED Flash no details given about the sensor type/brand for the 16 Mpixels rear camera Front: 8 MPx |
| Dual-Sim | 2x Micro Sim Dual Active |
| 4G / LTE | 800 / 1800 / 2600 MHz |
| 3G / UMTS / WCDMA | 900 / 2100 MHz |
| GSM / GPRS / EDGE | 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz |
| Download speeds | 4G / LTE (cat 4) 150 Mbps / 50 Mbps DC-HSPA + 42 Mbps / 11 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | Yes + Hotspot functionality + Wi-Fi Direct |
| Dimensions | 146 x 70.4 x 8mm |
| Weight | 146g |
| Battery | 2700 mAh |
| Included in the pack | ARCHOS 50 Diamond Battery + Charger Hands-Free kit, Documentation, Warranty Information |
A few more details were given in Clubic’s interview:
- the device should run Android 5.0 Lollipop but will ship initially with Android 4.4 KitKat. Hopefully this will be respected, unlike the Android 4.4 Kitkat promised update for the ARCHOS 45-50 Helium phones
- the 50 Diamond smartphone has a FullHD (1920 x 1080 pixels) display which uses IPS screen technology
- the included 2700 maH battery on the Diamond is not removable
- the Diamond will be available in a single color, the flashy yellow one that you can see in the (rendered?) picture above
A black version is still visible on ARCHOS website product gallery website:
Thanks clubic.com (in French) for the CES interview.