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Archos Core 55S Review – Budget From Every Angle

Archos Core 55S is an entry level device from French smartphone OEM – Archos. The smartphone sports budget specs from every angle and a budget price tag. Despite that, some specs are much better than its entry-level status. Features such as the Nougat OS, 4G LTE network connectivity and 16 GB ROM are something to actually look up to. Now, let’s check out the full technical features of the smartphone.

Design & Display

Beauty wasn’t limited on this smartphone as Archos made the design a very attractive one. The 2.5D curved glass layer on the display together with the rounded curved edges makes the smartphone appealing to the eyes. At the rear,  the camera and LED flash are positioned in an orderly manner at the top left corner while the speaker grille takes the bottom right corner. Having 150 mm length x 71.5 mm width x 9.45 mm thickness dimensions, the smartphone has a 169 g weight including its battery. The smartphone’s fore sees a camera and earpiece owning the top bezel location while the bottom bezel has zero occupants. The Android navigation buttons get to be embedded in the smartphone screen display.

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The metal mix body has an engraved 5.5-inch TFT panel. The smartphone has 960 x 480 pixels screen resolution and 197 PPI pixel density. An aspect ratio of 18:9 and 72% screen-to-body ratio as well as 16 million display colors are other features of the smartphone’s display.

CPU, OS & Storage

A 64-bit Spreadtrum SC9850 serves as the smartphone’s chipset. This chipset encloses a Quad-core 1.3 GHz ARM Cortex CPU. The 28nm process technology gets to be utilized by the processor. In the graphics region, ARM Mali-T820 MP1 GPU is at work.

Android 7.0 Nougat OS provides the software operations on the smartphone.

Multitasking functions get to be handled by the 1 GB LPDDR3 RAM while storage functions are carried out by the 16 GB ROM. The storage of files can be expanded to a maximum 32 GB with the help of a MicroSD card.

CAMERA

Rear photography experience is taken care of by an 8 MP camera with an unknown aperture. A LED flash provides brightness in low light conditions. Features such as HDR, panorama, auto focus and face detection are available to sweeten the camera experience. At the front,  a 2 MP camera handles snapping of selfies. No LED flash is present at the fore.

BATTERY

What serves the duration on the smartphone is a removable Li-Poly 2,300 mAh battery. The smartphone’s battery gives off a standby time of 168 hours.

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Archos Core 55S Full Specifications Table

General

Device Type Smartphone
Model Archos Core 55S
Announced January 2018
Released February 2018
Status Available

Network

2G Network GSM – 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSPA –  850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
4G Network LTE – 800 / 1800 / 2600 MHz
SIM Type Nano SIM / Micro SIM
SIM Count Two

Data

2G GPRS Up to 32 to 48 kbps; EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps
3G Up to 21 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA)
4G Up to 150 Mbps
Speed HSPA 21 Mbps
Web Browser Yes, HTML5

Design

Type Smartphone
Dimensions 150 x 71.5 x 9.45 mm
Weight 169 g
Body Material Metal Mix
Colours Black, Blue

Display                                                               

Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size 5.5″
Resolution 960*480 pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density 197 PPI
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Yes
Features Capacitive touch,  2.5D Curved Glass
Secondary Display No

Camera

Primary 8 MP
Image Yes
Video Yes
Features HDR, autofocus, Geo-tagging, ISO, panorama
Flash Yes, LED flash
Secondary 5 MP

Software

Operating System Android 7.0 Nougat OS
User Interface Yes
Java Support No
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

Chipset Spreadtrum SC9850
CPU Quad-core 1.3GHz ARM Cortex-A7
GPU ARM Mali-T820 MP1
RAM (Memory) 1GB
Internal Storage 16GB
Card Slot Expandable to 32GB
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, ambient light sensor
Controls Lock Button, and Volume Key

Connectivity

Bluetooth Yes, Bluetooth v4.0 A2DP (Advance Audio Distribution Profile), LE Profile
Infrared n/a
Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type Micro USB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC n/a
HDMI n/a
Wireless Charging n/a

Battery

Battery Type Li-Poly Battery
Capacity 2,300 mAh Battery
Placement Removable
Standby Up to 168 hours
Talk Time Up to 7.2 hours
Music Play Up to 14.1 hours

Messaging

SMS Yes (threaded view)
MMS Yes
Email Yes, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP
IM Yes & BBM

Media

Audio Playback Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Video Playback Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Video Out n/a
FM Radio Yes, Stereo FM radio with RDS
Alert Types Vibration, Ringtones
Ring Tones MP3, WAV
Loudspeaker Yes
Handsfree  Yes, 3.5 mm audio jack

Other Features

– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer

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