You may be thinking that Archos Core 55S Ultra is a direct or indirect reply to Vertex Core 55S Ultra especially when you look at the name. Ah, yes, when you look at the storage and battery of both phones you may start thinking like that too. Also, there are other areas such as camera and screen size or resolution that matches.
The Archos Core 55S Ultra has been released in the month of November 2018. In this review, we will examine the price, design, display, camera, performance, and other features of Archos Core 55S Ultra.
Design and Display of Archos Core 55S Ultra
Body design of this device is metal and plastic. The dimensions are 150 x 71.5 x 9.45 mm and it weighs 169 grams. It comes in blue color for now. The smartphone is not water resistant; it has no fingerprint sensor, and has no face recognition technology, which means you can’t unlock the phone with your eyes.
Display type is IPS LCD capacitive multi-touch screen. The screen size is 5.45 inches, the pixel density is 197 ppi, and the aspect ratio is 18:9. The screen comes with 16 million colors. Pixel resolution is 1280 x 640 and the screen to body ratio is 71.7 percent. Furthermore, another vital display feature is the 2.5D curved glass.
Camera Features
Things are simple here, as the primary rear camera is 8 MP and it comes with LED flash, while the secondary front selfie camera is a poor 5 MP and this comes without LED flash. The video performance in here is 1080p@30fps.
Other good camera features are geotagging, auto focus, HDR, touch focus, face detection, and panorama.
Hardware and Software
Android OS v8.1 Oreo is the operating system in the Archos Core 55S Ultra. For hardware, there is Spreadtrum SC9850 which comes with process technology 28nm, 32-bit architecture. Also, there is 1.3 GHz Quad-core Cortex A7 and GPU Mali 820 MP1.
Storage Capacity and Sensors
Internal memory in Archos Core 55S Ultra is a moderate 2GB of RAM which cannot be expanded but the internal storage of 32GB can be expanded up to 128GB through a micro SD card.
Sensors in the device include accelerometer, proximity, and ambient light.
Network and Connectivity
Supported network in this device is GSM, HSPA, and LTE and that means that the Archos Core 55S Ultra is capable of handling 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. Also, to support this, there is dual micro or nano SIM card slot space made available in the device to make for smooth running of operations.
Other connectivity elements are Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot, GPS, A-GPS, headphone jack, and micro USB 2.0. However, there is no infrared, NFC or HDMI in the device.
Battery Life
Powering the device is a Li-Po 2300 mAh removable battery. The talk time and standby time for the battery are not stipulated. To make a suitable power for this kind of device, there should have been at least 3000 mAh battery.
Price and Availability
The official price of Archos Core 55S Ultra is unknown but we think it may hover around $119 USD. For availability, the smartphone is available for purchase because it has been released in the month of November 2018.
Archos Core 55S Ultra Full Technical Specification
General
- Device Type
Smartphone
- Model
Archos Core 55S Ultra
- Announced
Nov-2018
- Released
Nov-2018
- Status
Available
Design
- Type
Bar
- Dimensions
150 mm x 71.5 mm x 9.45 mm (5.91 x 2.81 x 0.37 inches)
- Weight
169 g (5.96 oz)
- Colors
Blue
- Waterproof No
- Fingerprint No
- Face Recognition
No
- Dedicated Keys
Volume, Power
- Device Security
Pin, Password, Pattern, Slide
- Features
-Metal + Plastic body
Display
- Display Type
IPS LCD, Capacitive touch screen
- Size
5.45 inch
- Secondary Display
No
- Touch Screen
Yes, Multi touch
- Pixel Density
~197 PPI
- Resolution
1280 x 640 Pixels
- Display Colors
16M
- Display Protection Yes
- Features
-2.5D curved glass
-18:9 aspect ratio
-~71.7% screen-to-body ratio
Network
- Supported Network
GSM/ HSPA/ LTE
- 2G Network
GSM 900 / 1800 MHz
- 3G Network
GSM 900 / 2100 MHz
- 4G Network
LTE 800/ 1800/ 2600 MHz
- SIM
Micro SIM + Nano SIM
- Hybrid Sim No
- Dual SIM
Yes
Hardware
- Chipset
Spreadtrum SC9850, 28nm, 32 bit
- CPU
1.3 GHz quad core Coretx-A7
- GPU
Mali 820 MP1
- RAM (Memory)
2 GB, LPDDR3
- Internal Storage
32 GB
- Card Slot
Upto 128 GB (microSD)
- Dedicated slot
No data
- Sensors
Accelerometer
Proximity
Light
Software
- Operating System
Android OS v8.1 Oreo
- Java Support No
- Youtube Yes
- Facebook Yes
Messaging
- SMS Yes
Yes (threaded view)
- MMS
Yes
- IM Yes
Camera
- Primary
8 MP
- Flash
LED
- Front
5 MP
- Front Flash
No
- Video
1080p@30fps
- Camera Features
Geotagging
Autofocus
HDR
Touch focus
Face detection
Panorama
Connectivity
- Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0, A2DP
- Infrared No
- Wi-fi
Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi direct
- Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
- GPS
Yes, A-GPS
- NFC No
- Wireless Charging
No
- Headphone Jack Yes
- HDMI No
- USB
Micro USB 2.0
Data
- GPRS Yes
- EDGE Yes
- Speed
42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA), LTE 150/ 50 Mbps
- Web Browser
HTML 5
Media
- Video Format
3GP, M4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, AVI, xVID, WMV, FLV, MP4, H.265
- Audio Format
MP3, eAAC+, WAV, Flac player
- FM Radio
Yes
- Alert Types
Vibration, MP3
- Ring Tones
Wav ring tones
- Loudspeaker
Yes
Battery
- Battery Type
Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
- Capacity
2300mAH
- Placement
Removable
MISC
- Features
- Document viewer
2. Photo and video editor
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