French smartphone brand, Archos, has announced a new smartphone treated with specifications that will surely place it among the top mid-range competitors.
The Archos Diamond 2 Plus sports a full HD 5.5″ IPS display topped with a 2.5D curved glass. It’s powered by a MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core processor with a Mali-T860 MP2 as its GPU. Archos is generous in the memory department with 4GB of RAM paired with a 64GB internal memory. Camera-wise, we have a 20.7-megapixel Sony rear camera plus an 8-megapixel selfie camera with its own flash.
Additional features on the Diamond 2 Plus is no slouch either as it comes with a fingerprint scanner and a USB Type-C port with fast charging. Also, it comes with the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow, no skin on top.
Archos Diamond 2 Plus specifications:
5.5-inch IPS LCD (1920 x 1080 pixels), 400ppi
2.0GHz MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core processor
Mali-T860 MP2 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage
20.7-megapixel Sony sensor rear camera w/ dual-tone LED flash
8-megapixel wide-angle front camera w/ LED flash
4G LTE
Wi-FI 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Fingerprint scanner
USB Type-C
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
148.3 x 73.8 x 8.3 mm
130 g
The Diamond 2 Plus will be showcased on MWC 2016 and will go sale in May for £199 or roughly Php13,400. With that price tag, it’s definitely the most feature packed smartphone in the range.
Which is better? Helio x10 or p10?