Gen 9 Archos 80, Archos 101 launched, priced

IonTech, local distributor of Archos, has finally launched the generation 9 of their Archos tablets. Both the Android Honeycomb Archos 80 and Archos 101 were presented to the media tonight.

The Archos 80 is the smaller tablet of the two with an 8-inch LCD display and sports a dual-core 1.5GHz processor.

Archos 80 G9
8â€ LCD display @ 1024Ã—768 pixel resolution
ARM CORTEX A9 OMAP 4 dual-core 1.5 GHz
3D OpenGL (ES 2.0)
16GB flash or 250GB HDD
up to 32GB via microSD
720p HD front-camera
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1
GPS
micro-USB port
micro-HDMI port
Android Honeycomb 3.2

The 3G dongle at the back is optional and removable (sold separately). It is available in 16GB model and 250GB HDD variant.

On the other hand, the bigger Archos 101 has an LCD display of 10.1-inch (diagonally) and comes with the same dual-core 1.5GHz processor.

Archos 101 G9
10.1â€ LCD display @ 1024Ã—768
ARM CORTEX A9 OMAP 4 dual-core 1.5GHz
3D OpenGL (ES 2.0)
16GB flash
up to 32GB via microSD
720p HD front-camera
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1
GPS
micro-USB port
micro-HDMI port
Android Honeycomb 3.2

It’s only available in 16GB flash storage only and upgradeable to 48GB when paired with a 32GB microSD card.

The tablet is about 11.7mm thin on the flash variant and a little thicker at 14.7mm with the HDD variant.

As promised, the Archos Gen 9 tablets will all retail for under Php20k. The Archos 101 16GB Gen 9 has a suggested retail price of Php19,999USD 341INR 28,891EUR 325CNY 2,482.

The 16GB Archos 80 Gen 9 will retail for Php16,999USD 290INR 24,557EUR 276CNY 2,110 while the 250GB HDD version of the Archos 80 will go for just Php19,999USD 341INR 28,891EUR 325CNY 2,482.

The optional 3G dongle is sold separately for Php3,000USD 51INR 4,334EUR 49CNY 372 and will work on both tablets and even on laptops.

Both the Archos 80 and the Archos 101 Gen 9 tablets are Android 4.0 ICS ready. The units will be available in local stores by next week (though you might spot a few units in selected stores this week).

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

19 Comments

Bryce says:

13 years ago

Wow. As per Archos Site:

“As most films and most encoding software use the H.264 High Profile codec for full HD 1080p videos, itâ€™s important to be able to read them smoothly. Although standard nVidiaâ„¢ Tegra 2â„¢ powered tablets are only able to read H.264 High Profile videos at 720p, and even then itâ€™s a choppy experience, ARCHOS G9 tablets with the powerful Texas Instruments OMAPâ„¢ 4 dual-core processor are able to read H.264 High Profile in Full HD 1080p smoothly and easily. ”

I’m intrigued.
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William C says:

13 years ago

Archos has the best video codex support out of the box of any tablets or smartphone. Their gen 8 can play many files that even mx video player sometimes can’t.

The main downside of their gen 8 is poor Viewing angles of the lcd. Hope their Gen9 tablets had rectified that problem. Otherwise, it’s a pretty impressive tablet – spec wise.
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JmBalicano says:

13 years ago

I’m skeptical about these ever getting upgraded to ICS. None of the Gen8 tablets ever got upgraded to Gingerbread. These took a long time coming here, and they’ve already got an outdated OS. I’d buy one in a snap if I knew these would get upgraded to ICS at least in the first half of next year. I’d probably use the 101 as a glorified magazine reader.
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Mark says:

13 years ago

Will wait for your review on these ones sir yuga!
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airnolds says:

13 years ago

Nice.. i’ll wait for the full review..

if this can play 720p Videos smoothly then i will sell my Iconia A500 asap..haha
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JB Mangalus says:

13 years ago

sir abe.correction po. 720p not 72p dun sa archos 101. :) thanks for this. :)
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kevin says:

13 years ago

I bought an Archos 8 tablet 250Gb HDD early this year, and now —ding!— it’s a brick. Never again will I go through this pain. I would go straight to the Asus Transformer Prime or wait for the next generation Samsung Galaxy tab with ICS and quadcore processors if I have the money, that I think will be money well spent.
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Duga says:

13 years ago

sa wakas dumating din, pero sa tangal nyang lumabas, nawala na yung interest ko. huawei mediapad na bibilhin ko.
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Viron V says:

13 years ago

kung dati pa ito lumabas baka magclick pa to, pero nagyung palabas na ang quad core tablet, dun na lang ako…
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Shadow says:

13 years ago

Waiting for the review.. please review the 8′ 250GB and 101 G9 16gb please
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Anony says:

13 years ago

1280 by 800 yung resolution nung 101 sa website:

http://www.archos.com/products/gen9/archos_101g9/specs.html?country=ph&lang=en
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Jerjer Prado says:

13 years ago

Sir Abe, I have an Archos 101 Gen 8, do you know where I can get an oem casing? Mine suffered from cracks after accidentally dropping it. TIA!
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jums says:

13 years ago

Been using a70 gen8 for a year now
-low quality built. What to expect from such a low price.hehe
-laggy. with only 256mb ram.

Onting dagdag nlng my ipad, asus trabsformer,acer tab o galaxy tab ka na. Gagastos ka na lang din , dun ka na sa hindi ka magsisisi.

-via a70, dolphin browser
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jc says:

13 years ago

Is the browser gpu accelerated?
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