Archos at IFA 2017 had announced Diamond Alpha Plus smartphone and Diamond Tab tablet, now the French company has unveiled two new durable smartphones and a tablet. The Archos Sense 47X and the Sense 50X smartphones and Sense 101X tablet come with a rugged build, water resistance, and drop/ vibration proofing.
The Archos Sense 47X is priced at EUR 199, and the Archos Sense 50X is priced at EUR 279. The company has also unveiled Android tablet called the Archos Sense 101X, and it is priced at EUR 279. All three devices will be made available in Autumn this year.
All three devices run on Android Nougat and support dual-SIM slots. The devices sport a unique design aesthetic with a rubber back to withstand drops and fall, and bent edges to help cushion the fall further.
The Archos Sense 47X smartphone is IP68 certified, sports a 4.7-inch HD (720p) IPS display and it is powered by a MediaTek MTK6737 processor paired with 2GB of RAM. Internal storage is offered at 16GB with expandable memory option via a microSD card slot. It sports a 13-megapixel rear sensor with PDAF and LED flash support. At the front, there is a 5-megapixel fixed focus camera as well.
It packs a 3000mAh battery, connectivity options include 4G LTE, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Micro-USB port with OTG support, and GPS/ A-GPS.
The Archos Sense 50X has a larger 5.0-inch Full HD (1080p) display, it also comes with IP68 certification and powered by the same MediaTek processor but packs bigger 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage and it is further expandable via microSD card. It packs a 3500mAh battery and offers NFC and USB Type C connectivity.
Lastly, the company has launched the Archos Sense 101X tablet which also sports a rugged aesthetic and it is IP54 certified. It runs on Android Nougat OS and sports a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS LCD display. The Sense 101X tablet is powered by a MediaTek MT8735 processor paired with 2GB of RAM and offers 32GB of internal storage as well, while the battery capacity is 6000mAh.