ARCHOS 55 Helium range: A fashionable design, leading specifications, starting below £89.00 Location - Thursday, August 25th, 2016 - ARCHOS unveils today its new ARCHOS Helium range, including the ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra. Presented next week at IFA 2016, available from October 2016, this smartphone offers many possibilities at a wallet-friendly pricing.

The ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra flaunts a quad-core Mediatek MT6737 chipset, 3 GB of RAM, and 32 GB internal storage. Launched in Dark Grey and Pearl White, it features a refined design and form factor.

It also packs a large 5.5-inch HD IPS screen and a display resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, making it comfortable for heavy multimedia users to view their favorite content.

Along with a microSD card slot, to extend the internal storage up to 128 GB, the ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra contains two SIM cards spaces and allows fast downloads thanks to their 4G/LTE connectivity. It is therefore the best companion for professional and personal uses.

It includes two cameras, 8 MP with autofocus and LED flash on the back, 2 MP on the front, to catch and share what is necessary.

With its 2700 mAh removable battery, the ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra easily gets through an entire day without needing to be charged.

The ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra runs Google Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in its purest version.

As of today, a Lite version, the ARCHOS 55 Helium, with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage in Pearl White, is available on the company's website.

In view of the success ARCHOS continually meets with colourful smartphones and back casings, such as with the Yellow ARCHOS 50 Diamond or with the Pink and Blue back casings that came with the 50c Platinum, a third version of the ARCHOS 55 Helium will be commercialized: the ARCHOS 55 Helium 4 Seasons. This smartphone doesn't differentiate itself with its interior; it has the same technical specifications as the ARCHOS 55 Helium, but with its four interchangeable back casings: Blooming Gold, Blazing Yellow, Autumn Woodland and Frosted Grey allowing for a change of style and color at a moment's notice.

On top of all uses provided by Google Android and its Google Play Store, the three models offer elaborate functionalities:

  • Smart Gesture, to control the phone and make it take various actions to save time and keep things simple, through a defined motion.

  • HotKnot, to transfer content from/to another device by simply having them in close proximity.

  • Turbo Download, to run simultaneously 4G and WiFi connections as a super pipe and to download large files much faster.

    The ARCHOS 55 Helium, ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra and ARCHOS 55 Helium 4 Seasons will be exhibited on ARCHOS's booth at IFA 2016 (Hall 25, Booth 206). They will be available for purchase onwww.archos.com and through its distribution's channel worldwide starting at £89.00

  • ARCHOS 55 Helium (1 GB RAM / 16 GB of internal storage): £89.00 in September 2016

  • ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra (3 GB RAM / 32 GB of internal storage): £119.00 in October 2016

  • ARCHOS 55 Helium 4 Seasons (1 GB RAM / 16 GB of internal storage / 4 back casings): £100 in October 2016

Technical specifications - ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra: Hardware

CPU MT6737, 4x1.3GHz, Cortex A53

GPU ARM Mali T720 MP1 600MHz

RAM 3 GB

Internal Storage 32 GB

Expandable Storage Micro SD card, up to 128 GB Size & Weight 153 x 77 x 8.1 mm/162g

Screen

Diagonal Size

5.5 inches

Resolution

1280 x 720

Technology Type

IPS

Software

Operating System

Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Application Store

Google Play

Internet Browser

Chrome

Voice Assistant

Google Now

Google Apps

Preinstalled

Gmail, Calendar, Hangouts, Maps, Play Music, Play Movies,

Play Books

ARCHOS Apps

Preinstalled

ARCHOS Video & ARCHOS Files

Email Compatibilities

POP/IMAP/Exchange Active Synch/SMTP/Push Mail

Wireless Technologies

SIM Placement and

Type

Dual SIM

LTE Frequencies

800 / 1800 / 2600 MHz

GSM / GPRS / EDGE

Freqs

850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz

3G / WCDMA Freqs

900 / 2100 MHz

Data Rates

HSPA+ 42Mbps / 11Mbps

SMS / MMS

Yes

WiFi

Yes, 802.11 b/g/n

WiFi Direct

Yes

Bluetooth

Yes, Bluetooth 4.0 Smart Ready

GPS

Yes

FM Radio

Yes

Camera

Front Camera

2 MP

Back Camera

8 MP AF + Flash LED

Video Encoding

720p

Power

Removable

Yes

Battery Size

2700 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Battery Weight

47g

Battery Life

Single SIM Standby = 220h / Dual SIM Standby =160h

Charging Adaptor

5V/1A, Micro USB

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