Archos announce three android smartphones...

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,932

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  20/04/13 - 00:40 #2

  I assume the term " support 3G only" is meant to indicate the lack of 4G rather than both sim slots having 3G capability, as this is the only thing that would these apart from a dual sim China phone. Certainly the pics I found didn't show the 2nd sim with 3G bars.

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• swordman Posts: 6,679

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  20/04/13 - 00:59 #3

  Although you may have more chance of an os upgrade in the future

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• jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942

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  20/04/13 - 01:03 #4

  BT@home wrote: »

  I assume the term " support 3G only" is meant to indicate the lack of 4G rather than both sim slots having 3G capability, as this is the only thing that would these apart from a dual sim China phone. Certainly the pics I found didn't show the 2nd sim with 3G bars.

  
  Nope, the processor and radio these phones use are inferior to the ones made by Mediatek in taiwan.
  
  

  swordman wrote: »

  Although you may have more chance of an os upgrade in the future

  
  Not true, a lot of Chinese phones that came with ICS now run jellybean.

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• swordman Posts: 6,679

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  20/04/13 - 01:06 #5

  I had a star phone for a year never got upgraded in that time although may not be true for all I suppose.

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• jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942

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  20/04/13 - 02:05 #6

  swordman wrote: »

  I had a star phone for a year never got upgraded in that time although may not be true for all I suppose.

  
  You won't get OTA updates on these phones.
  
  The manufacturer releases them online and then you have to download and manually flash the update to the phone.
  
  The archos will have the advantage of updating via OTA, but i dont see them doing that.

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• The Alpha Gamer Posts: 3,122

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  20/04/13 - 03:38 #7

  Might get one, they seem to have better specs and are cheaper than the Sony Xperia L i was waiting for

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• jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942

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  20/04/13 - 04:00 #8

  The Alpha Gamer wrote: »

  Might get one, they seem to have better specs and are cheaper than the Sony Xperia L i was waiting for

  
  So the uk price for that phone was £320. You know it's a galaxy S2 clone. You can buy the Galaxy S3 for that price. The Nexus 4 is cheaper as well.

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• Mr. Cool Posts: 1,551

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  21/04/13 - 20:03 #9

  jabbamk1 wrote: »

  You won't get OTA updates on these phones.
  
  The manufacturer releases them online and then you have to download and manually flash the update to the phone.
  
  The archos will have the advantage of updating via OTA, but i dont see them doing that.

  
  I can't see Archos doing that either. They're terrible with regards to updates.

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• Prilicla Posts: 583

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  21/04/13 - 21:02 #10

  Archos UK support is no more and they ended email enquires and the main telephone line. So have they shut down ?

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• TelevisionUser Posts: 41,411

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  22/04/13 - 04:26 #11

  Prilicla wrote: »

  Archos UK support is no more and they ended email enquires and the main telephone line. So have they shut down ?

  
  They're still going but they're using this webpage: http://www.archos.com/store/?country=gb&lang=en

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• Justincox Posts: 30

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  22/04/13 - 16:16 #12

  Yes, all these smartphones are enabled with great features. These phones has a slim design, Qualcomm processor, an IPS display and two SIM slots to allow customers to use the phone with two different carriers seamlessly.

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• PencilBreath Posts: 3,643

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  23/04/13 - 09:27 #13

  i expect to see then on bid.tv/pricedrop.tv with the rest of their tat shortly.

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