Archos unveiled Thursday, October 3 three new tablets that come along well tickle the market leaders. The French specialist electronic products offer products at competitive prices and specifications “at the forefront of technology.”
The Archos 97b Platinum HD, the Archos 101 and Archos 80b Platinum Platinum will be available in October between 150 and 250 euros.“In our capacity as pioneers in the market of portable technologies, we have always strived to offer innovative solutions at the best possible cost,” said a press Loïc Poirier, CEO of ARCHOS. “We continue in this way, by competing with major manufacturers, with a new line of tablets, which combine technical specifications upscale and elegant design. Our models of Platinum range are positioned directly in front of the iPad 4, and Galaxy Tab tablets 3 at a lower price “.
The tone is set. Archos now sees a direct competitor of the two market leaders. According to IDC data, the U.S. Apple group was still number one market in the second quarter, but sales dropped more than expected by 14.1% year on year to 14.6 million units and market share was reduced from 60.3% to 32.4%.
specifications “peak”This new range has attractive technical features: quad-core ARM Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.6GHz, up 2 GB of RAM, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, IPS screen up to the very high resolution for the most expensive model.
They are against by not compatible 3G or 4G and has a relatively small image sensor relative to competitors (2 million pixels). It also has a very limited storage capacity (8GB), but can be extended through a Micro SD slot. 
