What the hell, Archos?

[Bateluer]

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...ow-end-tablets-you-probably-wont-want-to-use/

These three devices are all packed in the same general size range. The 90 Neon has a 9-inch 800x480 screen, which will probably look fairly awful. The 97 Neon is a 9.7-inch device, but it's up at 1024x768 and has a 4:3 aspect ratio – it looks a lot like an older iPad. The 101 Neon is the biggest at 10.1-inches and packs a substandard 1024x600 resolution LCD.

I've always said the screen isn't the only feature of a tablet to look at, but yeesh. Did they get the panels for these just given to them for free? Leftovers from some one's warehouse?

These devices all have a quad-core Cortex-A9 ARM chip of unidentified make clocked at 1.4GHz and 1GB of RAM.

Also, this goes for all OEMs, list your SoC on the spec sheet. Don't hide it.

 

[jacktesterson]

Probably some sort of Mediatek chip .... = aweful.

Nobody should buy one. Imagine how much work goes into there O/S too.

 

[jacktesterson]

That's roughly 100 PPI on the first model listed.... yeah.

 

[ChronoReverse]

800x480 on a tablet what? My Nexus One had that resolution in 3.5 inches...

 

[gorcorps]

Is it possible these aren't intended for the US? Otherwise I don't know what they're thinking

 

[Darknite39]

Such a shame. They used to make good stuff. My first mp3 player was an xs200, which was awesome for the time period and built like a tank. These products just confuse me. I agree that these can't be intended for any large markets.

 

[shortylickens]

Archos has NEVER made top of the line units. They are cheap crap for folks who cant afford better.

I got one tablet just to play around with. It had a freakin resistive touch screen, no access to google's app store, and a processor so slow I actually played with my phone while waiting for it to load apps.

I dont even know why you middle class Americans would look at those things. They really arent for you.

 

[Ravynmagi]

Archos makes low end tablets. And these are the new low low end tablets.

 

[Bateluer]

Is it possible these aren't intended for the US? Otherwise I don't know what they're thinking

Archos makes low end tablets. And these are the new low low end tablets.

These are low end tablets. Not all of them are instant write offs either.
http://www.merimobiles.com/chinese-tablet-pc/

 

[Ravynmagi]

These are low end tablets. Not all of them are instant write offs either.
http://www.merimobiles.com/chinese-tablet-pc/

Who would trust their credit card to a website that? I feel like I need to do a malware scan now.

 

[gmaster456]

Let's be honest. When was the last time Archos actually came out with anything compelling?

 

[fr]

These are low end tablets. Not all of them are instant write offs either.
http://www.merimobiles.com/chinese-tablet-pc/

Hmmm...Ainol tablet.

 

[Mopetar]

Archos has always made really low-end Android tablets and PMPs. They're never really competitive on specs, but they're a good low-cost option.

I would imagine that they managed to get their hands on some dirt cheap left-over parts that no one else wants and that these products are going to have a similar low price for consumers.

 

[Abu Mahendra]

Actually they had a pretty large-screen good media player with Compact Flash slot about a decade ago.