However, we were more impressed by the hardware on the 97B Platinum, especially that high-resolution IPS display. This 9.7-inch slate looks really attractive with its silver aluminum chassis, and more importantly, it has a 2,048 x 1,536-pixel screen resolution that’s identical to the Retina display-equipped iPad.Īrchos was keen to impress us with the fact that, like all the other Archos Elements devices, the 97B Platinum is Google certified, which is often not the case for budget tablets. The company showed off the latest tablets in its Archos Elements series at CES 2013 and its high-end 97B Platinum caught our eye. LAS VEGAS, US–How low can tablet prices go this year? If the Archos 97B Platinum is any indication, you can soon get a pretty good slate for US$299. Archos 97 Platinum is coming with a Quad Core Allwinner CPU and the Retina Display with 2048 x 1536 Pixel. – This is a Hands On with the Archos 97 Platinum. It comes with the same screen with 1GB of RAM, a dual-core SoC (a Rockchip RK3066 based on the Cortex-A9) with a quad-core GPU.Īrchos 97 Platinum with Retina Display Hands On The 97B Titanium is a notch down the 97 Platinum and has a SRP $50 lower than the latter. No TI OMAP SoCs here, instead there’s an Allwinner A31 quad-core one (based on the Cortex-A7, not the A9) with a staggering 8-core GPU from PowerVR (possibly the SGX554).Īlso on the spec list are 2GB of RAM, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Wi-Fi, a rear camera and a front facing one, a microUSB port, HDMI and a microSD card slot. Other features are just as impressive bearing in mind that it should cost around half the price of the Apple iPad 4. That tablet is reassuringly heavy with a glass panel that covers an IPS 2,048×1,536 screen and an aluminium chassis sporting a white and silver colour scheme. The flagship product will be the Archos 97 Platinum and will carry a suggested retail price of $299.99, which should translate into a RRP of around £200 in the UK which is not a lot of money for what it offers.
Other than the fact that they all look a lot like the iPad and the ipad mini, these four tablets sport official Google Certification, something that our Archos interlocutor was keen to stress. The price is $199 for 8″ 1024×768 (40% cheaper than iPad Mini), $299 for 9.7″ Retina (40% cheaper than the iPad4).ĬES 2013: Archos 97B Platinum set to rival iPad 4 Īrchos “Elements” tablets will welcome four more devices soon with the 97 Platinum, the 80 Platinum, the 97B Titanium and the 80 Titanium. Archos launches new tablets on the all-new Allwinner A31 processor platform, which is a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor with SGX544 GPU.
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