Archos has a cheap 8″tablet announced with 3g support. The device, the 80 Xenon also features a quadcore-soc from Qualcomm. In June, the 80 Xenon in the Netherlands in the shops, for a price of 170 euro.
The quadcore-soc in the new Archos tablet works on 1.2 GHz, but it is unclear to which type exactly, except that he is from the Snapdragon S4 series. Because there is also a Adreno 203 gpu is built in, it is likely to be a soc based on the Cortex A5 core, such as the MSM8225Q or the MSM8625Q.
The 8″screen has a resolution of 1024×768 pixels and the ram is 1GB. Storage is 4GB available, but it is possible to expand with micro-sd cards. For photos a 2-megapixel camera present. It is striking that the Archos standard 3g support built in; the most budgettablets only offer the ability to use wi-fi on the internet. The software is based on Android 4.1, which Archos a number of applications supplies.
Archos is planning to make the 8″tablet in June in the Netherlands. Customers should be 170 euro for the device to pay. Earlier, it was Archos all with the 97 Xenon, a variant with a 9.7″screen.
