ARCHOS announces the 50d Helium for US$129

ARCHOS has just announced a brand new smartphone called the 50d Helium. Like their other products, the 50d Helium aims to provide high quality hardware at a budget friendly price point.

The smartphone has a 5 inch 720p IPS panel and is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor clocked in at 1.2GHz. It has 1GB of RAM and 16GB of memory that can be expanded using microSD cards.

There is a 13 Megapixel camera at the back and a 5 Megapixel camera at the front. It has dual-SIM support as well as 4G connectivity. It will come with Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box and will be powered by a non-removable 2100 mAH battery.

• 5’’ 1280×720 (HD) 293dpi / IPS
• 1.2Ghz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
• GPU Adreno 305
• RAM 1 GB 8 GB ROM
• Android Android 5.1 “Lollipop”
• Camera 13MP (BSI) Autofocus + Flash
• 5MP Front facing
• Dual SIM
• 3G,4G/ LTE ,Bluetooth 4.0 LE,Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi direct, Wi-Fi hot spot
• 2000mAh battery

The device will be available in Storm Blue and Stone Grey colours at a price of US$ 129 when it launches later this month