Archos 50 Cobalt Specifications, Features and Price

Archos 50 Cobalt is one of the new additions of the Archos smartphone that was announced last month. It is an affordable low end smartphone. It comes with an 5-inch 720p IPS display.

Archos 50 Cobalt is powered by a Mediatek MT6535 chipset, paired with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of built-in storage which is expandable via a MicroSd card.

The 50 Cobalt comes with Cat.4 LTE support, quad-band 2G and dual-band 3G. There primary camera in this case is 8MP, complete with an LED flash. Battery capacity is a bit worrying at just 2,000mAh.

ARCHOS 50 COBALT FULL SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL
2G Network : YES
3G Network : YES
4G Network : YES
SIM : Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Status : Coming soon. Exp. release 2016, March

BODY
Dimensions : 132 x 70.5 x 7.9 mm
Keyboard : Touchscreen
Colors : Blue/Gray
Protection :

DISPLAY
Type : IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size : 5.0 inches 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
Multi touch : YES

MEMORY AND OS
Card slot : MicroSD up to 64GB
Internal : 8GB 
OS : Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset: Mediatek MT6735P
CPU : Quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU : Mali-T720MP3
RAM : 1GB

AUDIO
Alert types : Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker : Yes
Audio port : 3.5mm jack

CONNECTIVITY
WIFI : YES, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth : YES, v4.0
GPS : YES, with A-GPS
FM Radio : YES
NFC : NO 
USB : microUSB v2.0

CAMERA
Primary : 8 MP, autofocus, LED flash
Video : YES, 720p@30fps
Secondary : 2 MP

BATTERY
Capacity : Removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
Stand-by : Up to 330 h
Talk time : Up to 20 h
Music play :

OTHER FEATURES 
Sensors : Accelerometer, Proximity, Gyroscope
Messaging : SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser : HTML5
Java : NO

MISCELLANEOUS
– XviD/MP4/H.264 player
– MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player
– Document viewer
– Photo/video viewer
– Voice memo/dial
– Predictive text input

PRICE
The Archos 50 Cobalt has not been released thus it is not available in Nigeria. When realeased and avaliable, the price of Archos 50 Cobalt should be between N20000 and N25000 depending on location and store of purchase