Despite the Platinum name, Archos launches two Android smartphones that are for the budget minded

Introduced last month, Archos has launched two Android smartphones that make up its new Platinum series. The Archos 45c Platinum and the Archos 50b Platinum might sound like top-shelf models, but the truth is that both are budget priced handsets powered by the same quad-core processor. Archos says that the CPU "should handle the most demanding tasks."



The Archos 45c Platinum features a 4.5 inch screen with a resolution of 480 x 854. The handset is driven by a quad-core 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6582 CPU. 512MB of RAM is on board, along with 4GB of native storage. A 64GB capacity microSD slot is ...