Our current testing object is a smartphone of the French company Archos, which almost six months after the official announcement on the IFA-2015 starts to be sold in Russia.

Specifications

• Screen: 5.0 "", AMOLED, 267DPI, 1280 x 720, Gorillas Glass 3;
• Operating system: Android 5.1;
• Processor: MediaTek MT6753, Cortex-A53, 8 x 1.3 GHz;
• GPU: Mali-T720 mp3, frequency of 600 MHz;
• RAM: 2 GB;
• Built-in memory: 16 GB, support for microSD memory cards, microSDHC up to 128 GB;
• Cameras: 16 MP (flash, autofocus), 8 mp;
• Battery: 2300 mAh, non-removable;
• Dimensions (shXVXT): 145.3 x 71.2 x 6.6 mm;
• Mass: 118 g;
• SIM slots: 2, Microsim, Dual Sim Dual Active;
• Communication: GSM 850/900 / 1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA 900/2100 MHz, LTE 800/1800/2600 MHz;
• Price: Approximately 169 dollars.

Equipment

Archos Diamond S comes in a large-scale box. Having been following a special loop on the side, you pull out the tray, at the bottom of which the contents of the package neatly placed. For a long time, we did not find such chubby and detailed multilingual manuals. Judging by the diversity of localized sections, Archos delivers products not only to native France, but also in a good defense of other countries, including Russia and more exotic Vietnam and Egypt.

In addition to the documentation, an needle is attached to the smartphone to extract SIM cards, an adapter for 5V - 1A, a simple stereo chamber with a single control key and a USB cable with an elongated plug (not all wires will be suitable for replacement).

Appearance

By their design concept, Diamond s reminds the Xperia Z lineup, from Sony. Before us is almost a symmetrical housing, covered on both sides with tempered glass Gorillas Glass 3.

The side faces of the phone forms a thin (6.6 mm) plastic frame on the texture remotely resembling metal. On the right side, the volume swing and the power button is located, and the nests for the headset and the USB cable are located on top.

At first glance, everything is fine, but with attentive consideration of the smartphone, flaws are noticeable. Both protective glasses in the test sample are recessed into the housing slightly unevenly, so the frame framing the front panel on the right protrusion is slightly stronger than the left. From the back, on the left, in the corner of the chamber module, the protective glass is located with a row frame, and in the lower right corner almost a millimeter below the plastic side. Most likely, this is a feature of a particular sample, but ineffective oleophobic coating of the front and rear glass will deliver problems with many seriously erased prints to all users.

Display

For displaying information from Archos Diamond S responds with a five-lifted amoled screen with HD permit.

Samsung, unduely owned by amoled screens technology still holds the best panels for their flagship products, so that the Archos Diamond screen has completely typical properties: good brightness stock and uniformity of the color field, wide viewing angles (dark shades only lightly lightly dry when the slope) , the highest contrast accompanied by the Pentile subpixel location scheme due to which the fonts seem "loose" and unnatural color reproduction. Also draw attention to wide frames on top and bottom. The combination of the characteristics of the AMOLED display DIAMOND S is slightly below the average level.

Iron

Despite the French origin of the brand roots, the Archos Diamond S assembly is produced in China using MediaTek's components. The eight-year 64-bit MT6753 chip is presented in early 2015 and is positioned as a productive chipset intended for use in smartphones of the average price range. For the year, the central processor has lost a novelty, but in general, I did not lose my potential - the system works smoothly. There is a merit and surprisingly fast random access memory. At the same time, the MALI-T720 graphic accelerator with a central processor used in a pair with a central processor for more than two years and its age is strongly affected by the gaming capabilities of the device.

In many Tytlah, you will have to sacrifice the quality of graphics, and in other frequency of frames will fall below a comfortable level. Playing products ported with PC better and do not try.
Low read speed of files from internal memory slows down access to heavy applications, so that it is worth transferred to other directory to enhance the performance.

Software

Archos Diamond S is working under android management 5.1 Lollipop with a minimum of changes brought by the developer. During testing the device, two updates came through the air. I would like to hope that this manufacturer will not be limited, and the phone will receive an update to Android 6.0.

Of the two gigabytes of RAM, the system takes an average of 700 megabytes. Interestingly, in the ARCHOS firmware in the "Applications" menu, it is possible to choose whether the cached applications are in RAM or only active processes. Another firmware feature is an integrated Miravision technology that serves to correct the image on the phone screen. With it, it is possible to adjust the contrast, brightness, sharpness and color temperatures widely. That in mind not the perfect factory calibration AMOLED matrix is \u200b\u200breally useful. There are also built-in audio improvement technologies. Subjectively, there is no particular sense from their activation, the smartphone and so it sounds at the middle level.

As for preset applications, when you start a smartphone, the user is invited to voluntarily download a set of programs from partners, which make up several popular free games and news aggregators. All of them can be easily removed. Directly into the firmware is built in only the standard set of Google applications and the corporate archos media center.

Communication

In the case of this smartphone there was a place to simultaneously install the SD format card and two microsim cards. The good news is that they work according to the DUAL SIM Dual Active scheme, that is, they can receive calls independently of each other. The bad news is that only one of them supports data transmission in 3G and 4G networks, the second works exclusively in 2G.

Communication quality at the average level. During testing, the interlocutors were periodically complained about poor hearing, but the problems were observed only in zones with an unstable signal. Diamond S supports all three global satellite positioning systems: GPS, GLONASS and Beidou. The smartphone finds the first satellites quickly, but to determine the exact coordinates leaves from seven to twelve minutes.

Battery

A non-removable lithium-ion battery for 2300 mAh helped Diamond S to hold out in our corporate test on autonomy when the screen brightness is 50% seven and a half hours. Almost the same result is declared by the manufacturer on the official website to play video.

Camera

MediaTek MT6753 processor supports cameras with maximum resolution up to 16 megapixels. It is such a photographic module with autofocus support that is installed in Archos Diamond S. HDR mode works quite convincingly, there is support for continuous shooting, software stabilization, to record Full HD rollers with a frequency of up to 30 frames per second.

Despite this, knock out the Diamond S for the quality of the photos, perhaps, is not worth it. The main thing is that the manufacturer should pay attention when updating the camera software - white balance management. In the meantime, this option is better to exhibit manually. We also did not like the absence of a smooth zoom and the overall drop in the quality of the picture during zooming.

Let's summarize

During testing, Diamond S could not find fatal flaws and still an opinion about the smartphone was ambiguous. Beautiful glass cabinet panels do not have a oleophobic coating, a quick central processor works with an outdated graphic chip, a high-resolution camera systematically incorrectly exposes white balance, and so on. In general, Archos turned out good smartphoneBut in it for each plus there is a significant minus. The incline of the scale of the scales in one way or another could be information about the cost, but the confirmed data about the ruble price of Archos Diamond S at the time of writing these lines is not.

Pros:

• Android 5.1 without third-party add-ons;
• Fast central processor;
• Works in 4G networks;
• Separate SD card slot.

Minuses:

• Outdated graphic chip;
• Inefficient oleophobic coating of glass surfaces;
• Bad white balance on most photos.

Maybe not like:

• Only one SIM card supports Internet access;
• The Pentile subpixels layout is distinguished by the naked look.

Smartphones released under the Archos brand are not so often flashed in the news feeds, although they talk about what. Only the concept of the "superscreen" of which it costs ... But there are enough other features of the phone, including an unexpected price of twenty thousands of thousands of rubles.

The smartphone really stands in the area of \u200b\u200b22,000 rubles, which is of interest and the desire to see what he offers, given that in this price category already there is a considerable number of devices from famous brands that lead their struggle for the place under the sun and for the love of consumers.

Archos smartphones often act as polygons for certain innovations. The manufacturer will set the amount of memory, which there is no one else, will come up with the gestures of the smartphone control, which before that no one applied. Therefore, it is interesting to deal with such a device that is not so common. At least for now.

Appearance of the device

Externally, the housing of the smartphone does not look something new and revolutionary. He reminds of oneplus something, and something even an iPhone, but from his first he is still greater. Although it did not go without interesting features.

This feature was a red-orange ring under the screen, which is located in the same place where the HOME touch button. In addition to the front panel, this color is present on the rim of the main chamber and around the perimeter of the box in which the smartphone is sold.

Otherwise, this is a classic aluminum housing with a slightly rough surface, the fingerprint scanner on the back wall, the headphone jack on the top face and the charging socket USB Type-C. Throwing on the left side of the tray can accommodate two sims or one SIM card and microSD memory card up to 256 GB.

Tactile Archos Dimond Alpha is very pleasant in hand. It is moderately heavy, with aluminum side faces and has a thickness of only 7.5 mm. It is thanks to these parameters that it is felt as a holistic, monolithic and strong smartphone.

Contents of delivery

Recently, manufacturers rarely put with smartphone headphones, especially if these are not top brands that put in their smartphones DAC, and therefore they are simply necessary good headphones. In the case of Archos Diamond Alpha, we observe an exception, and the headphones are included. True, they suspiciously resemble the Earpods design from Apple.

In general, the delivery kit is as follows:

• Archos Diamond Alpha.
• cable for charging
• power adapter
• headphones
• "Clip" to extract tray
• paper Materials

Pleasant features of the interface

The pleasant features of the interface that I spoke earlier can be attributed to the "Superscreen" function and the "gesture management" feature. This is the case when the manufacturer really tried and surprised a large number of pleasant chips, although not always unique.

The function "Superscreen", in addition to the classic method, allows you to make screenshots while holding your finger on the fingerprint scanner, which is located on the back wall. Moreover, you can not be made not just a regular screenshot, as it happens if you press the volume and POWER key, but gives the right to choose. You can simply take a snapshot of the screen in the form of any figure, and you can make an extended snapshot when you pull the screen with your finger, and the system itself glides. In addition, you can even make a full screen screen.

Gesture management offers even more interaction options. Among them you can find the following:

• transition between swipe applications from the edge of the screen
• conclusion to the external screen swipe from the corner
• cleaning memory double swipe from the corner
• tuning brightness with two fingers across the screen

For a greater understanding of how it works, a demonstration mode is provided.

There are still some options, but it is not worth stopping for them, as they are in other menu items and are found in most smartphones on Android.

Screen

By and large, the claim to the screen is only one. He is not as bright as I would like. In bright, the sun will be easy to use it, and the automatic brightness change system works very aggressively and reduces the brightness value to such a value that it becomes generally impossible. That is why the first thing I turned off the automatic adjustment and simply set the backlight to the maximum.

If you do not find fault, the display is good. This is an old good IPS with a diagonal of 5.2 "and FullHD-resolution. The aspect ratio is classic, namely 16: 9. There is no cramfish and in mom, so Archos Diamond Alpha can be called a smartphone for those who love the classics. Moreover, such displays are becoming less and even the most budget models Start equipped with "elongated" displays.

Performance

The performance is based on the SNAPDRAGON 652 processor with Adreno 510 graphics. 4 GB RAM, and built-in 64 GB, but the extension is possible using a memory card with a volume of up to 256 GB.

For everyday tasks and smooth performance interface, it is enough, but with games it will be a little more difficult. If there are still easy to work in terms of graphics, then in the demanding frame rate will sometimes see the values \u200b\u200bthat are on the lower boundary of the comfortable gameplay.

Everything is not surprising, since the primary orientation of the smartphone is not games. Even a double sensor camera can rather attribute to the priorities of the device, but not exactly performance.

Monochrome-colored camera

The main chamber of Archos Diamond Alpha has two sensors. The resolution is 13 megapixel, and Sony was selected as a sensor supplier. The sensors themselves share duties as much as it can be observed in smartphones Huawei.. One sensor removes monochrome pictures, as they turn out to be clearer, and the second "paint" them according to real colors.

In this approach, there is a plus, and this leads to the fact that the pictures are really obtained clear, but sometimes you can observe a small block of white balance in the direction of cold shades, and in the room the pictures are a little less contrasting, which the main competitors are offered in this price range. .

The front camera has only one sensor and a resolution of 16 megacles, and the pictures on it are simply ordinary. They do not stand out against the background of competitors. Selfie is obtained worthy quality under normal shooting conditions. In general, nothing new.

But for the camera there is a huge number of settings and modes. There are more of them than many competitors, and sometimes even more than in third-party applications. This undoubtedly can be attributed to the pros, as well as the possibility of shooting 4K video at 30 FPS.

Operating system

The smartphone is running Nubia UI 4.0, which allows you to implement all the software features described earlier. At the same time, it is based on Android 6, but it does not prevent her from producing a pleasant impression. There is no information about the release of updates.

What else?

The smartphone is not deprived by the full set of necessary functions. Among them are GPS, and OTG support, and even NFC. But there is no radio, although it is important for many.

Archos Diamond smartphone line replenished new modelwhich, apparently, claims to be the title of the new Flag of the family. The smartphone is called Archos Diamond Plus and is essentially an enlarged version of Diamond S. However, this is also a fairly fresh model of the hero of the review distinguish not only the dimensions. Here, for example, it is not used amoled-, but an IPS display with an enlarged diagonal. There are also a number of differences, but in general the new general style of all products of this European company traced in the novelty, no one generation of smartphones and tablets.

Key features of Archos Diamond Plus

• Soc MediaTek MT6753, 1.3 GHz, 8 cores, Arm Cortex-A53
• GPU Mali-T720 @ 450 MHz 3 kernels
• Android operating system 5.1
• Touchscreen display IPS 5,5 ", 1920 × 1080, 401 ppi
• RAM (RAM) 2 GB, internal memory 16 GB
• Micro-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• MicroSd support
• GSM / GPRS / EDGE network (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• WCDMA / HSPA + (900/2100 MHz)
• FDD-LTE network (800/1800/2600 MHz)
• Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n (2.4 GHz), Wi-Fi Access Point, Wi-Fi Direct
• Bluetooth 4.0.
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
• USB 2.0, OTG
• Camera 16 MP, autofocus, video 1080p
• Chamber frontal 8 MP, Fix. focus
• Gyro, approximation sensor, lighting, gravity, electronic compass
• Battery 2850 mA · h, non-removable
• Dimensions 153 × 76 × 8.4 mm
• Mass 176 g

Contents of delivery

Archos Diamond Plus comes in the size of a square-shaped box made of solid cardboard. Packaging is made with attention to detail, has a fairly attractive appearance and a thoughtful inner structure.

The accessory kit consists of a charger with an output current of 5 in 1.5 A, a micro-USB connecting cable, a wired stereo header with rubber incubusers of intracanal type, as well as a protective film on the screen, a key and a pair of chubby paper books with information.

Appearance and ease of use

The Archos Diamond Plus smartphone received a fairly modern design, repeating generally a huge mass of similar products overlooking China's plants. The body of the apparatus has a streamlined shape with a curved rear cover, highly rounded in plane angles and flat side faces.

Most of the housing here is made of aluminum, but the side inserts on the ends are still plastic. It is in plastic, and not metal segments of the hull, all holes for connectors and microphones are cut out, it is plastic that protects the angles when blowing and falling. So the Archos Diamond Plus case cannot be called full-metal, but now most of the metal buildings of modern mobile devices. Plastic inserts are needed so that the metal does not shield the antenna of communication modules.

Due to the ergonomic shape with a hopped back wall, the smartphone is very comfortable in hand, flat sidewalls do not give it to slip, despite the rather slippery matte metal. By dimensions, this is an already familiar format of a 5.5-inch tablet phones, such dimensions cannot be called acceptable for comfortable accommodation in human hand. And even more so, such an apparatus cannot be used with one hand. The mass is also rather big, the smartphone is quite weighty.

The quality of the materials of the complaints do not cause: no squeaks, deflection of the back cover or grudge in compression, the case creates an impression of a firmly shot, reliably collected product. And at the same time it is impossible not to notice how the plastic inserts to the metal are unevenly adjacent in the place of docking. This problem facility failed to solve at the proper level.

Since there is no removable cover here, the device has received the appropriate optional installation option: the metal tray is inserted into the side slot and removed using a complete key-clip. Salazks have two cells in which you can lay two micro-SIM format cards or a memory card instead of one of them. Officially supported microSD cards up to 32 GB, but our check tRANSCEND card PREMIUM MicroSDXC UHS-1 with a 128 GB is confidently recognized by the device. A hot SIM card replacement is supported, and when the memory card is installed, the device reboots independently.

On the opposite face, the standard mechanical buttons are installed (the volume here is regulated not by a rocker, but by two separate buttons), they have a spring course and a distinct response. The keys are located at the top of the face and are convenient for manipulations with any hand.

On the Archos Diamond Plus case there is another manual key, which is located next to the card tray. This button is an optional tool for quick call Applications, its actions The user can specify independently. By default, the key is set to the chamber for a short press and removal of the screenshot from the screen for long. In this case, the button is triggered even when the screen is turned off.

The back of the smartphone is used to accommodate the camera with an outbreak, as well as the output of the speaker.

The front panel is completely covered with flat protective glass without sideboards. The top of the sensors, the front camera module and the Event LED. There are no sensory buttons at the bottom.

Below in the end there is a Micro-USB connector that supports the connection of external devices in the OTG USB mode, and next to it is a hole of the conversational microphone.

The audio jack under the minijack with a diameter of 3.5 mm for connecting headphones is put on top end. The plugs of the device connectors are not covered, not found on the body and fastening for the strap. Protection against water and dust The device has not received, support for wireless charging - too.

Screen

Archos Diamond Plus is equipped with a touch matrix made using IPS technology with complete lamination. The physical dimensions of the screen are 68 × 121 mm, a diagonal is 5.5 inches, the resolution is 1920 × 1080 points, the density of the points is 401 ppi. The thickness of the frame from the edge of the screen to the edge of the body on the sides is about 4 mm, and on top and bottom - 16 mm, the frame is wide enough.

The display brightness can be manually adjusted, and you can use automatic adjustment. Multitouch technology here allows you to handle 5 simultaneous touches. When making a smartphone to the ear, the screen is blocked using the approximation sensor. The screen can be unlocked by double tapping on the glass, as well as by drawing a variety of gestures with a simultaneous transition to annexes attached to gestures (for example, to a camera or a music player).

Detailed examination with the use of measuring instruments was conducted by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. We present his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface resistant to the appearance of scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-reflective screen properties of the screen is better than the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter just Nexus 7). For clarity, we give a photo on which the white surface is reflected in the screens (left - Nexus 7, on the right - Archos Diamond Plus, then they can be distinguished by size):

The Archos Diamond Plus screen is slightly darker (brightness of photographs 106 against 112 at Nexus 7). There are practically no doubles of reflected objects in the Archos Diamond Plus screen, it suggests that between the layers of the screen (more specifically between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) there is no airbap (OGS-One Glass Solution type screen). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (type of glass / air) with highly different refractive ratios, such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repair in the event of a cracked exterior glass costs much more expensive, since it accounts for a whole screen. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (fat-repellent) coating (even better than that of Nexus 7), so traces from fingers are removed significantly easier, and appear at a lower rate than in the case of conventional glass.

When manually controlling brightness and when displaying a white field in full screen maximum value Brightness was about 520 cd / m², minimal - 150 kD / m². The maximum brightness is very high, and considering excellent anti-reflective properties, readability even on a sunny day outside the room should be at a good level. For the conditions of complete darkness, the minimum brightness will be higher than a comfortable value, but not everything is so bad - see below. In the presence of automatic brightness adjustment over the illumination sensor (it is the right door of the front loudspeaker). IN automatic mode When the external lighting conditions change, the screen brightness both rises and decreases. The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness, the function of automatic brightness adjustment reduces the brightness of up to 200 cd / m² (very much), in conditions lit by artificial office light (about 400 lux) brightness rises to 415 cd / m² (also a lot), in Very bright environment (corresponds to the lighting with a clear day outside the room, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 LCs or a little more) is installed on 540 kD / m² (what is needed). The brightness slider is 50% - the values \u200b\u200bare as follows: 30, 230 and 540 kD / m² (suitable values), by 0% - 10, 40 and 540 kD / m² (the average value is too low). It turns out that the auto-adjustment function of the brightness is adequately, and there is some possibility to adjust the nature of the brightness of the user's requirements. At any level of the brightness of a significant modulation of the backlight, there is no, so there is no shield flicker.

IN this smartphone Used IPS type matrix. Micrographs demonstrate a typical structure of subpixels for IPS:

For comparison, you can familiarize yourself with the micrographic gallery of the screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without a significant shift of colors, even with large looks from the perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades. For comparison, we give the pictures on which the same images are displayed on the Archos Diamond Plus and Nexus 7 screens, while the brightness of the screens is initially installed about 200 cd / m², and the color balance on the camera is forcibly switched to 6500 K. Perpendicular to the screens White field:

Note good uniformity of brightness and color Tone White field. And test picture:

The color rendition is not the bad, the saturation of the colors is natural, but the color balance is very shifted into the blue area and the image is slightly laid out. Now at an angle of about 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors did not change much from both screens, but Archos Diamond Plus contrast decreased to a greater extent due to the strong decrease in the black and greater decrease in brightness. And white field:

The brightness at an angle at the screens decreased, but Archos Diamond Plus the screen under this angle is still a bit darker (the brightness of photographs 219 against 234 at Nexus 7). The black field when the diagonal is deviated through the diagonal, the light reddish or bluish shade is dry. The photos below are demonstrated (the brightness of white areas in the perpendicular plane of the directions of the direction is the same!):

And at a different angle:

With a perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is imperfect, since the brightness of the black is closer to the edge, the brightness of the black is noticeably increased, also through the slots of the case shine the lights of the backlight, which looks not very good:

Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is high - about 910: 1. Response time when switching black-white-black is 21 ms (11 ms incl. + 10 ms off.). The transition between halftons of gray 25% and 75% (for the numerical color value) and back in total it takes 32 ms. Constructed by 32 points with an equal interval in the numerical value of the shade of a gray gamma curve did not reveal in neither lights or in the shadows. An indicator of approximating power function Equal 2.05, which is lower than the standard value of 2.2, because the image is slightly flashed. At the same time, the real gamma curve deviates little from power dependence:

Dynamic highlighting adjustment in accordance with the nature of the displayed image in this case We did not find that very good.

Color coverage is very close to SRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix light filters to moderately mix the components to each other:

As a result, colors have natural saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is very compromise, since the color temperature is strongly higher than the standard 6500 K, but at least a deviation from the spectrum of absolutely black body (ΔE) less than 10, which is considered an acceptable indicator for the consumer device. In this case, the color temperature and Δe change little from the shade to the shade - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of the color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can not be considered, since there the balance of colors does not matter, and the measurement error of the color characteristics on the low brightness is large.)

In this device there is a fairly advanced system from profiles and settings, jacob providing the ability to adjust the color balance and so on. It is called Miravision.. However, attempts to fix with its help, the color balance was not crowned with success, since the correction of the color temperature leads to the fact that the shade of the halftone changes, and the white point - no, it looks disgusting.

Let us sum up: the screen has a very high maximum brightness and has excellent anti-glare properties, so the device without any problems can be used outside the room even summer sunny day. IN manual mode Brightness can not be reduced to a comfortable level to use the device in complete darkness. It comes to the rescue with an automatic adjustment of brightness that works adequately. A very good oleophobic coating should be attributed to the advantages of the screen, the absence of air gaps in the layers of the screen and flicker, the high contrast, acceptable, at least with visual assessment, color balance and color coverage close to SRGB. To significant disadvantages, we will draw low stability of black to the rejection of the view from the perpendicular to the screen plane and a strong overestimation of color temperature. However, taking into account the importance of the characteristics for this class of devices, the screen quality can be considered high.

Sound

Archos Diamond Plus sounds modestly. And in dynamics, and in the headphones, the sound is deaf with, neuropal, the frequency spectrum is not as wide as I would like. The only reflection - the device sounds loud enough, so as not to miss the call in a noisy atmosphere; For headphones, the volume of volume is also enough, albeit without a stock. The conversational speaker does not cause special complaints, it clearly transfers all intonations and timbre, the voice of the familiar interlocutor remains recognizable.

To control the sound quality, it is possible to use the Besloudness speaker volume amplifier and sound enhancer for Besaudenh headphones. To play melodies in the smartphone, a regular Google audio player is used with the ability to choose from several pre-installed equalizer values.

The device is able to record telephone conversations From the line, for this, it is enough to click on the corresponding button in the interface of the phone application directly during the call. FM radio with the possibility of recording from Ether in the smartphone is also available.

Camera

The smartphone is equipped with two modules of digital cameras with a resolution of 16 and 8 megapixel. The front camera here is equipped with an 8-megapixel sensor and lens with a diaphragm F / 2.4, it is deprived of autofocus and flashes. Shot quality for the level of selfie satisfactory, no more.

The main chamber obtained a 16 megapixel sensor and lens with a diaphragm F / 2.0, a fairly fast autofocus and LED flash. There is a feature of e-stabilization of shooting, including for the front camera and for video shooting.

The control menu is very simple, familiar to most Chinese smartphones on the MediaTek platform without your own custom shells. The shooting is carried out in automatic mode, but it is possible to manually change the exposure, sharpness, contrast, brightness. Transmit camera settings management third-party applications With the help of the Camera2, the API cannot, there is no possibility of recording in RAW.

The camera can shoot videos in maximum resolution only to 1080p, no 4k and 60 frame modes / s. There is an electronic stabilization function. In general, the camera copes well with video filming and well-qualitatively writes sound: no sound distortion of sound is not detected, the noise reduction system with its tasks as a whole copes adequately. Examples of test rollers are presented below.

• Roller №1 (42 MB, 1920 × [Email Protected] FPS)
• Roller # 2 (40 MB, 1920 × [Email Protected] FPS)

	The sharpness is generally not bad, it falls a little in the corners.
	Not bad sharpness of plans.
	Large zone of blur in the left side of the frame.
	With small contrasting details, the camera works well.
	Indoor with close-ups, the camera copes not so bad.
	Although in general, with room lighting, the pictures are quite weak.

From the first pictures, the camera makes the impression of good budget. On the other hand, its permission obliges to give out the result slightly higher than the average, and in this case the pictures look 5 meters, no more. That is, a good 5 megapixel camera is completely able to give out pictures no worse, but they will take less space. Camera problems are quite standard: narrow dynamic range, not very clean optics, dispersion lights, strong noises and no less strong noise. Blur zones are also found, but mainly in the corners of the frame. However, for documentary shooting, the camera is quite suitable, and perhaps even at room lighting.

Telephone part and communication

The Archos Diamond Plus smartphone works standard in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, and also has support for LTE CAT.4 networks with theoretical maximum speed up to 150/50 Mbps. With the FDD LTE, the smartphone can operate at 800/1800/2600 MHz frequencies, that is, it functions in all three most common russian operators Band 3, 7 and 20 bands. In practice, the MTS operator's SIM card was confidently registered and worked in the networks of LTE in the Moscow region. In general, the quality of reception of the signal cellular networks Special complaints do not cause, the device confidently supports the connection in the premises and does not lose the signal in the zones of insecure reception.

The rest of the network capabilities of the smartphone are typical for the Chinese smartphone on the MediaTek platform: NFC is not, but there is its analogue at MTK called Hot Knot; Only one Wi-Fi range is supported (2.4 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, you can organize a wireless access point through Wi-Fi channels or Bluetooth 4.0. Micro USB 2.0 connector supports the connection of external devices (USB Host, USB OTG), so you can connect to the Micro-USB port of flash drives and mouses with keyboards.

The navigation module works with GPS (with A-GPS), and from the domestic GLONASS. There are no complaints of the complaints module, the first satellites at a cold start are detected during the first minute. Among the smartphone sensors there is a magnetic field sensor, based on which the digital compass navigation software works.

The smartphone supports working with two SIM cards. When making a call, you can select the desired card, you can also assign basic for the organization of voice calls or sending SMS messages in advance. With 3G / 4G networks, the SIM card can operate in any slot, but at the same time in this mode only one of the cards can function. To change the settings of the slots of the card, you do not need to change places - it can be done directly from the phone menu. Working with two SIM-cards is organized by the usual Dual SIM Dual Standby standard when both maps can be in active standby mode, but simultaneously it cannot work - a radio module here is only one.

OS and Software

As a system in the device used software platform Google Android version 5.1, but Google's branded interface is slightly changed by the manufacturer. It looks like all the design in the style of Material Design remains the same, but the organization of the application menu is equipped in other things, both in the sixth version of Android Marshmallow. That is, there is not a horizontal scroll scroll, but a vertical menu with a highlighted top line of the most frequently used programs. Also added functions for working with gestures and with a separate additional hardware programmable q key button on the side of the device.

But that's not all. The most unusual thing that can be found among the Archos Diamond Plus settings is the function of integrating the memory of the microSD installed with the internal memory of the device so that they become a single array. This feature is called Archos Fusion Storage, and it really works here. Moreover, contrary to official warnings on the supported maximum amount of SD cards up to 32 GB, in fact, the device without problems supports cards and a capacity of 128 GB. When installing the memory card, the smartphone is restarted independently and then it shows in the settings already "total" memory. In our case, it turned out as many as 130 GB, although own free memory In the device initially not more than 8 GB.

Performance

The Archos Diamond Plus hardware platform is built on the basis of the eight-core single-grip system (SOC) MediaTek MT6753. The configuration of this SOC includes eight Cortex-A53 processor cores operating at a frequency to 1.3 GHz. The MALI-T720 video accepter with three cores of up to 450 MHz is responsible for processing graphics. The RAM volume is 2 GB, and less than 8 GB of total 16 GB are available for the needs of the user in the device. There is a possibility of installation mICROSD cardsBut for this you need to withdraw one of the SIM cards. Smartphone supports connecting external devices to uSB port In OTG mode.

According to the test results, the familiar platform is expected to show the mid-level results or even below. For example, in the popular benchmark Antutu, the hero of the review gave about 37k points, while today's record holders have come up to the 90-90K numbers. In other tests, both complex and specialized, the device demonstrates the results are absolutely typical for this platform, which has repeatedly turned out to be in our test laboratory. SOC MT6753 is noticeably inferior to its more powerful MT6752 sister, in which the frequency of the same CPU cores reaches 1.7 GHz. The difference is also available in the video screen: instead of a powerful MALI-T760 with a core frequency up to 700 MHz, a three-core MALI-T720 is used here with the core frequency to 450 MHz.

As for competing solutions, when compared to the positioning of SOC MediaTek MT6753 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 615, the MediaTek solution was expected to be slightly faster. Other modern solutionsSuch as Huawei Hisilicon Kirin 930/935, Samsung Exynos 7420, MediaTek MT6752, and even obsolete solutions such as Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 are in any case the hero of the review is more powerful. However, the capabilities of this SOC must currently be enough to fulfill most standard tasks. With games, there are no special problems, "tanks", for example, a smartphone is played without any problems and delays, although the rear wall of the body is significantly heated.

Testing in the latest versions of Antutu and Geekbench 3 complex tests:

All the results obtained by us when testing the smartphone in the most recent versions of popular benchmarks, we are conveniently reduced to the table. The table usually adds several other devices from various segments, also tested on similar recent versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the resulting dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the same comparison, it is impossible to submit results from different versions benchmarks, so many decent and actual models remain "for the scenes" - due to the fact that they at one time passed the "bar of obstacles" on previous versions test programs.

Testing a graphic subsystem in 3DMark game tests, GFXBENCHMARK, and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark for the most productive smartphones now it is possible to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the resolution of the rendering is fixed to 720p and is turned off by VSYNC (due to which the speed can rise above 60 FPS).

	Archos Diamond Plus. MEDIATEK MT6753)	Meizu M1 Note. MEDIATEK MT6752)	Honor 5x. (Qualcomm Snapdragon 615)	ZUK Z1. (Qualcomm Snapdragon 801)	Honor 7. (Hisilicon kirin 935)
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme (more - better)	4402	6517	5528	MAXED OUT!	6922
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited (more - better)	6862	10606	7836	18996	12113
GFXBENCHMARK T-REX HD (C24Z16 ONSCREEN)	12 fps	15 FPS.	15 FPS.	—	13 fps
GFXBENCHMARK T-REX HD (C24Z16 OFFSCREEN)	12 fps	15 FPS.	14 fps	—	12 fps
Bonsai Benchmark.	2442 (35 FPS)	3318 (47 FPS)	1774 (25 FPS)	3750 (53 FPS)	3310 (47 FPS)

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for the benchmarks to estimate the speed of the JavaScript engine, it is necessary to always make a discount on the fact that they are significantly dependent on the browser in them, in which the comparison can be truly correct only on the same OS and browsers, and such an opportunity is available when testing not always. In the case of Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

Heatons

Below is the back of the back surface, obtained after 10 minutes of operation of the battery test in the GFXBENCHMARK program (closer to white - above the temperature):

It can be seen that the heating is lonocated in the upper part of the device, which, apparently, corresponds to the location of the SOC chip. According to the heat frame, the maximum heating was 38 degrees (at the ambient temperature of 24 degrees), it is not very much.

Video playback

To test "omnivities" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special capabilities, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats that constitute the bulk of the content available on the content network. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have the support of hardware decoding of videos at the chip level, since to process modern options due to the processor nuclei are most often impossible. Also, it is not necessary to wait from the mobile device of decoding everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are reduced to the table.

According to the test results, the subject did not turn out to be equipped with all the necessary decoders, which are needed to fully play most of the most common multimedia files. To successfully play their playback, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, it is necessary to change the settings and manually set additional custom codecs, because now this player does not officially support AC3 sound format.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player.	Full video player
DVDRip.	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
Web-DL SD	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 3000 Kbps, AC3		video is reproduced normally, no sound
BDRip 720p.	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 4000 Kbps, AC3	video is reproduced normally, no sound	video is reproduced normally, no sound
BDRip 1080p.	MKV, H.264 1920 × 1080 8000 Kbps, AC3	video is reproduced normally, no sound	video is reproduced normally, no sound

¹ The sound in MX Video Player was played only after installing an alternative user audio codec; the regular player does not have such a setup

Further testing of video playback performed Alexey Kudryavtsev.

The MHL interface, like the Mobility Displayport, we did not find it in this smartphone, so I had to restrict ourselves to testing the image of the video files to the screen itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with one division by the frame with an arrow and a rectangle (see "Methods for testing the playback devices and displaying the video signal. Version 1 (for mobile devices)"). Screen shots with shutter speed in 1 C helped to determine the nature of the output of video files with various parameters: resolution ranged (1280 to 720 (720p) and 1920 per 1080 (1080p) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frame / from). In tests, we used the MX Player video player in the "hardware" mode. Test results are reduced to the table:

720 / 30p. oK not 720/25p. oK not 720/24p. oK not

Note: If in both columns Uniformity and Pass Green estimates are exhibited, it means that, most likely, when viewing the films of artifacts caused by uneven alternation and passage of frames, or will not be seen at all, or their number and notice will not affect the preservation of viewing. Red marks indicate possible problems associated with playing relevant files.

By the output criteria, the quality of video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since frames (or frames of frames) can (but not obliged) to be output with more or less uniform intervals of intervals and without frames of frames. With the exception of files from 60 frames / s, in the case of which, on average, two frames per second are passed due to non-standard screen update frequency in strange 58 Hz. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that the frame for the frame is displayed first, then several frames are passed to compensate for the difference in time at a time (more often than two in a row). As a result, watch video from 60 frame / s is almost impossible, the picture is constantly twitching. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 to 1080 pixels (1080p), the image of the video file is displayed one-in-one, exactly along the screen of the screen and in the true resolution of Full HD, but the extreme right (with landscape orientation) the pixel column is not displayed. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235 - in the shadows of only one closest to black shade does not differ from it in brightness, and all gradations are displayed in the lights.

Battery life

The rechargeable battery installed in Archos Diamond Plus has quite decent to modern smartphones Capacity in 2850 mA · h. Accordingly, nothing prevented the hero of the review to demonstrate a rather good level of autonomy. The device confidently showed itself in all standard tests, no noticeable failures were detected. It cost without records, but the subject in any case demonstrates time in all tests autonomous work Above the average, this apparatus has no problems with this device. At the same time, testing was carried out at the usual level of power consumption, although in the settings you can use the energy saving mode.

	Battery capacity	Reading mode	Video mode	3D game mode
Archos Diamond Plus.	2850 mA · h	12 h. 00 m.	9 h. 30 m.	3 h 50 m.
Honor 5x.	3000 mA · h	13 h. 30 m.	9 h. 00 m.	3 h 50 m.
Elephone M2.	2600 mA · h	8 h 50 m.	6 h. 20 m.	2 h 50 m.
Honor 7.	3000 mA · h	13 h. 00 m.	10 h. 40 m.	3 h 50 m.
Meizu M2 Note.	3100 mA · h	13 h. 00 m.	8 h. 30 m.	4 h. 00 m.
OnePlus 2.	3300 mA · h	14 h. 00 m.	11 h. 20 m.	4 h. 30 m.
Letv One.	3000 mA · h	10 h. 30 m.	8 h. 20 m.	3 h 50 m.
Lenovo K3 Note.	3000 mA · h	11 h. 00 m.	9 h. 30 m.	3 h 50 m.
Wileyfox Storm	2500 mA · h	9 h. 30 m.	5 h. 00 m.	3 h. 30 m.
Meizu M1 Note.	3140 mA · h	16 h. 40 m.	13 h. 20 m.	4 h. 45 m.

Uninterrupted reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, bright theme) with a minimum comfortable level of brightness (the brightness was set to 100 cd / m²) lasts until a complete battery discharge 12 hours, and with unlimited viewing video in high quality (720r) with the same level Brightness through home network Wi-Fi machine set aside at least 9.5 hours. In 3D-games mode, the smartphone worked without a small 4 hours.

The smartphone battery is charging for this volume quickly. From any third-party charger with output 2 and the smartphone is charged with a current current of 5.1 in 1.2 and for about 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Outcome

As for the price of Archos Diamond Plus, it is planned by the manufacturer at 22 thousand rubles, but so far the model on sale has not received, and the final price will be adjusted depending on the course of the currency rate.

The Archos Diamond Plus smartphone in all characteristics is a solid middle manner, not higher. The possibilities of the device are not so high so that it can be ranked to the flagship mill, but for its level, the smartphone is quite satisfactory in all parameters, although, perhaps, the price is slightly overestimated. Archos Diamond Plus got a high-quality screen, a good metal case and a good level of autonomy. However, the cameras, sound, not too wide a set of communication capabilities and a sufficiently humble platform in terms of performance especially praise nothing. But there were no frank failures, marriage and flaws of the device as a whole during testing, it was the main thing.

In conclusion, we offer to see our video review of the Archos Diamond Plus smartphone:

Information about the brand, model and alternative names of a particular device, if any.

Design

Information on sizes and weight of the device presented in different units of measurement. Used materials offered colors, certificates.

Width Information about width - meant the horizontal side of the device when it is standard orientation during use.	71.5 mm (millimeters) 7.15 cm (centimeters) 0.23 ft (ft) 2.81 in (inches)
Height Information about height - meant the vertical side of the device when it is standard orientation during use.	145 mm (millimeters) 14.5 cm (centimeters) 0.48 ft (ft) 5.71 in (inches)
Thickness Information about the thickness of the device in different units of measurement.	6.5 mm (millimeters) 0.65 cm (centimeters) 0.02 ft (ft) 0.26 in (inches)
Weight Information about the weight of the device in different units of measurement.	118 g (grams) 0.26 LBS (pounds) 4.16 OZ (oz)
Volume The approximate volume of the device calculated on the basis of the size provided by the manufacturer. Refers to devices with a form of rectangular parallelepiped.	67.39 cm³ (Cubic centimeters) 4.09 in³. (cubic inches)
Colors Information about the colors in which this device is available on sale.	The black

SIM-card

The SIM card is used in mobile devices to save data certifying the authenticity of mobile services subscribers.

Mobile networks

Mobile network is a radio system that allows multiple mobile devices to exchange data among themselves.

GSM. GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is designed to replace an analog mobile network (1G). For this reason, GSM is very often called 2G mobile network. It is improved by adding GPRS (General Packet Radio Services), and later and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution).	GSM 850 MHz. GSM 900 MHZ. GSM 1800 MHz. GSM 1900 MHz.
Umts. UMTS is a reduction in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. It is based on GSM Standard And refers to 3G mobile networks. A 3GPP has been developed and its greatest advantage is the provision of greater speed and spectral efficiency due to W-CDMA technology.	UMTS 900 MHZ. UMTS 2100 MHZ.
LTE LTE (Long Term Evolution) is defined as the fourth-generation technology (4G). It has been developed by 3GPP based on GSM / EDGE and UMTS / HSPA in order to increase the capacity and speed of wireless mobile networks. The subsequent development of technologies is called LTE Advanced.	LTE 800 MHZ. LTE 1800 MHZ. LTE 2600 MHz.

Mobile communication technology and data transfer rate

Communication between devices in mobile networks is carried out through technologies that provide different data transfer rates.

Operating system

The operating system is system software, controlling and coordinating the hardware components in the device.

SOC (crystal system)

The system on the crystal (SOC) includes all the most important hardware components of the mobile device in one chip.

SOC (crystal system) The system on the crystal (SOC) integrates various hardware components, such as a processor, a graphics processor, memory, periphery, interfaces, etc., as well as the Softera needed for their operation.	MediaTek MT6753.
Technological process Information on the technological process to which the chip is made. The nanometers in the nanometers measured half the distance between the elements in the processor.	28 nm (nanometers)
Processor (CPU) The main function of the processor (CPU) of the mobile device is the interpretation and execution of instructions contained in software applications.	ARM Cortex-A53
Processor discharge The processor bit (bits) of the processor is determined by the size (in bits) of registers, targeted tires and tires for data. 64-bit processors have a higher performance compared to 32-bit, which are more productive for their part than 16-bit processors.	64 bits
Architecture of a set of commands Instructions are the commands with which the software is set / manages the operation of the processor. Information about the command set (ISA) that the processor can perform.	Armv8-A.
First Level Cache Memory (L1) Cache memory is used by a processor to reduce access to more frequently used data and instructions. L1 (Level 1) Cache memory is characterized by a small volume and works much faster both the system memory and other levels of cache memory. If the processor does not detect the requested data in L1, it continues to look for them in L2 cache. With some processors, this search is performed simultaneously in L1 and L2.	32 KB + 32 KB (kilobytes)
Second Level Cache Memory (L2) L2 (Level 2) Cache memory is slower than L1, but in return, it is distinguished by a large range that allows caching more data. It, as well as L1, is much faster than system memory (RAM). If the processor does not detect the requested data in L2, it continues to search them in L3 cache (if available) or in RAM memory.	512 KB (kilobytes) 0.5 MB (megabytes)
Kingdom of processor cores The core of the processor performs software instructions. There are processors with one, two or more nuclei. The presence of a larger number of nuclei increases performance, allowing parallel execution of a plurality of instructions.	8
Processor clock frequency The processor clock frequency describes its speed by means of cycles per second. It is measured in megahertz (MHz) or Gighellians (GHZ).	1300 MHz (Meghertz)
Graphic Processor (GPU) The graphics processor (GPU) processes the calculations for various 2D / 3D graphic applications. In mobile devices, it is used most often by games, consumer interface, video applications, etc.	Arm Mali-T720 mp3
Kingdom of kernels graphic processor Like a processor, the graphics processor consists of several working parts, which are called nuclei. They handle graphic calculations of different applications.	3
Clock frequency graphics processor The speed of work is the clock frequency of the graphics processor, which is measured in Meghertz (MHz) or Gighellians (GHz).	450 MHz (Meghertz)
RAM (RAM) RAM (RAM) is used by the operating system and all installed applications. Data that are stored in RAM is lost after turning off or restarting the device.	2 GB (gigabytes)
RAM type (RAM) Information about the type of RAM (RAM) used by the device.	LPDDR3
Number of RAM channels Information about the number of channels of RAM is integrated into SOC. More channels means more high speeds data transmission.	Single Channel
RAM frequency RAM frequency determines its speed, more specifically, the speed of reading / writing data.	666 MHz (Meghertz)

Built-in memory

Each mobile device has a built-in (non-removable) memory with a fixed volume.

Memory cards

Memory Cards are used in mobile devices to increase the amount of memory to save data.

Screen

The mobile device screen is characterized by its technology, resolution, pixel density, diagonal length, color depth, etc.

Type / Technology One of the main characteristics of the screen is the technology on which it is manufactured and on which the quality of the information image directly depends.	Super Amoled.
Diagonal Mobile devices the screen size is expressed by the length of its diagonal, measured in inches.	5 in (inches) 127 mm (millimeters) 12.7 cm (centimeters)
Width Approximate screen width	2.45 IN (inches) 62.26 mm (millimeters) 6.23 cm (centimeters)
Height Approximate screen height	4.36 in (inches) 110.69 mm (millimeters) 11.07 cm (centimeters)
Aspect ratio The ratio of the size of the length of the screen to its short side	1.778:1 16:9
Resolution Screen resolution shows the number of pixels vertically and horizontally screen. More a high resolution means a clearer image detail.	720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel density Information on the number of pixels on a centimeter or an inch screen. Higher density allows you to show information on the screen with clearer items.	294 PPI (pixels per inch) 115 ppcm. (pixels for centimeter)
Color depth The color color depth reflects the total number of bits used for the color components in one pixel. Information about the maximum number of colors that the screen may show.	24 bits 16777216 Flowers
Screen Approximate area in percent, occupied by the screen on the front panel of the device.	66.69% (interest)
Other features Information about other features and screen characteristics.	Cucitive Multitach Resistance to scratches
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Sensors

Various sensors perform various quantitative measurements and convert physical indicators to signals that the mobile device recognizes.

Main camera

The main camera of the mobile device is usually located on the back of the case and is used for photo and video filming.

Sensor type Digital cameras use photo sensors for photography. The sensor, as well as optics, are one of the main chamber quality factors in the mobile device.	CMOS (Complemenient Metal-Oxide Semiconductor)
Type of outbreak The most common types of flashes in mobile devices cameras is LED and xenon flashes. LED flashes give softer light and, unlike brighter xenon, are used in video photography.	Led.
Image resolution One of the main characteristics of mobile devices cameras is their resolution that shows the number of pixels horizontally and vertically images.	5312 x 2988 Pixels 15.87 MP (megapixels)
Allowing video Information on the most supported resolution during video recording device.	1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP (megapixels)
Video - personnel frequency / frames in sec. Information on the maximum number of frames per second (FPS) supported by the device when video recording with a maximum resolution. Some of the main standard shooting and playback speeds are 24p, 25p, 30p, 60p.	30 frames / sec (Frames per second)
Characteristics Information on other software and hardware characteristics associated with the main chamber and improve its functionality.	Autofocus Serial shooting Digital zoom Digital image stabilization Geographic labels Panoramic shooting HDR shooting Touch focus Face Recognition White balance setting Setting up ISO. Exposition compensation Self-timer Scene selection mode

Additional camera

Additional cameras are usually mounted above the device screen and are mainly used for video dealers, gesture recognition, etc.

Audio

Information on the type of loudspeakers and supported by the audio technology.

Radio

Mobile radio radio is a built-in FM receiver.

Location

Information on navigation and location devices supported by the device.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a technology that provides wireless communication for data transfer to close distances between different devices.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is the standard of secure wireless data transfer between different devices of different types for short distances.

USB

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an industrial standard that allows different electronic devices to exchange data.

Plug for headphones

This is an audio connector, which is also called the audio connector. The most widely used standard in mobile devices is 3.5 mm headphone jack.

Connecting devices

Information on other important connection technologies supported by the device.

Browser

The web browser is a software application for accessing and viewing information on the Internet.

Browser Information on some basic characteristics and standards supported by the device browser.

HTML. HTML5. CSS 3.

Sound File Formats / Codecs

Mobile devices support different formats and codecs of sound files that are respectively preserved and encoded / decoded digital audio data.

Formats / Codecs Video Files

Mobile devices support different formats and codecs of video files that are respectively preserved and encoded / decoded digital video data.

Battery

Mobile batteries differ from each other in its capacity and technology. They provide an electrical charge needed for their operation.

Capacity The battery capacity shows the maximum charge that it is capable of saving, measured in milliamme aperture.	2300 mA · h (milliamper watch)
A type The type of battery is determined by its structure and, more specifically used by chemicals. There are different types of batteries, while most often in mobile devices are used lithium-ion and lithium-ion-polymer batteries.	Li-Ion (lithium-ion)
Talk time 2G. The time of the conversation in 2G is the period of time for which the battery charge is discharged completely at a continuous conversation in 2G network.	10 h (clock) 600 min (minutes) 0.4 days
2G waiting time Waiting time in 2G is the time period for which the battery charge is discharged completely when the device is in standby mode (STAND-BY) and connected to 2G network.	250 h (hours) 15000 min (minutes) 10.4 days
Talk time 3G. The conversation time in 3G is the time period for which the battery charge is discharged completely with a continuous conversation in the 3G network.	10 h (clock) 600 min (minutes) 0.4 days
3G waiting time Waiting time in 3G is a period of time for which the battery charge is discharged completely when the device is in standby mode (Stand-BY) and connected to 3G network.	250 h (hours) 15000 min (minutes) 10.4 days
Output power adapter Information about strength electric current (measured in amperes) and electrical voltage (measured in volts) that gives charger (output power). Higher output power provides faster battery charging.	5 V (Volta) / 1 A (Amperes)
Characteristics Information on some additional characteristics of the device battery.	Non-removable

Specific absorption coefficient (SAR)

The SAR level indicates the number of electromagnetic radiation absorbed by the human body during using the mobile device.

SAR level for head (EU) SAR level indicates the maximum number electromagnetic radiationwhich is exposed to the human body if you hold a mobile device next to the ear in the negotiation position. In Europe, the maximum permissible value SAR for mobile devices is limited to 2 W / kg per 10 grams of human tissue. This standard is established by the Cenelec Committee in accordance with IEC standards, subject to ICNIRP instructions from 1998.

0.331 W / kg (Watt per kilogram)

SAR level for body (EU) The SAR level indicates the maximum number of electromagnetic radiation, which is subject to the human body if you keep your mobile device at the thigh level. The maximum allowable SAR value for mobile devices in Europe is 2 W / kg per 10 grams of human tissue. This standard is established by the Cenelec Committee subject to the ICNIRP instructions from 1998 and IEC standards.

1.66 W / kg (Watt per kilogram)

• Case materials: Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and Metal Glass
• Operating system: Google Android 7.1.1 + Nubia UI 5.0
• Network: 2G (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) / 3G (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) / LTE (800/1800/2100/2600 MHz), two Nano SIM cards
• Processor: 8 cores, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (4x2.35 GHz Kryo and 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
• RAM: 8 GB LPDDR4
• Data storage memory: 128 GB UFS 2.1 (no memory cards)
• Interfaces: Wi-Fi (B / G / N / AC) Mimo Dualband, Bluetooth 4.2 (LE), USB Type-C connector (USB 2.0) for charge / synchronization, USB-C for headset or 3.5 mm adapter
• Screen: Capacitive, IPS 5.73 "" with a resolution of 1080x2040 Points, aspect ratio 17: 9
• Camera: Main module 12 (F / 1.8, 1 / 2.55 ", 1.4 μm) / 23 (F / 2.0) MP, front-length 5/5 Mp, double flash
• NAVIGATION: A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
• Optional: fingerprint scanner, accelerometer, approximation sensors and lighting
• Batteries: non-removable, lithium-ion (Li-Ion) capacity of 3100 mAh, fast charging Quick Charge 3.0
• Dimensions: 147 x 72.7 x 8.5 mm
• Weight: 170 g
• Price: from 38 000 rubles (Q1 2018)

Contents of delivery

• Smartphone
• Network adapter
• USB cable
• Adapter with USB-C by 3.5 mm

Introduction

The French company Archos, the name of which is an analog of the founder's name (if anyone did not know), introduced in Russia powerful smartphone Omega in the flagship line Diamond. Gadget received impressive specifications: inside you will find Snapdragon 835, 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal memory, two main chambers and two frontal, FullHD + display with aspect ratio 17: 9 and with thin frames, fast charging QC and all available communication capabilities .

It is worth emphasizing that Diamond Omega is the original version of ZTE Nubia Z17S. In this regard, everything is officially: Nubia has concluded an agreement with Archos for the sale of Nubia smartphones under the Archos brand in Europe and Russia.

On the this moment Omega is sold at extremely bold RRTs price of 45 000 rubles. But if you search, then the smartphone can be found, and officially, for 38,000 rubles, which radically changes the picture of the device's perception for the better.

Design, dimensions, control elements

Unfortunately, the "Appearance" item will soon have to be removed, since all smartphones will become the same: a large screen that occupies the entire front panel, and the rear glass panel of different colors. Already now you can notice the unification (or it's easier to call it with copying?) Devices to the appearance of any flagship gadget. For example, the entire 2018 will be held under the Apple iPhone X sign and his company "bang". We rine this strange stroke with you, however, we want to get high-quality frames on frontal chambers and excellent spoken speaker. And how to create a large camera module and the best speaker if the screen boundaries are shifted more and more to the housing borders? The only more or less reasonable move is a small island at the top of the front panel to accommodate all the necessary elements in it.

A little distracted by Archos. I wanted to say that the phones are now the same and describe their design is almost meaningless. Another thing is the materials. It uses the Gorilla Glass glass of the third generation, and from two sides. The front part has a slight 2.5D rounding. Metal device frame.

The color of the device is trendy - dark blue. There are no other options. Insofar as back cover Mirror, it is pretty shimmer into the light. Although they could make a more original "drawing" of several layers.

For a gadget with a 5.7 inches screen, the dimensions are very compact - 147 x 72.7 x 8.5 mm. Now, if there was also a thickness of about 7 mm ... in hand the phone is good, does not slip.

The quality of the assembly does not cause questions: a tightly assembled device without a backlash, a violep, to join the lid to the battery. Oleophobic coating is present: the screen is not so much as the rear panel.

A couple of words about the perception of the minimum framework. The screen looks spectacular, given that the developers have reduced to a reasonable minimum not only the upper and lower frames (9 mm), but also side (only 2 mm). To keep such a gadget is quite comfortable, that is, I did not notice false positives. It is also worth noting that the side faces of the screen are not bended, as implemented in many similar devices.

From the top to from left to right: two cameras, sensors, conversational speaker and barely noticeable indicator of missing events (weakly lit). Spoken speaker loud, sound clean, ringing, timbre closer to high frequencies.

On the lower end: microphone, USB Type-C, speaker loud communication. On the right - the power button and the volume keys, the volume adjustment. Left - slot under two Nano SIM cards.

From the back of the left at the top there is a module with two lenses. It is framed with a red metal insert. The right is a double two-tone flash, and just below are a dactylconus sensor. It seemed to me not very sensitive and rapid.

In general, Archos (or more correctly say, Nubia) turned out to be a good gadget from the point of view of the quality of manufacture and used in it.

Display

This device uses the screen, the diagonal of which is 5.73 inches. Physical size - 68x128 mm. There is an anti-reflective coating, quite effective.

Diamond Omega Display Resolution from Archos - 1080x2040 Points, aspect ratio - 17: 9, density - 402 pixels per inch.

Screen review angles Maximum, no distortion. The maximum brightness of white color is 350 kD / m2, the maximum brightness of the black color is 0.55 kD / m2, contrast - 635: 1. Brightness and contrast even without using special devices are noticeably lower than in many similar smartphones. On average, the brightness is 400, and the contrast is about 800: 1.

Judging by the calibrator data, the Archos matrix issues excellent juicy colors: all parameters are more SRGB triangle. But the gray color of the Omega screen is very lying.

Battery

The ARCHOS DIAMOND OMEGA apparatus uses a non-removable lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery with a capacity of 3100 mAh. The device's time is normal for most such devices with IPS matrices: about a day with a maximum number of screen glow 3.5 - 4 hours. The smartphone loses 6 hours of HD video (MP4) per 100% brightness of the matrix backlight and sit after 4.5 hours under the load of 3D toys (Marvell: Champions Battle).

With the charge of the battery, everything is very good here: thanks to Quick Charge from Qualcomm in just 20 minutes the battery gets 50% charge. And 1 hour 15 minutes is required for 100% filling.

It seems to me that with a thickness of the case at 8.5 mm, it was easy to put a battery of 3500 mAh, and even more. And so, without using AMOLED, to achieve good results for 3100 mAh almost unreal.

Communication capabilities

The device works in 2G (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) / 3G (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) / LTE (800/1800/2100/2600 MHz). Two Nano SIM cards. There is a Volte.

There is NFC, but, alas, without Mifare Classic and Mifare UltraLight.

The rest is standard for any Android smartphone: Wi-Fi B / G / N / AC MIMO two ranges, Bluetooth 4.2, USB 2.0 with OTG support. There are navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS. Accuracy up to 10 meters, mean sensitivity.

Memory and memory card

On sale the device is only with one configuration - 8/128 GB. RAM speed is 5800 MB / s, the read / write speed of the built-in memory is 725/235 MB / s. Reading is impressive, but the record could well be more!

Cameras

Archos Diamond Omega uses the same cameras that in ZTE Nubia Z17, which we have not been tested so long ago. The only moment: in Archos also two front cameras. The quality is similar, but you can make bokeh. In order not to load an overview of unnecessary information and do not engage in copy-paste, send you to the text ZTE Nubia Z17.

I would like to add that the translation in the chamber is unimportant, for example, the bokeh effect here is called "Book". Why "Book"? Well, the rest of the pearl: "Beauty of a video call", "FNO", several untranslated moments.

Examples of photos

Performance and OS

In this device, one of the most powerful chipsets is installed - Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. It is not possible to describe its parameters, I am sure that you all know it perfectly - a cooler only 845 "Snap". Everything flies, loading lightning. In general, with a performance here, the full order of years on 5. The smartphone under load is almost not heated. IN new version Antutu dials about 200,000 points. Lot? Lot! For what? That was!

As a system, Google Android version 7.1.1 with the Nubia UI 5.0 shell (it is all strange: Archos phone, and everything inside is about ZTE). The main difference between the branded UI: only the notification panel drops on top, and the quick access to Wi-Fi / Bluetooth and otherwise starts the swipe from the bottom up. Another cool chip is a split screen. Here it is CHECTED, that is, an absolutely any application can be launched either from above, or from below simultaneously with other applications / games / settings. For example, on the top half of the display, the game is launched, and on the bottom you continue to communicate in Telegram.