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Shine bright like a Diamond S: Meet the latest wallet-friendly phones from Archos (pictures)

Take a look at the budget-priced Archos Diamond S, Diamond Plus, 50 Cesium, 50e Helium and Diamond Tab.

Andrew Lanxon
Andrew is CNET's go-to guy for product coverage and lead photographer for Europe. When not testing the latest phones, he can normally be found with his camera in hand, behind his drums or eating his stash of home-cooked food. Sometimes all at once.
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BERLIN -- Diamonds and pearls? Say hello to the latest wallet-friendly phones (and tablet) from Archos.

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The Diamond S has an octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz and backed up by 2GB of RAM.

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On the glossy rear of the Diamond S is a 16-megapixel camera.

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The Diamond Plus is the most elegantly styled of the new devices.

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The 5-inch 50e Helium runs the app-tastic Android 5.1 Lollipop.

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The 50 Cesium is basically the same phone as the Helium, but with Windows Phone software instead.

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The Diamond Tab tablet boasts a beefy eight-core 1.7GHz Mediatek MT8752 processor, backed by an equally meaty 3GB of RAM.

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