YotaPhone dual-screen smartphone goes on sale

YotaPhone, the Russian-made Android smartphone that packs a 4.3-inch LCD on the front and an e-ink display at the back, finally goes on sale in Russia and Europe.

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We first wrote about the YotaPhone back in January when it made an appearance during CES. It sports a 4.3-inch 720 LCD screen (342ppi) on the front, a 4.3-inch (360 x 640) grayscale “Always-On” electronic paper display at the back, a 13 megapixel rear camera, and 32GB of internal storage. Powering the device is a 1.7Ghz dual-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 1,800mAh battery, and Android 4.2.2 Jellybean.

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YotaPhone specs:
4.3″ 720 x 1280 LCD, 342ppi
4.3″ 360 x 640 EPD, 16 grayscale
Dual Core 1.7 GHz Krait
2GB RAM
32GB internal storage
13 megapixel AF rear camera w/ LED flash
1 megapixel front-facing
LTE, HSPA
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS w/A-GPS + Glonass
1,800mAh battery
Android 4.2.2 Jellybean
133.6 x 67 x 9.99mm
146g
Black and White

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The YotaPhone will be sold online in Russia, Austria, France, Spain and Germany starting this month while the rest of the markets will follow in Q1 2014. It is priced at 19,990 RUB (around Php26,000) in Russia and 499 Euros (almost Php30,000) in other countries.

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Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

https://www.yugatech.com

15 Comments

juancho says:

11 years ago

personally, i cant see a use for the back display.
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Ex-Alodian Knight says:

11 years ago

MyPhone Agua Ocean
Rebrand this phone, MyPhone!
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cartoon says:

11 years ago

wow b2b ang display. Kaya pala YotaPhone (WePhone) kasi para sa lahat ang cellphone na ito. hindi siya iphone. talagang weapon yan. low res lang.
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lawrence says:

11 years ago

…”Many electronic paper technologies can hold static text and images indefinitely without using electricity…”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
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rd says:

11 years ago

parang Bombardier C Series lang LCD+Electronic paper screen
galing
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Zobel says:

11 years ago

Wala bang yudeputa phone?
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Jhoms says:

11 years ago

Better make a YugaPhone in the future.
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mark says:

11 years ago

Too expensive! Poor specs!
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yatz says:

11 years ago

Siguro kung apple to, ang kyut ng name…iYotaPhone
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Emily says:

11 years ago

Dual-Screen? (front and back) with only 1800mah??? Thank you very much. :D
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lawrence says:

11 years ago

…”Many electronic paper technologies can hold static text and images indefinitely without using electricity…”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
lawrence says:

11 years ago

EPD = Electronic Paper Display

You can google more about this phone so you may know more so you can comment better. ;-)

http://www.yotaphone.com/#/en/
Ryan says:

11 years ago

hahaha.
emmanuel lobrino says:

11 years ago

whoops, first bobo comment spotted!