Is the world ready for YotaPhone's union of Android and electronic paper?
Russia -based Yota Devices released its Android version Yotaphone.A phone which contain a unique feature make this phone different from another smartphone .That
unique feature is e-ink display.Yotaphone features two 4.3 -inch screens,including an e-ink display.Now with Yotaphone users can
watch videos and play games on LCD display.In yotaphone, EPD (electronic paper display) technology is also used,which is not only better for reading books and magazines,but it will also extend the battery life of Yotaphone by transferring applications to the
less power-hungry screen.You may say Yotaphone: A uniqe second generation Android Smartphone with another e-ink display.
The EPD technology helps save battery life on the YotaPhone, but even
when its 1,800mAh battery dies -- the
YotaPhone will continue to display important information on the e-ink
display, such as texts, emails, tickets, maps and boarding passes.Information stays on the always on the screen until it is no longer needed .
Martynov said, adding that the YotaPhone has up to
10 times the
lasting power of other smartphones thanks to its e-ink display.Yotaphone, you may say it ''ambitious'' because second screen actually provides a function that other smartphone don't.
"YotaPhone isn't just a new phone, it's a new way for people to
communicate and use information,"
Actually Yotaphone is two devices rolled into one :
an LTE Android phone with a 4.3 inch screen LCD display on one side plus an e-reader on the other side,offering always on notifications from the OS and luxury of over 60 hours of
e-book reading time all this due to e-ink technology.
However Yotaphone is just seeing its first round of release
dates -- the YotaPhone debuts in Germany, France, Russia, Spain and
Austria on Wednesday,But Yota
Devices did not discuss the possibility of a U.S. release,but it did
confirm its plans to release the YotaPhone in the Middle East in early
2014.Price of Yotaphone is about $600 to $700.
"The typical user picks up and activates their smartphone more than
150 times a day," said Yota Devices chief executive Vlad Martynov
Some Specification and Feature of Yotaphone:------
-720 x 1280 LCD display
-Powered by a 1.7 GHz
dual-core processor
-2 GB of RAM
-1800 mAH
-Android 4.2.2
Jelly Bean
-Weights 136 grams which lighter than
the iPhone 4S and just 24 grams heavier than the iPhone 5s
-Packed with Wi-Fi and LTE bands
-An accelerometer, compass,
gyroscope, proximity and ambient light sensor, FM radio
-A 1-megapixel
front-facing camera on the LCD side and a 13-megapixel camera on the
e-ink side of the YotaPhone