YotaPhone 2 launched in Russia, to go on sale in Europe this week


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Yota Devices announced the YotaPhone 2 back in February at the MWC. Last month the company announced that the smartphone would be launched at an event in London on December 3rd. It launched the smartphone at an event in Russia today and it is priced at 32,990 Rubles (US$605 / 490 Euros approx). It is available for purchase from the official online store in Russia. At the event the company’s CEO confirmed to Sputnik that it will go on sale in Europe this week. It will roll out in 20 European countries this year and will go on sale in China and the rest of Asia-Pacific early 2015 with Canada and Latin America later. This first YotaPhone was launched for 499 Euros, so it is likely to be at a similar price in Europe.

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It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display, is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a full-touch control on its always-on electronic paper display (EPD) on the other side. The full-touch E Paper screen offers up to 50 hours of battery life when reading on the always-on display.

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YotaPhone 2 specifications

  • 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED multi-touch main display
  • 4.7-inch (960 × 540 pixels) EPD full touch rear screen
  • Android 4.4 (KitKat)
  • 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor
  • 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash, 1080p full HD video recording
  • 2MP front-facing camera
  • Dimensions – 144 x 69.5 x 8.9 mm; Weight – 140g
  • 2GB RAM, 32GB Internal memory
  • 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
  • 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n /ac, Bluetooth v4.0, GPS w/A-GPS + GLONASS
  • 2550 mAh battery with wireless charging

We will be there at the London event which is scheduled at 6PM GMT (11:30 PM IST) later today to bring you the Europe pricing and other details.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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