Yota is revealing launch plans for its quirky smart phone, which has both an LCD and an e-ink screen. December 3, 2013 11:48 PM PST The YotaPhone -- the quirky Android mobile that has an LCD screen on the front and an e-ink panel on the back -- is out in Europe this month. The phone goes on sale in Germany, Austria, France and Spain, for the not-exactly-cheap price of 499 Euros. Yota says the phone is coming to the UK in January, and the Middle East early next year. Sadly there are currently no plans to sell the YotaPhone in the US, but Yota told CNET that future versions of the phone might make it to the States. Read our in-depth YotaPhone hands-on test YotaPhone is hosting a news conference in Moscow, Russia, where it's plans for the bizarre mobile are being detailed. The smart phone world is incredibly competitive, and a tough place for new kinds of devices. Yota says that when it realised the power of its e-ink display, it realised it had a chance. "We took a huge risk", Yota said of its ambition to build the phone. "And we did it." "We strongly believe smart phones will never be the same." We've gone hands-on with the YotaPhone already, and while we were playing with a prerelease model with non-final software, we weren't too impressed with the clarity of the e-ink screen, and a distinct lack of third-party apps means there's not much you can do with that monochrome extra panel just yet. The YotaPhone plays host to a 1.7GHz dual-core processor, while around the back there's a 13-megapixel camera. Are you tempted by the YotaPhone? Let me know in the comments. Read the CNET Editors' Take YotaPhone Editors' Take: What can you do with a smartphone with a normal LCD screen on the front and an e-ink display stuck to its back? Time to find out. Read More
Yota is revealing launch plans for its quirky smart phone, which has both an LCD and an e-ink screen.
The YotaPhone -- the quirky Android mobile that has an LCD screen on the front and an e-ink panel on the back -- is out in Europe this month.
The phone goes on sale in Germany, Austria, France and Spain, for the not-exactly-cheap price of 499 Euros. Yota says the phone is coming to the UK in January, and the Middle East early next year.
Sadly there are currently no plans to sell the YotaPhone in the US, but Yota told CNET that future versions of the phone might make it to the States.
YotaPhone is hosting a news conference in Moscow, Russia, where it's plans for the bizarre mobile are being detailed.
The smart phone world is incredibly competitive, and a tough place for new kinds of devices. Yota says that when it realised the power of its e-ink display, it realised it had a chance.
"We took a huge risk", Yota said of its ambition to build the phone. "And we did it."
"We strongly believe smart phones will never be the same."
We've gone hands-on with the YotaPhone already, and while we were playing with a prerelease model with non-final software, we weren't too impressed with the clarity of the e-ink screen, and a distinct lack of third-party apps means there's not much you can do with that monochrome extra panel just yet.
The YotaPhone plays host to a 1.7GHz dual-core processor, while around the back there's a 13-megapixel camera.
Are you tempted by the YotaPhone? Let me know in the comments.
YotaPhone
Editors' Take: What can you do with a smartphone with a normal LCD screen on the front and an e-ink display stuck to its back? Time to find out. Read More
