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Dual screen Yotaphone Launches

t's been almost a year now since the dual-screen Yotaphone first wowed journalists from across the world at CES 2013. Now Yota, the Russian company behind the innovative device, have confirmed it'll be available to buy in Russia, Austria, France, Spain and Germany before Christmas.

The YotaPhone has a 4.3-inch 720x1280 HD LCD display on the front and a 360x640 e-ink display on the back. The colour LCD display can be used like a normal Android phone, while the rear e-paper display can receive notifications and display news or maps while conserving battery life.
The YotaPhone is made by Russian smartphone manufacturer Yota, which also provides 4G mobile broadband services in the country. At a launch event in Moscow, Yota Devices CEO Vlad Martynov said that Yotaphone helps to solve the problem of the ‘always dark’ screen that current smartphones suffer from when in sleep mode.
Electronic paper display (EPD) technology can make information available and visible without draining the battery, meaning that the YotaPhone's e-ink display can be always on. 

The Yotaphone will then go on to be available in a further 15 countries by the end of the first quarter of 2014, and that includes the UK. Across Europe it'll be priced at 499 Euros 


Yotaphone Specification

• Dimensions: 133.6 x 67 x 9.99mm
• Weight: 146g
• Processor: Dual Core 1.7 GHz Krait
• Memory: 2GB RAM
• Onboard Storage: 32GB
• Main display: 4.3” 720x1280 LCD, 16.7M colours; capacitive multi touch
• Rear display: 4.3” 360x640 EPD, 16 grayscale; capacitive touch zone below the EPD for gesture controls
• Cameras: 13 MP AF, LED flash, front camera 1MP
• Operating System: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2
• Connectivity: 4G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS