Dual-Screened Smartphone YotaPhone 2 to Debut on December 3

MOSCOW, November 18 (Sputnik) — YotaPhone is a device from a Russian company that has a smartphone display on one side, and a power saving e-ink screen on the back. 

Yota Devices is a privately owned international company who develops and produces high-tech consumer LTE electronics such as smartphones, phablets and routers. They have sold more than 3.5 million 4G devices since their first products went on the market in 2009. The Yota team has developed the world’s first dual-screen, always-on smartphone, YotaPhone, which went on sale in December 2013 in select markets in Europe, Russia and Middle East, as stated by TechBase. 

Generation 1 of the device was promising, but had some glitches. The YotaPhone 2 seems to be much more promising. The YotaPhone 2 will be unveiled to the world on December 3, at a special invite-only launch in London. The prototype of the phone was already available for review by journalists back in February, and they agreed that this version is much more improved over the previous generation, with a fully-touch sensitive e-ink display that can handle much more of the phone’s core functions, including calls, texts, emails and more, report TechCrunch. 

The prototype had a 5-inch, full HD AMOLED screen on one side and a 4.7-inch, 960 x 540 pixel E-Ink screens on the back. In addition to the two screens, the YotaPhone 2 prototype had 2GB of RAM, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 4.0. The battery life is unknown, but depending on how one use the Yotaphone 2, the E-Ink screen could save a lot of energy, especially  for those who read eBooks on their phone, reports Digital Trends. 

In 2013, the first generation YotaPhone won two awards: Cannes Lions for Innovation and Best of CES by Cnet. In 2014, YotaPhone topped the list of the best and most innovative gadgets and devices at Mobile World Congress. The YotaPhone 2 might actually make it possible for people who use their devices in a moderate amount, to operate the device entirely via the low-energy e-ink display, without ever having to activate the power-hungry LCD.