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MWC 2014: The YotaPhone 2 is an Android-powered phone with an always-on E Ink screen on the back

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MWC 2014: The YotaPhone 2 is an Android-powered phone with an always-on E Ink screen on the back
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Yota Devices has unveiled its second-generation dual-screen YotaPhone at MWC 2014. The back of the blower is an always-on E Ink screen that displays pertinent information so you don't have to look at the other side all the time.

This Russia-made phone still boasts a 50-hour battery life, mind, and some other impressive specs that make it a pretty interesting and innovative prospect.


Key facts:

Screen - 5-inch AMOLED LCD 1980x1020 display on the front, 4.7-inch 960x540 E Ink display on the back
Under the hood - Quad-core 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM
Camera - 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.6-megapixel front camera
Operating system - Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Special features - Two screens, huge battery life, wireless charging
Release date - Available in Q4 2014 in Europe, the Middle East, and Russia. Available in 2015 in the US and Asia

Harry Slater
Harry Slater
Harry used to be really good at Snake on the Nokia 5110. Apparently though, digital snake wrangling isn't a proper job, so now he writes words about games instead.