Order Totals:
Sub-Total:£123.22
Coupons:yatabg20:£-14.79
Insurance£0.00
Shipping Fee:£0.00
Total:£108.43
use code: yatabg20
pre-order, ships from September 10 2016
specs;
SoC – Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core Krait processor @ 2.2 GHz with Adreno GPU
System Memory – 2GB RAM
Storage – 32GB eMMC
Displays
Front – 5″ AMOLED touch screen, 1920×1080 resolution,16M colors, 442ppi, with Corning Gorilla glass 3.
Rear – 4.7” e-Paper display, 960×540 resolution, 16-level gray scale, 235ppi, with Corning Gorilla glass 3.
Audio – 3.5mm AV connector, FM radio
Camera – 8MP rear camera with AF & LED flash, 2.1 MP front-facing camera
Cellular Connectivity
GSM/EGPRS 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
WCDMA, DC HSDPA (rel. 8, cat. 24)
HSUPA (rel. 7, cat 7) bands 1 (diversity), 2, 5 and 8
LTE (rel. 9, cat 4) bands 3, 7 and 20, VoLTE
Nano-SIM
Wireless connectivity – WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (VHT20, MSC :sunglasses:, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC , A-GPS + GLONASS
USB – MicroUSB 2.0 (SlimPort)
Sensors – Accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
Battery – 2500mAh with wireless charging, Quick Charge 2.0 support
Battery life
Good for up to 48 hours with YoTaEnergy mode;
16 to 17 days in stand-by mode (2G, 3G or 4G);
Up to 41.8 hours 2G calls, Up to 13.7 hours Skype audio call over LTE, up to 1.8 hours Skype video call over LTE;
Up to 109.3 hours reading with Yota Reader on e-Ink screen with 3G active
Up to 5.5 to 5.8 hours watching video over WiFi or LTE; 9 hours for local video playback
Up to 92 hours audio playback with headset; up to 62.4 hours with speakers
Dimensions – 144.9 x 69.4 x 8.95 mm
Weight – 145 grams
Top comments
Pondlife
27 Aug 164#10
Still think it's a better idea for tablets with full size ereader on the back than for phones with tiny one.
davelfc
27 Aug 164#1
I wish other phone makers would incorporate an e-ink screen on the rear, seems a real waste of space to have nothing there.
Been looking at these for a long time now, I'm so tempted but just the terrible operating system holds me back.
GAVINLEWISHUKD to Halz1985
27 Aug 164#7
2 ½ years behind on hardware and software..... They already are! :laughing:
qazmko
28 Aug 163#22
I'd call it storage. Because it's storage. Its the space available for you to store things in. Where you store photos you take and music and what have you.
It's not memory. RAM is memory.
I don't know here this idiotic misuse of the term ROM originated but it seems to be spreading.
Latest comments (30)
misterleoni
28 Aug 162#14
Owned one of these (for about four days before it went to my local CeX store (it's still there a year later!). As far as I recall you can mirror all apps to the E-ink rear display, the mentioned restriction was in the very first Yotaphone.
The reason I sold it was because e-ink isn't as glorious as it sounds once you realise how terrible the refresh rate is, and how clunky it is to switch between screens. You also have twice as many screens to break as normal, and obviously you have to buy cases with a big hole cut in the back. The hardware itself was nicely made - it felt like a much nicer Moto G - and it was stock Android in looks. Unfortunately there looks to be no chance this will ever get anything beyond Lollipop 5.1 as Yota seem to have given up on it now. This is the problem with getting niche devices like this - they cost a bomb at launch but get next to no support after a few months. You only have to look at the Marshall London for a similar issue.
If anyone orders this I think I still have a couple of cases if they want them for the cost of postage.
zippyioa to misterleoni
15 Nov 16#29
Hi,
Just spotted your post about having some Yotaphone cases available, but it was a few months back. Do you still have them by any chance?
I've just bought a Yotaphone 2 from Gearbest so figured with 2 screens a case would definitely be worthwhile
Hopefully I enjoy mine more than you did
DonkeyKonk to misterleoni
17 Nov 16#30
I might have purchased your old phone (?) :smiley:. I got a yd201 grade A one from CEX and it arrived today (bought online but it's from store stock, one of only two they had in the country, for £150).
Been really enjoying playing with it, though I see it would not be ideal as a primary phone, I think it's an absolute bargain, cheers
mushgussie
6 Sep 16#28
Ordered this (thanks OP) but just had an email saying it's out of stock and the order's been cancelled... bit of a shame :disappointed:
jales
28 Aug 16#27
How can I get spares for the above named yota phone..I have a similar phone ..but the touch screen is broken
thecresta
28 Aug 16#26
But 'flash memory' is a type of storage, and technically a form of EEPROM.
shabbird
28 Aug 16#25
nice spec but avoid. That OS will leave your phone vulnerable for many threats and no
chance for update.
jdkaak
28 Aug 16#24
You can mirror
The Lone Ranger
28 Aug 161#23
Annoying isn't it. I guess people like us who get annoyed are showing our age.
qazmko
28 Aug 163#22
I'd call it storage. Because it's storage. Its the space available for you to store things in. Where you store photos you take and music and what have you.
It's not memory. RAM is memory.
I don't know here this idiotic misuse of the term ROM originated but it seems to be spreading.
MemoryRAM
28 Aug 16#20
Why on earth does it have 32GB of Read Only Memory?
thecresta to MemoryRAM
28 Aug 16#21
Good question - how would you prefer it be described?
sharepositive
28 Aug 16#19
wow! I want this one! second screen idea is amazing!!
K9KOD
28 Aug 161#18
AB66
28 Aug 16#17
Will I have to pay import duty if I order this phone, it only seems to be available from the Chinese warehouse?
tearfly
28 Aug 16#16
This is one of those phones where it looks alright on paper but when you actually get it and use it you wish you'd just bought a Moto instead.
Though it does harp on about the phone only having a snapdragon 800 and the specs above say it has the 801 that they say would've been an improvement. That the review states then that it's dated and review is from 2014 says a lot, though that was at £555!
zulm
28 Aug 16#12
YotaPhone 2 ROOT with modified stock recovery on XDA;
Still think it's a better idea for tablets with full size ereader on the back than for phones with tiny one.
waynester21
27 Aug 161#9
This looks amazing!
Halz1985
27 Aug 162#6
Amazon should take note. This is what an Amazon phone should be
GAVINLEWISHUKD to Halz1985
27 Aug 164#7
2 ½ years behind on hardware and software..... They already are! :laughing:
JimBobJr to Halz1985
27 Aug 16#8
Yeah, i agree. If Amazon had a kindle phone thing like this, it would probably benefit them
roflll
27 Aug 16#5
Excellent price for an unusual phone.
Shame about Android 4.4, but it's still a good phone.
CampGareth
27 Aug 16#3
I think he might mean how the e-ink display works in practice. You cannot iirc just mirror the LCD's content to the e-ink. You must use some specially written apps that can use the second screen and there aren't many of those.
Shame really, if you could have mirrored the content it would have been amazing, an android phone with battery life out the wazoo depending on your usage.
davelfc
27 Aug 164#1
I wish other phone makers would incorporate an e-ink screen on the rear, seems a real waste of space to have nothing there.
Been looking at these for a long time now, I'm so tempted but just the terrible operating system holds me back.
GAVINLEWISHUKD to davelfc
27 Aug 163#2
Not a fan of Android? Would you prefer if it had been windows mobile! :confused:
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Opening post
Sub-Total:£123.22
Coupons:yatabg20:£-14.79
Insurance£0.00
Shipping Fee:£0.00
Total:£108.43
use code: yatabg20
pre-order, ships from September 10 2016
specs;
SoC – Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core Krait processor @ 2.2 GHz with Adreno GPU
System Memory – 2GB RAM
Storage – 32GB eMMC
Displays
Front – 5″ AMOLED touch screen, 1920×1080 resolution,16M colors, 442ppi, with Corning Gorilla glass 3.
Rear – 4.7” e-Paper display, 960×540 resolution, 16-level gray scale, 235ppi, with Corning Gorilla glass 3.
Audio – 3.5mm AV connector, FM radio
Camera – 8MP rear camera with AF & LED flash, 2.1 MP front-facing camera
Cellular Connectivity
GSM/EGPRS 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
WCDMA, DC HSDPA (rel. 8, cat. 24)
HSUPA (rel. 7, cat 7) bands 1 (diversity), 2, 5 and 8
LTE (rel. 9, cat 4) bands 3, 7 and 20, VoLTE
Nano-SIM
Wireless connectivity – WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (VHT20, MSC :sunglasses:, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC , A-GPS + GLONASS
USB – MicroUSB 2.0 (SlimPort)
Sensors – Accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
Battery – 2500mAh with wireless charging, Quick Charge 2.0 support
Battery life
Good for up to 48 hours with YoTaEnergy mode;
16 to 17 days in stand-by mode (2G, 3G or 4G);
Up to 41.8 hours 2G calls, Up to 13.7 hours Skype audio call over LTE, up to 1.8 hours Skype video call over LTE;
Up to 109.3 hours reading with Yota Reader on e-Ink screen with 3G active
Up to 5.5 to 5.8 hours watching video over WiFi or LTE; 9 hours for local video playback
Up to 92 hours audio playback with headset; up to 62.4 hours with speakers
Dimensions – 144.9 x 69.4 x 8.95 mm
Weight – 145 grams
Top comments
Been looking at these for a long time now, I'm so tempted but just the terrible operating system holds me back.
It's not memory. RAM is memory.
I don't know here this idiotic misuse of the term ROM originated but it seems to be spreading.
Latest comments (30)
The reason I sold it was because e-ink isn't as glorious as it sounds once you realise how terrible the refresh rate is, and how clunky it is to switch between screens. You also have twice as many screens to break as normal, and obviously you have to buy cases with a big hole cut in the back. The hardware itself was nicely made - it felt like a much nicer Moto G - and it was stock Android in looks. Unfortunately there looks to be no chance this will ever get anything beyond Lollipop 5.1 as Yota seem to have given up on it now. This is the problem with getting niche devices like this - they cost a bomb at launch but get next to no support after a few months. You only have to look at the Marshall London for a similar issue.
If anyone orders this I think I still have a couple of cases if they want them for the cost of postage.
Just spotted your post about having some Yotaphone cases available, but it was a few months back. Do you still have them by any chance?
I've just bought a Yotaphone 2 from Gearbest so figured with 2 screens a case would definitely be worthwhile
Hopefully I enjoy mine more than you did
Been really enjoying playing with it, though I see it would not be ideal as a primary phone, I think it's an absolute bargain, cheers
chance for update.
It's not memory. RAM is memory.
I don't know here this idiotic misuse of the term ROM originated but it seems to be spreading.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/yotaphone-2-1228308/review
http://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/development/recovery-modified-stock-recovery-to-t3131871
Shame about Android 4.4, but it's still a good phone.
Shame really, if you could have mirrored the content it would have been amazing, an android phone with battery life out the wazoo depending on your usage.
Been looking at these for a long time now, I'm so tempted but just the terrible operating system holds me back.