El YotaPhone 3 it is now official. The latest smartphone from the Russian manufacturer Yota was announced at a press event in Beijing and shortly after, some of the details were published in your profile by VK.
Also known as Yota 3, it is a unique series of smartphones as it comes with a 5,5-inch Full HD AMOLED screen on the front, but also has a 5,2-inch E-Ink screen or electronic ink In the back.
Although we still do not know all the features that this peculiar electronic ink secondary screen offers, we do know that it integrates a total of three capacitive buttons. In addition, in China, the Yotaphone 3 will reach users with various standard applications dedicated to reading, as well as a e-book library both modern and classic. And it is that apparently, this use as a book reader will play an essential role in the way in which that E-Ink rear screen is used, as you would expect.
The rear electronic ink screen is the most prominent aspect of the new Yotaphone 3 because, apart from it, there is nothing particularly remarkable in the rest of the specifications. Inside it houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, 4 GB of RAM y 64GB or 128GB of storage space internal, depending on the model chosen, 3.300 mAh battery, USB-C connectivity, fingerprint reader y Android 7.1.1 Nougat as an operating system.
It has only one 13 MP main camera along with a dual-tone LED flash, while in the front it has a 12 MP front camera.
The 128GB model will be released on September 5 in China at an estimated price of $ 465 while the 64GB variant will arrive on September 18 with a price of $ 360; These are considerably lower prices than its predecessor, the Yotaphone 2, which started at around $ 850. The phone will also go on sale in Russia but it is unknown if it will reach other territories.