YotaPhone 2 Is E-reader and Tablet Ready to Take On Kindle – PSFK (blog)

The first product to really put epaper in front of Consumers in a big way was the Amazon Kindle. First released in 2007, Most People Who do not own a Kindle still do not Understand why a Kindle and an iPad (or an ereader and a tablet) just are not the same thing at all.

The YotaPhone 2′s epaper side can display information Constantly at a fraction of the expense to your battery That the LED uses (like with a tablet). Also That will not display up on your face glow in low light obnoxiously situaciones either. It’s the sleeker, updated version of a phone we wrote acerca in 2012. The Android phone Also has an LED side, for When You want that functionality.

In other words, its a tablet on one side and ereader . on the other

Here’s the key updates from the first version to the YotaPhone 2:

• a quad core processor
• a 2 megapixel front- facing webcam
• capacitative touch sensing on the rear epaper display (that is, it’s a touchscreen on Both surfaces)

It Also has a thinner body and sleeker lines.

A spokesperson for the company Told us the new phone, “works with a special functionality called YotaMirror. You can use any Android application on the Yota Always-On Display. . This includes everything from the MOST popular e-reading apps handler (such as Amazon Kindle) right-through to messaging apps “

So, if the YotaPhone popular Becomes, Consumers Might see it and finally start to Understand epaper and What Makes it different. It’s not perfect for every electronic application, but for displaying basic information and reading, it’s tough to beat. In fact, by building a true ereader into the one electronic device Almost everyone has, a mobile phone, it Could Be a bigger threat to the Kindle than the iPhone.

It will be a while before That fight is tested in the US market though. The spokesperson Said it is, “currently available in 20 markets, Predominantly in Europe. Availability for China and additional Asian markets will begin in Q1 2015 With USA, Canada & amp; Latin America availability coming soon after. “

In the UK, it sells for £ 555. Prices Should be competitive in the US With Other Android phones at the top of the market, According to the New York Times’s Bits

Images. YotaPhone Website, Creative Commons