New Delhi: YotaPhone, the dual-screen mobile device that made a splash at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, has been launched in Russia, Austria, France, Spain and Germany. The YotaPhone has a 4.3-inch 720x1280 HD LCD display on the front and a 360x640 e-ink display on the back. While the front screen is a normal one, the rear e-paper display can receive notifications and display news or maps while conserving battery life.Russian smartphone manufacturer Yota is behind the smartphone, which also provides 4G mobile broadband services in the country. Other features of the YotaPhone include a 13-Megapixel camera, dual-core 1.7GHz Krait processor and 1800mAh battery. Yota said that the device has 7-10 times the battery life of other smartphones while in ‘reading mode'.It runs Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2, has 2GB of RAM and comes in black or white versions.The e-ink screen can display images and information even if the phone runs out of battery. The funny part about the phone is that messages like "Smile for the camera" can come up on the second screen when you're taking a picture.According to the company: "This is YotaPhone 1.0. Expect other big and new things to follow."
