Russian smartphone Yotaphone: user reviews, photo

The time has come when domestic manufacturers try to break out into the mobile phone and smartphone market. Their product is Yotaphone. Comments about the model appeared on many Web resources. Users clearly notice the advantages and disadvantages of the device. However, some reviews have no basis. In order for the user to understand what to expect from the device, we will try to make the most detailed review of the phone.

Equipment

The Yotaphone smartphone has an impressive bundle. First of all, it includes the phone itself. In the kit there is a wired headset for talking, as well as listening to music, a charger and a clip. It helps you to extract SIM cards from your smartphone. It is worth noting that the charger has the ability to parse. That is, you can pull out the USB cable from it to attach the Yotaphone smartphone directly to a personal computer and synchronize the data.

In the kit there is also a user manual for the device, a napkin, with which you can wipe its screen. In some cases (of course, not all countries have such an opportunity), a coupon for a discount is provided.

Yotaphone: reviews, photos, history

The smartphone was introduced back in 2012, or rather in December. Then the device, which had two screens at once, made quite a strong impression. The thing is that the devices of some companies embodied a similar idea earlier. Their designers were shown more than once or twice, but everything ended at this stage and did not reach realization. But the Russian manufacturers managed to translate their idea into reality.

The concept of the smartphone assumed a reduction in power consumption due to the use of a second screen. This was to be achieved by outputting information to an alternative screen. At the same time, it turns out that the load from the main screen was removed.

In general, the concept sounded great, attention was focused on it. January 2013 was marked by an exhibition held in Las Vegas. Already on it, the Russian smartphone was recognized as the best novelty in the field of the smartphone industry. In this case, absolutely no one was embarrassed by the fact that the sale of devices was to start only in the 3rd quarter of 2013. For the innovative approach in the development of telephone devices, the company received a thunder of applause and prizes in Barcelona. The image of these awards the buyer can always notice on the box from under Yotaphone.

Delays in development

At the same time, Yota Devices believed that the development of the smartphone will take less time than it actually happened. As a result, the same technical characteristics allowed to attribute the device to an acceptable price category. This became clear already during the announcement of the device. What caused this desire of the company to release the smartphone as soon as possible? The thing is that at this time Apple is trying to get out onto the market, offering accessories for its products that have a similar concept.

However, it would be better if Yota Devices brought the development to the mind, since Apple projects did not appear on store windows. The reason for that was the problems in the development of technical support. Apparently, the company did not succeed in resolving these issues.

About the second screen patent

It is worth noting that the concept of the second screen appeared long before it was announced by Yota Devices. Samsung's patents relating to this idea have to do with the 2000s. Approximately at the same time, similar technology is being developed by Nokia. But what is really important is that the plan is actually implemented only by the Russian manufacturer.

Two companies failed to realize projects because the chance of selling such devices was low. But the complexity, which was clearly seen from an engineering point of view, problems with the technical support of the operation of such a phone - all this only repelled the producers. It turned out that the cost of development and production costs exceeded the payback of products.

Now, in the mobile phone market, the first place in performance is, of course, not Yotaphone. The Russian manufacturer, however, in this respect has achieved exactly one goal - originality. More on the shelves of similar devices you will not find.

Design

The Russian smartphone Yotaphone has a case of a monoblock type. It is not possible to disassemble it. The user also can not get to the battery of the device. To be frightened of it it is not necessary. Now on the market there are many models with a similar body design. Moreover, this is not an accident, but a trend.

In all three planes, the Russian smartphone Yotaphone has the following metric data: its length is 133.6 mm, width - 67 mm, and thickness 9.99 mm. At such dimensions, the smartphone weighs 146 g.

Immediately you can say that the weight of the phone is large enough. But the dimensions are relatively small. A striking combination, is not it? This allows you to put your phone in the palm of your hand without any problems. Only plastic was used in production. No user can find any metal elements. By the way, the touch and the look of plastic are executed qualitatively. It covers the sidewalls and frame of the device.

Russian smartphone Yotaphone, reviews of which in terms of design in most cases are positive, is available in black, as well as in black and white color solutions. At the development stage, the third option was also planned, when the entire phone was white. However, during testing it was noticed that such a color solution is not suitable due to rapid aging and wear.

The device, made in black, looks very impressive. Its front panel has a camera with a front view. If you take a good look, you can see the sensor on the right, which is responsible for approaching the object. But it's not so easy to calculate from the start, the company took care of it.

The left panel holds the keys for volume control. On the top side there is an input for a wired headset, and also a button that is responsible for turning on and turning on Yotaphone. Customer testimonials indicate that the second microphone is very conveniently located here, but SIM cards will have to tinker with a bit.

Display

If you put the smartphone on the table, while the main screen will be located from the outside, then distinguishing Yotaphone from an ordinary smartphone running the Android operating system will be quite problematic. The screen is not that big. Its diagonal is only 4.3 inches. At the same time, a display of 16.7 million different colors is provided by a resolution of 720 X 1280 pixels.

Immediately it is necessary to say that the pictures are displayed qualitatively. The smartphone has a very nice color transfer. In sunlight, he also behaves well in this regard. Perhaps the only drawback is only the size. If you used the iPhone for a long time, then, in principle, nothing terrible will happen, and you will not even notice the difference between the screens. But if you previously used devices running Android or Windows Phone, which had a diagonal screen of 4.7 inches (and also more), then for sure you will be unpleasantly surprised. If we talk about the strength of the display, then it applies Gorilla Glass.

With such screen sizes , the user will not have problems with writing SMS messages, making calls, listening to music. However, constantly "surfing" the Network, sitting in social networks, reading e-books and articles using Yotaphone - these are clearly not the best things to do.

The second screen (immediately warn those who do not have experience with this smartphone) is not a touchscreen. Almost all users come across this rake. The screen is controlled by the touch zone located at the bottom. The size remains the same, equal to 4.3 inches, but the resolution varies. This time it is only 360 X 640 pixels. The screen does not have a backlight. That is why working with it seems possible only if there is a source of lighting.

But if the screen is well lit, the picture on it will be quite high quality. Coverage can please those users who constantly carry phones in bags, pockets, in general, anywhere, but along with other items. The thing is that the coating is not rubbed off. No scratches from carrying along with the same keys it is almost impossible to get.

Food

The battery has a lithium-ion type, its capacity is 1800 mAh, which is quite acceptable. On the web, you can not find exact information about the time of work. However, in practical use it turns out that you can talk for an hour and a half, send a few dozen messages, listen to music for about an hour, read the information from the screen for about an hour, and then the smartphone will last one day without additional charging.

If you are an active user, the phone will be discharged already closer to noon. There is no special riddle in this. However, in the presence of such a small screen it is doubtful that the buyer will use this smartphone for constant "surfing" the Internet. Regular users who work according to the plan "calls - SMS - SMS - SMS" will be able to use the phone all day long. The battery charges 100 percent in just an hour and a half.

To summarize, we can say for what Yotaphone was still being developed. Reviews about it demonstrate that the device is good only in terms of "elite callers." In the rest of the sense, there is no reason to buy it as such.

CPU Performance

The basis of the smartphone is the chipset of the Qualcomm family. In practice, the phone uses its dual-core solution. It, as a matter of fact, is characteristic for the passed time, now from this tendency many manufacturers of devices try to get rid. The operating frequency of the cores is 1.7 GHz.

Device memory

Here everything is much more interesting. In fact, after activating the device, only half the amount of memory is available to the user. The size of RAM is 2 GB, while the built-in equals 32 GB. The user can use for his personal needs only about 26 GB of the allotted volume. In principle, in terms of long-term memory, and "RAM", the situation is quite stable. It is worth noting that in terms of performance smartphone can still please. Yotaphone, reviews of which are generally rated "good", show that the technical level of the device is not inferior to similar ones.

Camera

Brightness and saturation of photos in this model of the smartphone is at a high level. The camera has a resolution of 13 megapixels, while allowing you to shoot video in high quality. The frame rate can reach 30 pieces per second. Automatic focus periodically fails.

With all these advantages, by viewing photos with a personal computer, the user can make sure that the pictures are not that high quality. If the illumination is bad, then you can forget about the good quality of the photos. If the developers of the model want, they will certainly improve the quality of the device in this regard. However, all this is now nothing more than rumors, at least until the official announcement and presentation of the new model.

The quality of the photos is minus Yotaphone. Reviews and examples clearly show that many devices at a lower price make the images are not better.

Yotaphone: reviews of foreigners

Products of the Russian manufacturer are actively sold abroad. The opinions of foreign smartphone users are not too different from the opinions of our compatriots. In any case, the company has much to grow, what to develop and what to improve. Yotaphone, user reviews of which are polar, remains now clearly not in the forefront of phone purchases. However, perhaps over time the situation will change.