Yotaphone 2 smartphone with the particularity of including a 4.7″ E-Ink display on the back on top of the front 5″ AMOLED display was first introduced at the end of 2014 in Russia, before being offered on Indiegogo for $525 in May of last year. This morning I got an email from Tinydeal claiming they sell Yotaphone 2 for $149.99 including shipping with coupon 149YOTAP (with Tinydeal app only), or $159.99 without coupon. Bear in mind that it is a pre-sale with delivering starting only on August 31st.
Here’s a reminder of the technical specifications for the phone:
- 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 8), 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
According to Tinydeal product page, the phone is apparently stuck to Android 4.4, however some mention Lollipop support on XDA forums, and the Linux kernel can be found on Github.
Price is quite amazing since shops on Aliexpress ask for $300 or more, and on Amazon prices range between $300 and $400+. So I don’t know if it is a mistake, or they simply have getting rid of somebody’s stock…

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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