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The YotaPhone 2 was one of the most pleasant smartphone surprises last year, combining an OLED display in front with an E Ink panel on the back to make a uniquely versatile Android device.
The surprising thing about this phone was how well it worked, and how it managed to steer away from being a simple gimmick. Today its getting even better with a couple of major changes.
Chief among these changes is the significant price cut: The YotaPhone 2 now costs £440 in the UK, down from £555, or €599 in the rest of Europe, down from €699.
The company says the Android lollipop not only improves the phones performance, but also helps make the camera better. This is very good, with the YETI (Yota E Ink Technology Integration) software which is composed of the apps you can run on the E Ink screen on the back of the phone.
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Among these apps are Instagram, Facebook and Twitter widgets, which will periodically refresh and give glanceable updates that don’t require putting on the phone.
A white option for the YotaPhone 2 also launched yesterday. It is mostly similar to the black one, and costs the same as well, but it inverts the color scheme on the E Ink screen to properly match the phones new look.
The front of the white version remains black, which the company chose so as to keep a cleaner appearance on the front and also because Yota liked the contrast of colors better.