Intel introduces the Yolo announced, a smartphone with Atom soc which is intended to be in Africa to be released. The unit is in cooperation with the Kenyan provider Safaricom released and is about 94 euros in costs.
According to Intel, the Yolo on a Z2420-soc from the Atom series. This processor was recently on consumentenelektronicabeurs CES announced and is specially designed for budgetsmartphones. The Z2420 is a single processor core at 1.2 GHz. Furthermore, the Yolo a 5-megapixel camera which, among other video in 1080p can record and seven photos per second can shoot. The screen has a diagonal of 3.5″ with a resolution of 480×320 pixels. The software is based on Android 4.0.4, and contains as an extra the alternative keyboard SwiftKey 3 for Intel. The battery has a capacity of 1500mAh.
Safaricom, a telecom provider from Kenya, the device goes for Intel on the market. Customers must be converted to about 94 euros to pay for it, which she also 500MB of free data. Probably wants Intel on this way the use of smartphones in Africa is encouraging, although it belongs to the African market to the cheapest smartphones: competitors have models on the market that can be roughly half the cost.
It is not the first time that Intel is trying to in emerging markets to capture market share with its smartphones. Previously, the company’s Xolo X900 in India, which features a Z2460-soc with a clock speed of 1.6 GHz. The Chinese manufacturer Lenovo recently announced the first Intel-powered smartphone with dualcore soc. Also, Motorola used a Intel processor in a smartphone, the Razr I.
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