Intel’s Yolo low-cost smartphone debuts
Intel’s low-cost smartphone will be sold for the first time in Kenya, the chipmaker announced today.
Safaricom today announced a smartphone based an Intel design — part of the chipmaker’s effort to enter the global low-cost phone market.
The Yolo smartphone is aimed “cost-conscious…first-time buyers” in Kenya, said Intel, which is responsible for both the core electronics and phone’s design.
That design was announced at CES 2013.
Inside the 3.5-inch Yolo is an Intel Atom Z2420 processor that can run at speeds up to 1.2 GHz and Intel’s XMM 6265 modem with HSPA+ support for global roaming.
Yolo will be sold in Safaricom shops in Kenya at an entry price of Kshs. 10,999 (about $125) and comes bundled with 500 MB of free data.
And this follows an announcement in April of the Xolo X900 by Intel and India-based Lava International. That phone is built around the Intel Atom Z2460 processor.
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