Meet Yolo, Intel’s First Smartphone For Africa

Meet Yolo, Intel’s First Smartphone For Africa

Smartphones of all shapes, sizes, and cost tags can be discovered left and correct. In most places, the chances are that you will unearth a device that will suit your price range and preferences. Different nations present unique markets, of course, and mobile telephone producers are taking this into critical consideration, consistently seeking for strategies to get a foothold. In Kenya, Intel is generating headway. They have partnered up with Safaricom, the leading mobile network operator in the nation.

The outcome of this collaboration is Intel’s initially smartphone for Africa, the Yolo.

I know what you are thinking. What the heck were they thinking when they named the smartphone? I, for one particular, would like double of what they were on when they decided on Yolo!

It appears okay.

Martin Gicheru has posted a hands on review of the Intel Yolo, and based on the images he showed, I consider the highest quality issue I can say about the appears of the telephone is that it is okay. It comes in black â€" no other colors for now â€" and is 12.6mm thick. Other dimensions: 110.5 x 61 x 12.6mm and weight is 132g.

Now that appears humongous, specifically if you evaluate it to the S3 and iPhone five, which are in the 7mm range. But it is not honestly fair a comparison is it? The Intel Yolo belongs to a totally distinct range of phones.

How about performance?

For countless customers, the overall performance is way more fundamental than aesthetics. All-natural, the Yolo has Intel inside â€" a 1.2GHz Atom processor to be precise. It has 512MB RAM and a 400MHz GPU. It has 4GB of internal storage, which can be expanded working with a microSD. The screen is three.5 inches.

Here’s the pleasant surprise. According to AnTuTu benchmarks, the Intel Yolo performs far better than the initial Samsung Galaxy Note, the Nexus, and the SII!

Other crucial details

The Intel Yolo has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, FM Radio, and Micro-USB two.. It runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich, and even better, Safaricom has not opted to install bloatware. The 5MP camera does a decent job as lengthy as the lighting is good quality.

The bottom line: Intel seems to have performed quite properly with this entry-level smartphone.

[Photos through gizmodo & techweez]

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