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Dual-Screen YotaPhone 2 Coming to North America

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Grab your purses and get out your wallets: YotaPhone 2 is coming to North America this summer.

The dual-screen handset—previously available only in Europe—will launch in April on Indiegogo.

Early-bird orders will receive "exclusive pricing," according to the YotaPhone website. Though exactly what that price will be remains a mystery. When the second-gen device rolled out across Europe, Russia, and the Middle East in December, it cost anywhere from 32,990 rubles ($532) to £555 ($847).

Interested North American consumers can sign up online to receive a notification when the campaign begins.

Neither Yota Devices nor Indiegogo immediately responded to PCMag's request for comment.

Like its predecessor, the YotaPhone 2 boasts a traditional LCD display on one side, and an always-on, 4.7-inch e-ink screen on the other.

Users can keep up with important notifications without having to swipe to unlock the phone, or spend up to 100 hours reading books, social networks, RSS feeds, blogs, and other text via the battery-friendly e-ink display.

The gadget's 2,500mAh battery promises five days of reading and two days of basic smartphone functions on a single charge.

A truly smart phone, the handset recognizes when it is running out of steam, and automatically switches into YotaEnergy mode to increase battery life.

Russian manufacturer Yota Devices initially introduced the two-sided Android-based device in December 2013. This summer marks its first foray into the U.S. market.

The original YotaPhone remains available in black or white for €399 ($442) or £319 ($487) in Austria, Belarus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the U.K., among other areas.

Take a closer look at the YotaPhone 2 in the video above.

For more, see PCMag's Hands On with the Next-Generation, Dual-Screen YotaPhone, and the slideshow above.

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