Yotaphone: Russia's Failed Smartphone

[@GeorgiaOverdrive]

This essay style really suits you. I’ve said it before. These tend to be the more popular videos on your channel.

[@scottishemu159]

Yes, I agree

[@thedragonofdismashq]

@@scottishemu159 I Agree Aswell. But Honestly Dude I Miss His Old Days

[@Alysana2604]

I agree too! I love his other videos as well but this format fits his style so well. It might be more work editing those but it usually pays. Literally. Hahah.

[@thedragonofdismashq]

@@Alysana2604 ay no word of a lie.

[@cryxngblxxd]

ratio

[@davewill4713]

Sad to see how often Russia wastes it's people's talents. Sergey Brin (founder of Google) was born in Russia, but had he stayed, he probably wouldn't have done it.

[@jumpda5]

Yes, this is a real tragedy, there were so many inventive and outstanding people who were ahead of their time in Russia, but there were never any opportunities for them. russia is a country where a silly cop gets more than a scientist

[@yurichtube1162]

Just sad

[@AlexC_]

Real quote from Sergey Brin : "Father, thank you for taking us all out of Russia."

[@AlexTrout79]

@@AlexC_ Mother Russia. Father thank you for getting us out of Mother Russia

[@Alex-jy5fo]

Russia doesn't waste its people. People just decide to betray their homeland and not attempt to actually improving the country, instead money buys them off.

[@Karen_of_Kanada]

"Business in the front, party in the back". - Yotaphone tag line

[@noop9k]

(Communist Party)

[@drumboarder1]

When I think party, I think reading

[@sethlangston181]

How ironic

[@dominiccortella2046]

LOL... The mullet of smartphones.

[@CAPTAIN-xj5dd]

U r Karen.

[@sylinic6081]

Russia always seems to be "answering" to the West despite the West never even asking.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

It's a childish, petty nationalistic pride. Like a toddler saying "look at me, I can do that too!" Russian government needs to stop being so insecure and just work on improving itself (or rather, the oligarchs need to either be kicked out or their money taken).

[@hsc894]

It's like the Ouya all over again. Trying to act cool and hip in the competition, only to be mocked on or be rendered obsolete within the next few years. Or in the Ouya's case, being a terrible game console with poor sales with a bad reputation, only for their company to be bought by Razer in 2017.

[@NoOne-vg2qu]

Lol The US are spending billions of dollars just to spread disinformation against Russia. You cannot hear a US media or a polititians in the west without mentioning Russia did bad things. They always pointing fingers on Russia for conpiracy without evidence then give them sanctions. Everything Russia did the US is making sure it will not succeded. For example every successfull Russian-made apps the Western either they telling everyone the Russins are using it for spying or a US-controlled app platform are rmoving it from their store.

[@Vysair]

Russia runs on nationlism, China on information or propaganda, North Korea on nuclear deterrent and reverence, US on dollar, etc etc

[@mi2-c035]

Eh idk about that. eReaders are still a thing, and Yotaphone was giving an all in one solution and it had actually useful applications like battery life was not great on smartphones at the time, so you could use the eink screen which consumes way less power.

[@sparewheel]

I used to have a yotaphone2 and it was a great phone. The e-ink screen really made the difference with its widgets always visible, the possibility make the battery last for 5 days and the possibility to read books at any time without planning to bring a reader or an actual book or take selfies with the main camera, The main problem was the snapdragon 801 which was not fitting well inside there and burning when using it for demanding apps lowering the battery range a lot. I was charmed by the yotaphone 3 but even after years it was available only on chinese stores at quite high prices for old midrange hardware. The concept was great though, too bad nobody else developed something like that.

[@mi2-c035]

I remember it even had some ingenious tricks in its construction, like the volume rocker on the side was also the slot for a microSD. The idea of the two screens and the software integration is still great, it was truly innovative in a market that frankly has gotten stale for a while. All smartphones look the same nowadays, they all copy iPhone even the flaws, it's so boring.

[@tubros]

Private imported a Yota2 from Russia, it is to date the best phone I ever owned. It was perfect for me.

[@josephsaafan7838]

Yeah I agree the concept is amazing like if someone can make a phone with the same concept with modern specifications and hardware I would definitely buy it and it would probably be one of the best phones on the market it's a shame this concept never came back I hope it does

[@josephsaafan7838]

@@mi2-c035 yeah man I would love to see the same concept with modern specifications the concept is so great though like it is so cool to have a second low power screen it's a shame none has used this concept I hope someone makes a similar device

[@josephsaafan7838]

@@tubros you could get the yota 3 it is a little more modern but this concept is so cool I hope someone makes a modern version of it

[@jetvalentine]

this is actually a prototype... -prototype? prototype.

[@bernd32]

prototeep

[@stxdude830]

-prototeep

[@thulx3997]

prototeep

[@MsNoPixel]

I didn’t know a block of bent cardboard with fake screens printed on it could even be considered a prototype lol

[@MarkH10]

A physical model styled out of something, whatever it was, with no guts, with all it's parts designed and built out of the nation. Pride. Exactly what the President of any nation wants to see. Kind of reminds me of those 3 factories they fought over in Stralingrad. Who designed, built, and managed them? Anyone not Russian.

[@aghii458]

The Yota is the mullet of smartphones: work in the front, party in the back, and no one wants to see you with one

[@wuvv]

Mullet Phone 😎🤟

[@ayuyade]

Actually, quite the opposite. I used to have YP2 and it gathered a ton of positive attention.

[@valentinafariello5733]

Love It ahahahahah

[@sznio]

I really like the idea actually. E-Ink displays barely need power, so it could be used most of the time to save power, and the primary screen could be used only for stuff like watching video.

[@roughnegg6615]

It is a good idea but in case with this company it was badly planned and executed.

[@Rafael-xz9pl]

Well, then you should start a mobile phone company 😀 Okay, the idea of an eink display sounds good but it doesn’t work.

[@hsc894]

Is colored E-ink a thing? I'm just asking here because I'm curious...

[@darthbee18]

@@hsc894 ...no, not yet.

[@RapidAssaultEuro]

It seems like you'd scratch or damage your back screen pretty quickly. I think if it had some cover system that could flip from one side to the other quickly, that might work

[@hermenegildakociubinska6665]

I think the idea was fine, but it was the execution that failed. E-ink screens drain the battery much slower than lcd screens. Moving basic functionalities onto the e-ink screen in some smart way could prolong the battery life of the phone, which would be a good selling point. However without a reasonable price and the rest of the phone being decent, it won't sell.

[@sporehux8344]

It should be call "yachtaphone" considering where most Russian government R&D grants eventually end up.

[@sethlangston181]

Yota: A Russian smartphone, I am. Mimic the iPhone, I will.

[@GrandDawggy]

Ha.

[@sethlangston181]

Yoda: An imposter on many levels, you are. Leave the galaxy, you must.

[@kim2894]

​@@sethlangston181 spokeperson for the Samsung Galaxy team, Yoda was

[@FoxyBoxery]

Lmfao genius!

[@kim2894]

@Andrej perhaps if they just went with an E-ink add on accessories it just might, especially now with the trend of ever larger phones. Not worth if that takes that big of a budget to make tho.

[@Iamkradun]

I myself am Russian and live in Russia. I am writing through Google translator, sorry. I can explain why the phones have failed. Because Putin's friends are sitting in Rostec and Rosnano, they receive huge government orders for all sorts of unnecessary gadgets, and this is billions of dollars. Half of them is taken by the director, half of the deputies, and so everyone in this company takes money from the state budget. And so in every state company Gazprom, Rosneft, Roskosmos, you can fill in the names of the directors and you will easily find out that some of them are Putin's friend from childhood, someone studied with him at school or at a university, someone in the KGB. Nobody wanted to make some super new items, beat the apple samsung. This was all a distraction. Anyone interested in how they live in today's Russia, ask.

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

This is called corruption: let's put up some honey trap so that the majority of the low cultured people will think we are doing "Russia great again" while we steal a huge part of it for our private jets...

[@LazyAndFabulous]

I am quite suprise when you used Google Translator, and have no troubles reading your comment

[@aitor.online]

nepotism at its finest

[@Iamkradun]

@@AlessandroGenTLe brother, buying jets is the most harmless for our politicians. I assure you whether every governor is richer than your American businessmen who have been building their business all their lives. Putin and his friends are simply ruining people's lives, in Google find a man named Khodorkovsky, he is a Russian businessman and the richest man of the 90-2000 years. He was against Putin. In the city where his company Yukos pumped oil, the mayor was killed and the murder was hanged on him, he returned to Russia hoping that he would be acquitted, he was given 10 years in prison, and his partners were serving life sentences Or Chichvarkin (Euroset-sale of phones) was also number one in Russia for cellular communications, was against Putin, as a result, they took away the entire business and forced to sell for a small amount (as he said, the company was worth $ 2-3 billion), and sold for $ 300 million.

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

@@Iamkradun I'm not American (and I dislike USA and their purely money-driven mentality). I'm from Italy :) And yes, I know about the killer you have as president and how he and his friends drive the country and kill or jail every serious threat to their power (inside and even outside Russian borders). It's just sad for the normal people. Yet many are supporting them due to propaganda and ignorance :(

[@RomaSmithRoma]

Well, as Putin said once: «граница России нигде не заканчивается», so technically IPhone is also a Russian phone 🤷

[@rubemcorreia7988]

Translate please.²

[@arnisrozentals]

@@hansel2213 it means the border of Russia never ends

[@RomaSmithRoma]

​@@hansel2213 Well there's a video, you can find it on youtube, when Putin is asking a boy "Where does the Russian border end?". The boy replied something about Bering strait but Putin said: "Wrong the borders of Russian do not end!"

[@chroma2k]

Translation:"Russia's Borders have no end" or something like that

[@wisdomleader85]

Does that mean I'm Russian too? Yay.....I mean, Uraa!

[@mashakos1]

The idea is smart in spite of the poor implementation. Having a 2nd eink screen means you can use a phone for reading or listening to music while camping etc. with 30 hrs battery life (in theory)

[@tehdreamer]

Exactly, the second screen is a great idea for reading (less strain on eyes) and it extended the battery life beyond anything the top flagships of the time could do. My father owned Yota 2. Main problem was actually getting one! They did not make many.

[@multidimensional_holographer]

if those yotaphones came with at least one year heating gas discount voucher, they would be a huge hit every winter in Europe

[@gr4iny]

Read it as Vodafone first, was legit curious why that company would fail in Russia lmao

[@xwiirastusx]

'cause it's not Vodkafone, I guess.

[@subscribeordiefukyou]

Fun fact: Voda = water in Russian In Cyrillic it's вода, Vodka in cyrillic is водка. Now you know where vodka got its name. It's literally russian water

[@mocha97]

I actually had a Yotaphone 2 back in 2015 until 2017. It was not bad considering that I was young and kind of dumb. The e-ink screen actually didn't do shit in terms of battery efficiency, and it was actually bad enough that the previous frame blended into the current one. On the topic of component quality and specs, it didn't take too long for the phone to show its true colours and shit itself in a year - the screen would turn into an impromptu rave and shut itself off at around 5% charge, but you could still hear incoming calls yet not interact with the phone. Also, fun fact: Yota also sold cases for the phone which were basically a soft plastic rim which never felt really trustworthy.

[@Quailstorm]

I actually wanted a YotaPhone 2 back then, but the high price, even when the phone was basically in stock for more than 2 years, that changed my mind.

[@Alephbeth17]

get YotaPhone 3 instead, it's still promising only less than $ 350, check AliExpress or Amazon

[@cfriedel123]

I have to admit, I liked the idea of the e-ink screen on the back. It was an innovation that I think other companies could have picked up and exploited. Instead, it basically seems forgotten.

[@aiquesono]

it someone had come up with that idea in the us it would have been more successful

[@meloney]

@@aiquesono You can just assume that. I doubt it. The US is Ranked only 25 in the corruption index. While russia is far behind, it is absolutly not a good rank for a first world country like the US. The EU (and some other countries that you wouldn't guess are less corrupt!) is waaay better in that topic. A country like norway, germany or similar would have had a good chance. Another company like apple would make the phone even more expensive. Too bad actually.

[@shanetonkin2850]

I dunno, to me it just seems like a massive gimmick. Instead of just accidentally pocket-dialling fiends, I’d now start accidentally pocket-buying novels. too.Anyway, for most people a smartphone screen is just too small to comfortably read ebooks on for any extended period of time.

[@cpav9062]

I actually had a Yotaphone 2 and I liked it. I appreciated the e-ink screen especially on sunny days or while commuting. Then one day the phone fell and the main screen broke, but I still managed to use the phone through the e-ink screen alone for a couple months. The biggest problem was the already outdated Android version and no available upgrades.

[@CRoffey]

The title rolls... *Russia has blocked this video for copyright*

[@user-he1ce9fs3l]

Russia has ended NFKRZ for copyright.

[@guydreamr]

Putin: How dare you dishonor me? I throw you in gulag.

[@JustSomeDamnGuy]

Hey Roman, I’d really like to see more of your take on Russian tech. From the west, we don’t really get the insider view that you have. I really enjoy these type of videos. Thank you!

[@straightwarlock5341]

You do have a lot of insides on “what we have”.

[@JustSomeDamnGuy]

@@straightwarlock5341 I'm sorry private wiggly cobra - I'm not understanding? No - in general, private cobra, westerners do NOT have the direct hands on knowledge and ability to use Russian tech the same way that someone like Roman has. Also, we do not have the same kind of exposure to news stories, advertisements or the cultural meaning behind this stuff that Russians do. So, private wiggly cobra, no - we don't.

[@prplt]

well most of it is as crappy 😂

[@arnyarny7991]

100 percent European countries not have smartphone technology that Nokia its Chinese Motorola its lonovo technologies iPhone its Chinese and even BMW roles rois stopped production when was pandemia that from China stopped getting chips .

[@prplt]

@@arnyarny7991 wtf Nokia is Finnish not Chinese 😂

[@archlinuxrussian]

I remember this being advertised back then! Coming from a Linux community sphere, it was mostly billed as a way to allow interaction while saving battery life (e-ink doesn't require backlight nor much power to change the screen), mainly for things like notifications and static controls for certain applications. I also recall this phone being more AOSP-based, which is a plus for those wanting to de-google-fy their phones (my first smartphone was an HP Pre 3 which was really awesome to be honest). Edit: I don't mean this as a defense of the phone :) just recalling how it seemed at the time. Of course it was probably destined to fail, not being up-to-date on Android releases and being so custom...

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

I saw a Yotaphone once in Los Angeles. I knew about it and was in awe of the technology. Love that dual screen concept!

[@bippaasama]

There's stupid projects that go under in every country, but it seems that outside of Russia, companies don't go out of their way to embarrass themselves by showing their poor products to the president of the country lmao

[@josephsaafan7838]

Yeah they don't and the government doesn't really care about it but Russia has some private companies that belong to the government and the government has shares in certain countries that isn't the case in the US or any other western nation

[@LesPaul2006]

That is one of the big problems with the Russian economy: the President dictates what gets made and what doesn't. The free market, enterpreneurs big and small choosing freely their own line of work, are not that common there, nor allowed to grow. It is stupid and not how capitalism is supposed to work.

[@prplt]

plus the Russian president doesn't understand anything about technology so I wouldn't be surprised if he actually thinks that those are working products and can compete with Western ones 🙄

[@LesPaul2006]

@prosto komentator Not really. In the rest of the world yes, rich people own big businesses, but half, or sometimes most, of the Western economies rely on small and medium sized businesses. 50% of the US economy depends on small businesses, for example. Other Western countries have similar percentages. That happens when a country is actually a free country and not a kleptocracy. Meaning, you don't need to mail baskets of champagne and caviar to the president or some bureaucrat to open and run a succesful business. Or be cousins with the mayor.

[@LesPaul2006]

@prosto komentator And, as they are in bed with the government, no law can touch them. Nasty stuff indeed.

[@AndrisLelisTravelChanel]

in UK it was considered as a Chinese "Don't buy" phone.

[@NoOne-vg2qu]

Chinese dont buy phones are only sanctions under Trump regimes but "Don't buy" any of Russian product are pretty much working since the end of ww2. These western are making sure Russians will end up like the North Koreans but Russia is too big to bend and a self-reliant country too.

[@TA-yt1qy]

@@NoOne-vg2qu ok bot

[@NoOne-vg2qu]

@@TA-yt1qy oh really? And you ar not bot? A person who can't depend himself in a commenr section and just decided to call someone a bot is indeed a troll.

[@MONEYTOPG]

Iphone is MADE IN CHINA

[@NoOne-vg2qu]

@@MONEYTOPG but price are western not China. Iphone is a ripped off

[@omnisciency]

Know you said in a recent video you weren't happy with the quality of your videos as of late but this was a fantastic and informative video, can't believe I never even heard of this thing.

[@yogaflames4333]

Was just about to go on a 3hr reading sesh but I see my favourite vatnik uploaded video so here I am.

[@roskcity]

@DBVE Films Loser

[@huaweisrebrenik3888]

@@roskcity no u

[@GraveMemories]

What are you reading? Need some good books to read

[@megapet777]

@DBVE Films You seem to be very happy person and doing well in life

[@yogaflames4333]

@@GraveMemories I prefer to read fiction and more specifically fantasy. I am currently reading the “the mortal instruments” series by Cassandra Claire. The books are fucking amazing and is a 6book series and have multiple trilogy book spin-offs. I’d definitely recommend reading. So many good moments, I can’t wait to re read these books multiple times over. Her writing is exceptional at the very least.

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

The e-ink was also important in extending battery life too. In the article I read back when, they mentioned it was intended for the Russian on a long trip with little access to power or something.

[@TheInsidiaProject]

Love these videos. Good job! 🔥😎

[@guillaumekaas6505]

" It's not a gift, it's state capitalism. " That's what Putin should say about his Rolex.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

Ever you wondered why Putin is not swinging his right hand(with expensive watch) while he walks? .. most likely watch is too expensive to be swing! :P

[@w19ely85]

Putin wears a Patek, not Rolex

[@bryanmartinez6600]

@@РоманКуликов-з5п for luxury vehicles eh Russia does lack but what I like about Russian vehicles is their old school or dated to others design. In the US we may get 2 Russian vehicles soon updated for the US market under another name. The UAZ Patriot in suv and pickup options. They design is dated like from 2010 but what I REALLY like is the solid front and rear axle, locking transfer case, a 2.7 inline 4. For off road this vehicle seems like a dream to have. I personally would prefer the pickup version. Russia has the capability to develop some amazing vehicles too, Marussia B1 and B2 I personally think look good. But basically what I liked about some Russian vehicles is their basic no nonsense design which is what's lacking in the US. Jeeps are hardly jeeps anymore and the Cherokee is nothing like it used to be. And wranglers for more than some Benz. Personally would like to have a simple car that has more function than features. Oh the UAZ will come under the name Bremach.

[@howey935]

@@anzelmasmatutis2500 putin wears a $500,000 Patek philippe

[@JamesLustre]

Plainrock124: *"NO* *RUSSIAN* *SPIES!"* (Also, he destroyed an Yotaphone 2)

[@scottishemu159]

which video lol.

[@JamesLustre]

@@scottishemu159 Bored Smashing - Grocery Store Phones Episode 10. Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKesmYCEg9qqbMk

[@zeferinoresendiz1698]

@@JamesLustre I also watch that channel

[@JamesLustre]

@@zeferinoresendiz1698 Nice!

[@zeferinoresendiz1698]

@@JamesLustre thanks

[@rupucis2000]

As a guy from Latvia, and with Russian heritage, it's super interesting to hear all these not so popular things about Russian culture, technology and lifestyle in general. Because I know my fare share about Russia, russians and russian history. But NFKRZ always provides with interesting topics and great opinions about this giant country! Keep up the good work Ruslan!

[@ded_omlt4934]

Are you from latgale? This is most Russian region in Latvia.

[@3xitt]

Greetings from the Czech Republic (aka former Czechoslovakia aka former Soviet satellite country)! We also have quite a fare share with Russians... :-)

[@Blackadder75]

it is sad but the best thing you can do if you ever get kids is forget everything about your heritage and pretend it never happened and start a new family line as Latvians (or any other people) Russian culture is dead, the whole nation is cursed , everything it touches will rot away

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@Blackadder75 God hates russia as much as he hated germany last century

[@Blackadder75]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti I don't believe in gods, it's all the work of the people themselves. And western countries have had their share of terrible and criminal leaders as well, it can happen anywhere in the world. Look at the Koreas, one half ended in a cult of authoritarian leadership , and the other half in a more or less functional democracy. Why?

[@juangabriel123ify]

You're know, the e-ink display is not a bad idea. I would have bought this phone if there made it more sexy and it had modern components

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

The e-ink display in a casing may not be a bad idea. Well, as long as the software of the phone supports it.

[@gregmcpherson5671]

I remember being kind of interested in the Yotaphone. The eInk screen seemed cool back then. But I waited for the price drop, as all Android phones tended to do after 6 months or so. But it never did. It remained at $700 long after it was obsolete, so I never bought one.

[@slivka_1]

BRO when you were showing the Preachy "one directional view" yota phone commercial i got a samsung commercial about looking in "one direction"

[@TroliFishi]

Meanwhile in the US: US attacks US.

[@querube78]

Don't remind me bro. I came to youtube to forget for a while...

[@musicguy20]

It’s not even a big deal 🤦🏻‍♂️ it’s just a protest y’all. If they came in with guns killing politicians then yes it would be a huge deal.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

Flat Earth believers were lost and Mr President directed them to Capitol :P

[@querube78]

Someone literally died

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

It won't change anything and people will forget it after a couple of weeks.

[@FirebrandFA]

I wanted to buy a Yotaphone 2. I liked the idea, to have like a city area plan or a train- or concert ticket displayed on the back of the phone without using power. Or being able to read something in bright sunlight. It ended up being too expensive for me at the time and also getting some mixed reviews that weren't so satisfactory.. But I still appreciate the idea behind it.

[@kethavathvenkataramananaik3556]

That 2nd screen to read books is really a great idea. Someone should adopt it and make phones that can serve a Kindle too.

[@m.sydneyvern2260]

8:15 Weird presentation yes... but that actually was a pretty sick violin track.

[@maddogcharm]

That’s sad, considering the soviets did their own copying of western technology, primarily in aviation, and actually did a pretty good job of it too. Though it seems all these clones or COTS technologies had the same ultimate fate.

[@jennyneon]

Remember when phones were actually hard to break and the battery lasted longer than 2 weeks?

[@akalion213]

Yeah also when they could do literally like two things?

[@fa14bi-78]

The Yota phone was actually one of them that could last two weeks, since it's a E-book after all.

[@Ubersnuber]

No

[@xeienar]

the only good think about it were battery life and lots of weird (and cool) shaped phones. Now every smartphone is virtually the same, does not matter the brand at all.

[@Heat3YT2]

Remember when phones didn’t use batteries and got all their power from the phone line and it stayed in the same place in your home?…

[@landyshlana8283]

When I was a child, I didn't have any 📞phone. If we saw someone with mobile phone, we thought - 😲WOW... He is rich))) And I've never heard about Russian Smartphone. Thanks, Roman.

[@beatnik6806]

​@ Nokia phones were actually good and competed with major phone companies really well. And is still making ok phones (Lumia, well.. atleast better than Yotaphone). Funny how Finland, a little 5 million people country, Russian neighbor, makes better phones than Russia.

[@joshmcgootermier2301]

That commercial... when he flipped the phone.... epic.

[@zubairshah1612]

The fact that I just heard that phone ever existed goes to show they didnt do a good job at marketing

[@hakim6158]

Look at you with the stock footage and video essay vibes. I'm like a proud dad right now.

[@GrandDawggy]

Never would have guessed the direction this channel went in, and its awesome.

[@castanedafalcon]

What do you mean?

[@GrandDawggy]

@@castanedafalcon he started as a commentary channel akin to leafy or pyro and now he teaches us about Russian people / culture / language or things that western people don't know about. TL;DR When I first started watching NFKRZ his channel, content and political views where completely different.

[@heartache5742]

it would be just sad if he stayed like leafy

[@archlich4489]

Don't give up on Russian inventions! Keep trying! Just don't stick the taxpayers with the bill.

[@glebb..3416]

Russia has great potential, the USSR is known for many great inventions. The problem is the corrupt Russian government. There is a reason why modern Russia (putinist Russia) can't invent something or do jack shit overall. Very sad...

[@GenocideWesterners]

@@glebb..3416 Even in the USSR, most of the achievers were not from russia. A georgian ruled the USSR for 29 years and 2 ukrainians ruled for another 29 years between them.

[@glebb..3416]

@@GenocideWesterners Most of the inventors were russian. The rulers not but they considered themselves Russian, Stalin considered himself a Russian.

[@voltflake]

This aged differently…

[@u0aol1]

I wanted the YotaPhone2 so bad when it was announced, the second screen for reading some ebooks on sounded cool. Glad I didn't go down that road though!

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

I was actually pretty interested in this, really good idea to have an e-ink screen as well, no idea why no one has done it since then. Come on!

[@kimberlyoldschool]

Agreed! The Amazon Kindle paperwhites are a lifesaver for reading stuff outside in broad daylight. That would be great to have as an option on a phone as well.

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

@@kimberlyoldschool And it doesn't kill your eyesight, in light or dark

[@samtheman9000]

catch me with that new yotaphone, call it yotadrip

[@akumayoxiruma]

I actually have a Yota Phone 2 and used that for two years. It was great and I like the two-screen feature. But unfortunately, I couldn't upgrade its Android version and its processor couldn't keep up with 2018 anymore so it constantly heated up which is my I didn't buy the Yota Phone 3.

[@Notfallkaramell]

I once wanted one, because there was a small test of it from an online magazine that made it look interesting. But they weren't really available here, at least I found none. Greetings from Germany.

[@AsherBC]

“The Cold War ended”…. March 2022 has entered the chat 💬

[@filiphertel4044]

I think that the e-ink screen on the back was a pretty good idea. It's easier on the eyes when reading text and it doesn't drain any power... Why not?

[@ligametis]

It was very cool. Even today some reviewers remember it as a very inovative design. Want to read a book or even a website? just flip your phone.

[@kkirrr]

Still using the Yotaphone 3 for all my books. Sadly, Android version is so outdated that some apps crash or won't even run on it :(

[@filiphertel4044]

I also want to point out that e-ink screens aren't great in terms of refresh rate to this day. It's just how it is. They're meant for displaying text.

[@IBACAU123]

Huh, funny. I remember being with my dad once, and one of his friends presented the Yotaphone to him and said how It's the next big thing.

[@inlightadorned407]

Me: wtf is a yotaphone?

[@edwardvictorau]

I actually bought a Yotaphone some years ago. The price tag wasnt as expensive as you have mentioned. But it broke within a month. The experience wasnt exactly great. Enough said.

[@jokuvaan5175]

You just had a bad luck and must have gotten some faulty device because it was actually supposed to last 2 months

[@alexm566]

The founder of Rostec is certainly an interesting guy. "On 15 March 2022, Spain temporarily seized Chemzov's $140m yacht 'Valerie' in Barcelona".

[@Creepex]

The fact that portal music was played in the background is amazing

[@vojtechrod6114]

The idea of two screens seems cool. Unfortunately, the rest isn't. The sales numbers are really pathetic...

[@bohemiansusan2897]

Never heard of the Yota phone until now. The dual screens is ingenius and is something that I would use to the fullest. Perhaps this concept will brought in a new product by one of the bigger companies.

[@manofsesame3024]

The design of dual screens is not something new tho. Nokia and Samsung had phones like that before smart phones dominated the market.

[@vasiovasio]

Now - Yotaphone: Russia's Only Smartphone!

[@thebenefactor6744]

This phone allow you to text picture of Traktor to your friends.

[@denizon5859]

Russians: build smartphone American: build smartphone Serbian: Hey cousin, lets go bowling!

[@IvarDaigon]

Yotaphone has two screens.. a crappy black and white one for you and a nice high resolution color one for the FSB agent sitting across from you...

[@hemshade8770]

3:56 "yes, this is 100% *OUR* product"

[@adamroberts8728]

Many of our successes here in America can be credited to People of Russian heritage.

[@TheGhostOf2020]

brain drain from anywhere in the world -> to the US is arguably half of our ability to innovate across the board.

[@danielimmortuos666]

@@TheGhostOf2020 brain drain is what you get for punishing your entrepreneurs.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

America creates platform for people to shine/create! By the way, all personal computers have American CPU's, right? So, if you don't like USA - don't use PCs! :P

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

No, many of your „successes“ are stolen from the Nazis

[@THEWATCHER4670]

true it all started with Nikola Tesla!!!

[@chillappreciator885]

That was such a cool concept - phone + e-ink book reader. It could have been the same banger as phone + photo camera

[@floppa9415]

I actually remember this one, in a german TV show called "Galileo" they talked about this thing and at the time I was like : "Hugh thats neat". By the time I could afford one I have all but forgotten this nugget.

[@Levan4KGaming]

If i remember correctly they even bought a British company that was handling the RND of the phone, so there was nothing Russian except tax payer money that was, successfully stolen.

[@2SSSR2]

This happens all the time, countries try to copy the IT success of western countries and try to present it on domestic market. Which I support as is it the basic of free market, which also must be competitive and not being ruled with 99% by a single company ( looking at you Apple, Samsung, McDonald, Disney etc... ). Here we have same thing in "Tesla" which sells phones as well as TV's, not that good but it is domestic company so buying that helps your own economy. Similar thing that actually succeed is Chinese Huawei which, despite being censored in US now, is still profitable because China and Asian market is as big as US one now. But I do agree that it needs to have some sort of quality as well and cheaper in order to break trough, not an easy thing to do when your rich competition buys all the good IT techs and development is not cheap. All in all, despite how bad it is, each country should attempt to make it's own brand. Never allow single company to rule the market. Even in Capitalism that is bad for business and economic growth.

[@RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose]

I want the ultimate Russian smartphone experience, so I will watch your video with 144p hahahahaha 😂

[@-whackd]

I was soo excited when I got my Yotaphone. The e ink screen side shattered in the first week, lol. They didn't really test that thing, it needed a plastic lip around the second screen.

[@LivingDead53]

I like the concept of reading on the phone, but it would probably do better if it could download audiobooks, as those are popular with more people. They could listen to it on their device. The iphone can do that. I think I've listened to a podcast and an audiobook. The goal would be to make it better by changing reading time, making the text read fast or slowly, listen to a male or female narrator. Offer different voices. That kind of stuff. I've always wanted books to be more interactive and offer breaks with relevant music or a quick game. I might be a weirdo and have horrible ideas. Tech isn't my thing, just rambling.

[@ProfGop]

Yotaphone? More like ёбтаphone, russian speakers will understand.

[@Manettvibrante]

the fuck phone lol?

[@pawelabrams]

@@Manettvibrante the fuck it phone ;)

[@Manettvibrante]

@@pawelabrams ah thx lol

[@seethisth4753]

I would like to have an e-ink display on the back of my phone.

[@rayandouni4374]

They advertised it “this phone has more back doors to the FSB than any other phone on the market”

[@nothingbutdope5316]

the CIA does have fronts for engineering processing chips with intentional backdoors in basically all smart phones

[@ricardobarahona3939]

@@nothingbutdope5316 Then why did the FBI have to ask Apple to open an iPhone in this case www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/01/16/roger-mcnamee-defends-apple-refusal-to-unlock-iphones-for-doj.html

[@rayandouni4374]

@@nothingbutdope5316 all governments have but I rather have a democratic government doing that than a dictatorship

[@nothingbutdope5316]

@@ricardobarahona3939 it's called brainwashing, and they have no problem doing that through the media

[@ricardobarahona3939]

@@nothingbutdope5316 I knew this idiotic response would come, and that’s not evidence.

[@simonegaeta898]

I had a Yotaphone 2 and it was amazing and useful when traveling cause the ink screen does not consume almost any battery so you can keep on the ink screen your e-ticket. I also remind the people amazement when I took a picture of them with Y2 the ink screen turned into a old fashioned reflex camera. It was really nice, unfortunately i dropped from a couple of meters height accidentally and both screens crumbled. It was a sad day. My friends also liked it and asked me to buy them some from Moscow. BTW, I'm sure you know that also iPhone is made in China...so...

[@lightturner8913]

The two screen thing is pretty cool. Similar to what foldable phones are doing now.

[@estou_aqui-2361]

Duude i had this phone, it died while i was watching porn on the back window, I learned the hard way that the image just doesn’t go away when the phone dies

[@NoahTheDude420]

the last time I was this early these comments were still relevant..

[@jennyneon]

:(

[@NoahTheDude420]

@@juhotasken the comments referring to being early. kinda thought it was obvious no offense but hindsight is 20/20.

[@NoahTheDude420]

@@juhotasken yeah thats what I ment, and fair point. its a wide web.

[@andrewsveikauskas]

I guarantee you *no one* at Apple or Google is thinking, "let's make these smartphones to show Russia we're superior".

[@h.santiago4339]

When it came out I was living in Puerto Rico and actually wanted to buy it cause at the time and as a naive youngster it simply looked cool. Eventually my academic advisor overheard me talking to my teacher about it and he immediately advise me against buying it, starting which as far as he knew no US carrier was able to connect to it, so I would have dumb at least 500 bucks in a piece of hardware I cant use at all.

[@WillHest]

I really liked the idea of the Yotaphone. It was just ashame the spec were poor and the price so high.

[@alekssandrz7694]

Its a terrible idea

[@dennishudson9723]

I’d love to see some more stuff developed by that Russian conglomerate and then after having a video once in a while of stuff they come out with that is new. Thanks Roman!

[@wlerailfan9870]

I've heard about the Yotaphone before actually LOL

[@ahriboy]

I heard it years ago

[@Tamachii12]

The comment about Russian military didn't aged quite well

[@wickdcow7707]

I really love those kind of "documentary" videos I hope you'll do more stuff like that great work

[@chronogamer7901]

You are good at making engaging and interesting videos. I vaguely remember the yotaphone when it was being advertised, but everyone was just obsessed with iphones back then.

[@quantumcow3832]

My dad had a yotaphone, 2 days after he got the back screen was broken

[@iaan81]

This is what is happening to Russia right now. Fail, after fail, and now becoming a Chinese brand.

[@kimjong-il1547]

Last time I was this early, my Economy was bigger than South Koreas.

[@blagoevski336]

Based

[@Bukark]

Very much enjoyed this documentary style video. Just the right amount of detail. Would welcome more like this.

[@steven-k.]

And you'll be pleased to know I'm commenting on this video using a Russian smartphone right NOW! Namely a Yandex Phone which everyone said I was crazy to buy but it's been really good, can't fault it. I tried to figure out who manufactured it and I think it may have been contracted with Yota before they went bankrupt. It says: "сделано в Китае" on the back though. Apparently they made 20,000 of them in 2019.

[@zeus-odinchiefs6737]

Its Basically a prototype Mr President. President: When is the next train to the Gulag leaving?

[@Caesar88888]

unfortunately only person sent to gulag will be opposition journalist telling people about corruption and how director of this project stole tax payers money. because this phone was made for tax payers money. welcome to Russia

[@professorx1935]

Well 10 billion Rubles is now 6 dollars so that's fine.

[@notyourdaddude1957]

"It's 100% russian product, even tho the components were foreign and the factory where the phone was built is in Singapore and not in Russia, but it's 100% russian product trust me bro"

[@Maennlichkeitsbeauftragter]

2:04 I like how he looks to the ground. No lies over here

[@galefraney]

Your videos are getting better and better, super entertaining ... even the thumbnail was amusing and made me smile!