Micromax’s YU launched the YU YUPHORIA (YU5010), the company’s second YU branded smartphone at an event in Delhi earlier today at a price tag of Rs. 6,999. We got to check out the smartphone at the even, here is the hardware walk-through and the photo gallery of the Yuphoria.
The Yuphoria has a 5-inch fully laminated display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and a pixel density of about 294 PPI. It has a screen-to-body ratio of 67.1%. The display is protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3. There is a YU branding on the top of the smartphone, next to the 5-megapixel camera that has 4P lenses, f/2.0 aperture and a 86-degree wide-angle lens.
It runs on the latest Cyanogen OS 12 that is based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop). It is powered by a Quad-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor clocked at 1.2GHz and has Adreno 306 GPU. It has 4G LTE support including 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India. It has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS support.
There is 11.83GB of usable storage in the smartphone, out of 16GB of storage. It has 2GB of DDR3 RAM.
It has on-screen buttons, and there is a bezel below the screen.
The Yuphoria has metal bands on the sides that gives the smartphone a premium look. The 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top.
On the bottom there is a micro USB slot. The phone is 8.25mm thick (9.35mm around the camera) and weighs 143 grams.
There is a 3 element key on the right side with the power key between the volume rockers. It has Cirrus Logic Wolfson Stereo DAC chip.
On the back there is an 8-megapixel camera with LED flash on a ring. The company is calling it Saturn ring. Future Yu smartphones will have a similar ring, said the CEO at the launch. The camera has OmniVision OV8865 sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 1.4 micron pixel size and supports 1080p video recording.
The back cover is removable and the 2230mAh battery is also removable. There are two micro SIM slots and a microSD card slot below the camera module. The YU YUPHORIA comes in Champagne Gold with White and Buffed Steel with Black colors and will be available exclusively on Amazon.in through flash sale starting from May 28th. Amazon has started registrations for the sale.
Images by Dhruv