YU Yutopia Launched with Snapdragon 810, 4GB RAM at Rs. 24,999

YU has launched Yutopia, the company's new flagship smartphone in India. It is available  in Grey color and is priced at Rs. 24,999. The smartphone is available for order from Amazon.in exclusively starting from today at 2PM and it will be shipped from December 26th.

The other highlight of the handset is the onboard fingerprint sensor, which can also be used to take selfies. The Yu Yutopia comes with Little Bird earphones bundled in the box, made by House of Marley. The company is also touting DTS audio experience, with three microphones enabling active noise cancellation. Yu has also announced an Assured Upgrade Programme, meant to give Yutopia buyers the option of an assured upgrade to Yutopia 2. The company said during an 'upgrade window' around the Yutopia 2's launch, Yutopia owners can avail of a 40 percent cashback when buying the new smartphone and exchanging the old one.

YU Yutopia features 5.2-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD OGS display with Corning Concore Glass powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 Octa-Core (4 x 2.0GHz + 4 x 1.5GHz) 64-bit  processor with Adreno 430 GPU and 4GB DDR4 RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 8MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop based Cyanogen OS 12.1 and has 3000 mAh battery.

YU Yutopia

Key Features :

• 5.2-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD OGS display with Corning Concore Glass
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 Octa-Core (4 x 2.0GHz + 4 x 1.5GHz) 64-bit processor with Adreno 430 GPU
• 4GB DDR4 RAM
• 32GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD 128GB
• 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
• 8MP front facing camera
• Android 5.1.1 Lollipop based Cyanogen OS 12.1
• Hybrid Dual SIM (micro + nano / microSD)
• 4G LTE, dual-band WiFi 802.11ac (Dual Band), Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS
• Fingerprint sensor
• 3000 mAh battery with Quick Charge 2.0

Commenting on the launch, Sharma said, "We commenced our exciting journey at Yu a year ago with a promise of making technology more simplistic and the smartphones an enabler of our daily tasks. We are extremely euphoric to complete our first year with a bang as today's launch reaffirms our promise of doing everything that's exciting and new. Yutopia is a revolutionary product that is packed with the compelling 'Around Yu' services, making the smartphone literally five years ahead of any other device." 

"Cyanogen is excited to continue our partnership with Yu with the launch of Yutopia," said Kirt McMaster, CEO of Cyanogen. "We built Cyanogen OS to be a better Android, with thousands of enhancements beyond stock Android. We know that consumers will love Yutopia's impressive combination of hardware and Cyanogen OS."