Yotaphone 3+, the international edition of Yotaphone 3

JS_F · 09-17-2018, 01:29 AM

According to these links, Yotaphone 3+ has almost the same hardware as Yotaphone 3, but it can freely screen any app on the Eink screen instead of forcing you to use their build-in apps like Yotaphone 3. The Android version is 8.1 Oreo.

https://qooah.com/2018/08/08/yota-3-plus-in-hk/ (sorry it's not in English)
https://1review2day.com/new-model-yo...us-introduced/

I also saw a reply from the Yotaphone company (Chinese) on Reddit. The Yotaphone guy says Yotaphone 3+ will be distributed from a Hong Kong company. They're currently looking for more distributors.

https://www.reddit.com/r/YotaPhone/c...n_information/

Jmirko · 09-21-2018, 01:25 AM

What's surprising to me is that the Yotaphone 2 could install Google apps and mirror the screen to the e-ink screen.

Fact: Amazon owns (or did a few months ago when I last checked) the patent for this technology.
My theory: this prevented Yota from selling the Yotaphone 3 worldwide. So while developing the Yota 3, they started discussions with Amazon. In the meantime they started selling the crippled Yota 3 in China, to generate some cash flow and keep the competition (Hisense A2) from taking their market. They must have reached an agreement with Amazon recently, so they are releasing their full-function model worldwide.

Mind you, this is pure speculation - if anyone knows the facts, please share.

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kacir · 09-21-2018, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmirko

Fact: Amazon owns (or did a few months ago when I last checked) the patent for this technology.

I have heard about this too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmirko

My theory: this prevented Yota from selling the Yotaphone 3 worldwide.

That did not prevent them from selling YotaPhone 2.
YotaPhone 2 came with 4.something version of Android and I have upgraded it to 5.0
There is also update to 6.0 available for Russian version (that can be installed, after some finagling, to the Chinese and International one) but I am not interested in installing that.
YotaPhone 2 has Google Play and has the "mirror the screen to the back" functionality.

beachwanderer · 09-21-2018, 06:12 AM

(A bit off topic, but: )

"What's surprising to me is that the Yotaphone 2 could install Google apps and mirror the screen to the e-ink screen. Fact: Amazon owns (or did a few months ago when I last checked) the patent for this technology"

Now, that is interesting.

I was looking at the first reviews of the Lenovo Yoga Book c930 and found a notice by someone mentioning that "it didn't have Drag & Drop from screen to screen" and asked myself why this has not really been implemented anywhere since the browser that came with the enTourage eDGe. That at least could take a website shown on the LCD-side and transfer it to PDF or epub on the eInk-display.

pdurrant · 09-21-2018, 08:30 AM

One of the articles suggests that the "64GB version is about HK$2,400,128GB for about HK$2,800"

That's about £240/£280 or US$310/US$360.

Adding on VAT for the UK, that would be about £290 for the 64GB version. I'd be tempted.

eReader fan · 09-23-2018, 07:56 AM

This is my next phone!! ��

But I will wait a little because I want them to improve a little the firmware and that stuff, but surely in one month or maximum two it will be mine!

Also in XDA there is a specific forum. For those who have the chinese version there is an improved ROM and some tricks on how to improve the capabilities of the EPD screen

Waiting4somethin · 09-24-2018, 03:52 PM

I may have the versions wrong, but I think I saw a video where there is a hack to mirror on the original yotaphone 3. It’s a few additional steps each time but possible.

Saw it selling for a reasonable sub-£300 price on Aliexpress, also very tempted.

eReader fan · 09-24-2018, 08:57 PM

Waiting4something, what you talk about is not exactly a hack. You have to enter a code in the phone and you enter in a developer menu where you can make the mirror possi le. On the forum of XDA there is explained a way to do it in just one or two clicks.

Anyway, for those who doesnt have the yotaphone yet, just need to wait until the new version will be released and it seems everything is going to be easy. Lets see....

JS_F · 09-25-2018, 01:05 AM

By the way, Hisense A6 is going to release in the next month in China. I

Waiting4somethin · 09-30-2018, 12:09 PM

Good specs.

I'm tempted to get the original yotaphone 3 though. It's already a reasonable price, and the new one will be expensive. How long until the price comes down I don't know; also, would the original lose its value as a result? (Therefore even more attractive financially). I suppose not.

JS_F · 10-01-2018, 05:10 PM

I saw a Yota 3+ purchase website: https://yotaeshop.shoplineapp.com

underscore · 11-06-2018, 04:55 AM

i guess we are all waiting for the first one daring to take it and write about

Waiting4somethin · 11-11-2018, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by underscore

i guess we are all waiting for the first one daring to take it and write about

Yes me too. I am always waiting for eink developments and user reviews.

Yota 2 is still the best eink device I've encountered, unfortunately let down by the screen lines fault.

JS_F · 11-12-2018, 12:53 AM

People're collaborating on the ROM extraction for Yota 3+ on XDA.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/yot...-news-t3862999

vermeer82 · 01-21-2019, 03:47 PM

I received my Yotaphone 3+ and I am very disappointed as I have not yet found a real "mirror mode". I want to always look at the eink screen and never at the regular screen. This was possible on my Yotaphone 2.
I have contacted the tech support about it.
The hack mentioned here https://www.reddit.com/r/YotaPhone/c...de_on_chinese/ for the 3 seems to no longer work on the 3+.
I can send any app to the eink screen, but I need to look at the regular screen every time, it is out of question for me as regular screens give me debilitating headaches.
Any idea? :-/

09-17-2018, 01:29 AM	#1
JS_F Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 71710 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Sony DPT RP1, Remarkable	Yotaphone 3+, the international edition of Yotaphone 3 According to these links, Yotaphone 3+ has almost the same hardware as Yotaphone 3, but it can freely screen any app on the Eink screen instead of forcing you to use their build-in apps like Yotaphone 3. The Android version is 8.1 Oreo. https://qooah.com/2018/08/08/yota-3-plus-in-hk/ (sorry it's not in English) https://1review2day.com/new-model-yo...us-introduced/ I also saw a reply from the Yotaphone company (Chinese) on Reddit. The Yotaphone guy says Yotaphone 3+ will be distributed from a Hong Kong company. They're currently looking for more distributors. https://www.reddit.com/r/YotaPhone/c...n_information/

09-21-2018, 06:12 AM	#4
beachwanderer - Posts: 2,602 Karma: 16748808 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: At the Baltic Sea Device: Some	(A bit off topic, but: ) "What's surprising to me is that the Yotaphone 2 could install Google apps and mirror the screen to the e-ink screen. Fact: Amazon owns (or did a few months ago when I last checked) the patent for this technology" Now, that is interesting. I was looking at the first reviews of the Lenovo Yoga Book c930 and found a notice by someone mentioning that "it didn't have Drag & Drop from screen to screen" and asked myself why this has not really been implemented anywhere since the browser that came with the enTourage eDGe. That at least could take a website shown on the LCD-side and transfer it to PDF or epub on the eInk-display. Last edited by beachwanderer; 09-21-2018 at 06:14 AM.

09-23-2018, 07:56 AM	#6
eReader fan Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 94152 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Onyx Nova pro and Hisense A2 pro	This is my next phone!! �� But I will wait a little because I want them to improve a little the firmware and that stuff, but surely in one month or maximum two it will be mine! Also in XDA there is a specific forum. For those who have the chinese version there is an improved ROM and some tricks on how to improve the capabilities of the EPD screen Last edited by eReader fan; 09-23-2018 at 07:58 AM.

10-01-2018, 05:10 PM	#11
JS_F Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 71710 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Sony DPT RP1, Remarkable	I saw a Yota 3+ purchase website: https://yotaeshop.shoplineapp.com Last edited by JS_F; 11-06-2018 at 08:51 AM.

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09-21-2018, 01:25 AM	#2
Jmirko Recovered collector Posts: 398 Karma: 1555507 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: see signature	What's surprising to me is that the Yotaphone 2 could install Google apps and mirror the screen to the e-ink screen. Fact: Amazon owns (or did a few months ago when I last checked) the patent for this technology. My theory: this prevented Yota from selling the Yotaphone 3 worldwide. So while developing the Yota 3, they started discussions with Amazon. In the meantime they started selling the crippled Yota 3 in China, to generate some cash flow and keep the competition (Hisense A2) from taking their market. They must have reached an agreement with Amazon recently, so they are releasing their full-function model worldwide. Mind you, this is pure speculation - if anyone knows the facts, please share. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

09-21-2018, 08:30 AM	#5
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,504 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	One of the articles suggests that the "64GB version is about HK$2,400,128GB for about HK$2,800" That's about £240/£280 or US$310/US$360. Adding on VAT for the UK, that would be about £290 for the 64GB version. I'd be tempted.

09-24-2018, 03:52 PM	#7
Waiting4somethin Addict Posts: 249 Karma: 7162 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: Wexler Flex One, NookST, n96ml+	I may have the versions wrong, but I think I saw a video where there is a hack to mirror on the original yotaphone 3. It’s a few additional steps each time but possible. Saw it selling for a reasonable sub-£300 price on Aliexpress, also very tempted.

09-24-2018, 08:57 PM	#8
eReader fan Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 94152 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Onyx Nova pro and Hisense A2 pro	Waiting4something, what you talk about is not exactly a hack. You have to enter a code in the phone and you enter in a developer menu where you can make the mirror possi le. On the forum of XDA there is explained a way to do it in just one or two clicks. Anyway, for those who doesnt have the yotaphone yet, just need to wait until the new version will be released and it seems everything is going to be easy. Lets see....

09-25-2018, 01:05 AM	#9
JS_F Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 71710 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Sony DPT RP1, Remarkable	By the way, Hisense A6 is going to release in the next month in China. I

09-30-2018, 12:09 PM	#10
Waiting4somethin Addict Posts: 249 Karma: 7162 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: Wexler Flex One, NookST, n96ml+	Good specs. I'm tempted to get the original yotaphone 3 though. It's already a reasonable price, and the new one will be expensive. How long until the price comes down I don't know; also, would the original lose its value as a result? (Therefore even more attractive financially). I suppose not.

11-06-2018, 04:55 AM	#12
underscore Addict Posts: 314 Karma: 1093858 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Romania (but i'm italian) Device: Onyx Boox Nova 2, Kingrow K1 (former N96 ML/i86ML Plus/M92)	i guess we are all waiting for the first one daring to take it and write about

11-12-2018, 12:53 AM	#14
JS_F Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 71710 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Sony DPT RP1, Remarkable	People're collaborating on the ROM extraction for Yota 3+ on XDA. https://forum.xda-developers.com/yot...-news-t3862999

01-21-2019, 03:47 PM	#15
vermeer82 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Yotaphone 2 and 3+, Onyx Boox Max2 and Note, Paperlike Pro	I received my Yotaphone 3+ and I am very disappointed as I have not yet found a real "mirror mode". I want to always look at the eink screen and never at the regular screen. This was possible on my Yotaphone 2. I have contacted the tech support about it. The hack mentioned here https://www.reddit.com/r/YotaPhone/c...de_on_chinese/ for the 3 seems to no longer work on the 3+. I can send any app to the eink screen, but I need to look at the regular screen every time, it is out of question for me as regular screens give me debilitating headaches. Any idea? :-/