Remember the Vernee Apollo that claimed to have a Helio X20 chipset and other top end features? Well it’s just been spotted at Mediatek’s Helio X20 launch in China with Yenchi Lee.
A couple of days back we reported that a new phone brand named Vernee was about to release a phone with Helio X20 chipset, IMX230 rear camera, and force touch display. The phone, named the Vernee Apollo, is also said to sport up to 6GB RAM and other top end features, in fact the feature list was so long that some commenters wondered if the phone was real or not.
Well it’s starting to look more legit than ever with the Apollo phone making an appearance at today’s Mediatek Helio X20/X25 conference in China.
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The title photo above shows Vernee staff with Mediatek’s Product Marketing Manager Yenchi Lee (on the right). Mr Lee is holding the Vernee Thor while the phone on the left is the Helio X20 powered Apollo.
Vernee Apollo Specifications
- Mediatek Helio X20
- 5.5-inch 2K display
- 6GB RAM
- 128GB memory
- 21 mega-pixel Sony IMX230 rear camera
- 8 mega-pixel front camera
- USB Type C
- Full metal body
Vernee are hoping to launch the Vernee Apollo in the next few months.
lets hope the pricing isn’t ridiculous and the software is up to par and that it is available outside of china
Great so there is hope!!!
Any how, no word if it will indeed support 6gbRam ???
Those would be great news if MTK can confirm this themselves !!!
This could be a game changer, or it could be a phone that never sees the light of day. Only time will tell.
It seems like the Vowney in a up to date configuration. Maybe the staff are ex-Elephone?
Nah if they were from Elephone it would be a year of leaks before we ever saw anything.
this brand from huawei. same like ZUK
I dont see this changing much, even if it is real…
128gb storage, 6gb RAM and 2k display has its price (and not much real life benefits) so this phone will be expensive and most people willing to pay big on smartphones simply buy the newest Galaxy or iPhone
It depends how much of a profit they want to make. The Galaxy S7 costs Samsung around $230 to manufacture. Samsung uses a lot of their own parts and buys so much they get better prices on other parts. Something like this will cost around $300 to manufacture. After adding all their other costs in (advertising, RD, shipping etc) they could see it right around $400 if they really want to make a splash.
“ready to ship the v2” really? Well congrats buying it in 2018 with Snapdragon 801. This is real vaporware
On Screen navigation is fine if it’s used to make the chin of the phone smaller.
Most often than not -though- they keep a giant chin which goes unused and then add on-screen navigation.
If anything I think on-screen navigation is underused. It has distinct advantages over fixed “buttons”. Allows the device to be smaller for one, get hidden when not useful (i.e. when watching a movie or playing a game, therefore eliminating accidental touches), it can take different forms depending on the app (buttons specific to the add added)… But like I said it’s underused. More than 4 years now, it pretty much remained unchanged and never truly utilized to its full potential.
Like many ideas of Google, it’s a bright idea, but remains half-baked…
Maybe they can change the finger scanner to has tap intelligence to replace a captive button use.