Japanese companies, SoftBank and WILLCOM OKINAWA have teamed up with both Google to announce a new Android One smartphone. Expected to go on sale by March, the Android One S2 is developed by Kyocera for Japan’s Y! Mobile brand and will arrive in Red, Navy and White colours.
The Android One S2 boots Android 7.0 Nougat OS out-of-the-box and technically should enjoy direct software updates from Google for about 18 – 24 months from purchase. It sports a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, IPX5/IPX7 waterproof & IP5X dustproof body and packs a 2300mAh built-in battery.
To withstand varying degrees of environmental conditions, the device is also complaint with the Military standard (MIL-STD-810G). The device relies on a 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) processor alongside 2GB of RAM and 16GB built-in storage (up to 200GB via microSDXC card).
Photography is handled by a rear 13MP camera with LED flash alongside a front 2MP camera. Connectivity options available includes – 4G LTE (Cat. 4), VoLTE, Bluetooth 4.2, Infrared sensor and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz). The Android One S2 measures 143 x 72 x 10.6 mm and weighs in at 142 grams.
