VR edition Vernee Apollo is up for preorder with 2K display and deca-core Helio X25 for a fine price
The new Vernee Apollo is housed in a sand-blasted aluminum shell with diamond cut edges that is smaller than that of your average 5.5-incher, though a tad thicker and heavier. It has all the prerequisites of a modern midranger, such as a fast finger scanner, a USB-C port and fast charging system, yet tops them off with some flagship sprinkles like Quad HD display resolution, deca-core chipset, 4 GB RAM/64 GB storage, and a 21 MP camera with Sony sensor, rapid phase-detection autofocus, and 4K video abilities.
The 3180 mAh battery should keep the phone humming through the day, and can be juiced up quickly (for about 30 minutes) to 50% charge. On the software side, the phone ships with a lightly skinned Marshmallow, which stock Android fans will appreciate.
That makes for an interesting mix at the requested $299 MSRP already, but Vernee hasn't stopped here, and prepped the new Apollo for the VR era by accompanying it with a virtual reality set in the box. Yep, besides a fine phone, at this price you get a VR head gear to soak in everything the virtual universe has to currently offer - from Google's walks in a dinosaur museum, to watching the latest Assassin's Creed VR movie.
A 2K screen seems to be the minimum to enjoy passable VR content these days, so we are glad that Vernee isn't skimping on screen resolution, and still dubbing the phone "VR-ready," as some makers do. The new Vernee Apollo and the VR set can be preordered right now, with shipping starting in mid-December.
At the moment, Gearbest even has a promo that takes the price down to $249.99, though there aren't many of those units to go around, so you'd better hurry up if you want to score a fine handset to usher you in the virtual reality universe, without inflicting unnecessary damage on your gadget budget.
source: Vernee
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