Micromax's Yu to launch world's most powerful phone next month: Report

The handset, purportedly named as Yu Yutopia, is said to be the purported Yu5050 which showed up in benchmarks sometime back.

Micromax's Yu is said to be launching world's most powerful phone in India as soon as next month.
As per a report of BGR, the handset is codenamed as Project Achilles which will be made in India and is likely to be launched around this Diwali.

"This would be a no-compromise smartphone, with the best specifications and the highest benchmark rating," BGR quoted its source as saying.

As per the website it could be the rumoured Yu 5050 which showed up in benchmark results sometime back.

The Yu5050 was spotted on Antutu benchmark listing and even on import, export listing site, Zauba with benchmark listings. It is claimed to have Android 5.1.1 operating system, 1.5 GHz octa core Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 processor, huge 4 GB RAM, 21 megapixel rear camera, an 8 megapixel front camera, dual SIM, 5.2 inch display, micro SD card support, and declared value of Rs 20,295 to Rs 20,752.

Incidentally, Yu's founder, Rahul Sharma tweeted on September 25, "After the minion monster #YUNIQUE can't wait to present the #Real Beast. Let the countdown begin."

Curiously, if launched at the price mentioned above, it would be Yu's costliest phone till date as presently, the company has only launched phones under Rs 10,000 that includes Yu Yureaka, Yuphoria, Yureka Plus and Yunique.