Siam 7X

The Siam 7x is an Android dual-screen smartphone designed by Darius Allen which launched in December 2015. This phone was the first phone produced by CRBT Siam, and the first dual-screen phones to be marketed to American consumers.[2]

Siam 7x
ManufacturerCRBT Siam
SeriesSiam X Series
Availability by regionNovember 27, 2015[1]
Form factorSlate smartphone
Dimensions142.2×70.6×8.9 mm (5.60×2.78×0.35 in)
Mass170 g
Operating systemAndroid 5.1
CPUMTK6735, Qual-Core, ARM 8xCortex-A53 64bit, 1.0 GHz ARM MaliT760-MP3@450MHz GPU
Memory2 GB
StorageUp to 64 GB on TF memory card
BatteryNanobattery 2100 mAh
Display5.0 inch 1280×720 px FWVGA HD IPS multi-touch (Front) 4.7 inch 960×540 px FWVGA QHD E-ink paper touch screen (Back)
Rear camera5.0 MP (Front), 16.0 MP, Auto-Focus with LED Flashlight (Back)
ConnectivityBluetooth 4.0
microUSB 2.0
3.5 mm audio jack
, Built-in GPS, support for Assisted GPS
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/n/b/g/ac

History

Several manufacturers, including Samsung, LG and Kyocera had made attempted as recently as 2010 to create a dual-screen smartphone. However, they proved unsuccessful, as their second screens were located within a difficult-to -access clam-shell design The Siam 7x, however, placed the second screen on the outside, using a black and white E Ink Corporation screen to conserve power. A similar design was created by Yotaphone but its parent company targeted this phone to European, Asian and Middle-Eastern markets. The Siam 7x was the first dual-screen phone designed for the North American market.[3]

The phone was available only with the Android operating system, and only as a GSM carrier phone/ . It also allows a user to insert two SIM cards simultaneously. The phone was designed in Dallas, and manufactured in Shenzhen, China. [4]

Hardware

The Siam 7x operates on Android 5.1. The screen on the front is a5.0" 1280x720 HD IPS 2.5D display, multi-touch while the screen on the reverse side is a 4.7" QHD E-ink paper 2.5D display, multi-touch. It runs on a MTK6735A, Quad-Core，Cortex A53 CPU and utilizes an ARM MaliT760-MP3@450 MHz GPU. It has a hard-drive size of 16 GB with 2 GB of RAM. The amount of hard-drive space can be expanded to 64 GB with a TF Card. It has a biometric earprint recognition system which employs the Descartes Biometrix Helix system.[5]

Reception

The Siam 7x dual-screen smartphone was released to the public on November 27, 2015 (Black Friday). 10,000 of these phones were produced for its release date, targeting a relatively small sales volume.[6]

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References
  1. "SIAM 7X Dual Screen Mobile". CRBT Siam. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  2. Broida, Rick (2016-03-16). "Hands-on with the Siam 7x Dual-Screen Smartphone". CNET. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  3. Lynn, Samara (2016-04-19). "Black CEO and Founder Creates the Siam 7X Dual Screen Phone". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  4. Robinson, Bill (2015-12-15). "The Siam 7X Dual-Screen Smartphone: One Lonely Entrepreneur's Chase to Build it". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  5. Edwards, Luke (2015-11-03). "Siam 7x Offers Dual-screens and Earprint Biometric Recognition". Pocket-link. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  6. Segan, Sascha (2016-04-07). "The Siam 7x, America's Yotaphone, May Have a Chance". PC Mag. Retrieved 2016-05-02.

See also
  • Siam Duo, a newer dual screen model.[1]
  1. Dual screen phone Duo.
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