Vernee Apollo is an upper midrange smartphone loaded with flagship features, albeit coming at a more affordable price. The device appears designed to slug it out with the Vivo XPlay 5 Elite on the basis of its abundant 6 GB of RAM.
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Vernee Apollo comes equipped with a Quad HD display, 10-core processor and Android Marshmallow, amongst other awesome specs.
Design and Display
The Vernee Apollo flaunts a premium, unibody design. The chassis is made entirely of metal hinting at a device that will not have you overly bothered about durability. A huge 5.5-inch display can be seen on the front of this behemoth.
This touchscreen boasts a jaw-dropping Quad HD resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels putting the visual experience to be expected well in the flagship segment.
Vernee Apollo is said to support Force Touch technology which lets you perform certain functions by applying different levels of pressure on the display.
Camera and Storage
This awesome phablet is robustly equipped on the camera front. Vernee Apollo rocks an amazing 21-megapixel Sony camera with dual-tone LED flash on the rear.
Selfie takers should also expect to be well served with a high-resolution 8-megapixel camera fitted on the front.
Another awe-inspiring thing about the Vernee Apollo is that it comes with a whopping 128 GB of inbuilt storage! It is not entirely clear if this will be expandable, but many users are certainly going to care less about that.
Performance and OS
Powered by a heavy-duty MediaTek MT6797 Helio X20 SoC, the Vernee Apollo looks like one to go all out with guns blazing, in terms of performance.
The new deca-core chipset built for flagship devices is said to be world’s first mobile processor based on tri-cluster CPU architecture.
And of course, it is supported by the eye-catching RAM of 6GB capacity for superb output. The handset boots latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system out of the box.
In keeping with its flagship appeal, the Vernee Apollo comes with a fingerprint scanner for added security. It is expected to offer a reversible USB Type-C port.
Pricing & Availability
Vernee Apollo is not yet available in Nigeria. We have no information on pricing and availability for this smartphone in Nigeria. Vernee Apollo Price in Nigeria is expected to range from 80,000 to 135,000 at launch.
Vernee Apollo Specs
Here are a few specs of the Vernee Apollo:
General Features
- Platform: Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
- Processor: 10-core Processor, 2.5GHz dual-core, 2.0GHz quad-core, & 1.4GHz quad-core (MediaTek Helio X20)
- GPU: ARM Mali-T880 MP4
- Memory: 6GB RAM
- Colours: Silver
- Dimension: –
- Weight: –
- SIM Type: Nano-SIM
- SIM Count: Dual SIM
Display
- Display: 5.5-inch Touch Display, 1440 x 2560 pixels (541 ppi)
- Display Protection: –
Camera
- Rear Camera: 21MP Camera, HD Video 2160p @30fps
- Rear Camera Features: Autofocus,Dual-LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
- Front Camera: 8MP Camera
Storage
- Built-in Storage: 128GB
- Memory Card Support: MicroSD
- Bundled Cloud Storage: –
Network Support
- 2G GSM: Yes
- 2G CDMA 1X: No
- 3G WCDMA: Yes
- 3G CDMA EVDO: No
- 4G LTE: Yes
Internet & Connectivity
- GPRS: Yes
- EDGE: Yes
- 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes
- HSPA+: Yes, up to 42.2 Mbps
- CDMA EVDO: No
- 4G LTE: Yes, up to 150 Mbps
- WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
- Bluetooth: Yes Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
- NFC: No
- Infrared Blaster: No
- USB Port: Yes USB 2.0
Messaging
- SMS/MMS: Yes
- Instant Messaging: Yes
- Push Emails: Yes
- Email Protocol: –
Entertainment
- Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
- Video Player: Xvid/MP4/H.264 player
- FM Radio: Yes
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm Jack: Yes
Navigation
- Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Maps: Google Maps
Sensors & Control
- Digital Compass: Yes
- Accelerometer: Yes
- Proximity Sensor: Yes
- Light Sensor: Yes
- Barometer: No
- SpO2: No
- Pedometer: No
- Heart Rate Monitor: No
- Gyroscope: No
- Fingerprint Scanner: Yes
- Iris Scanner: No
- Intelligent Digital Assistant: Yes
- Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: Yes
- Voice Control: Yes
Other Features
- Video Streaming: Yes
- Active Noise Cancellation: Yes
- Wireless Charging: No
- Built-in Mobile Payment: No
- Water Resistant: No
- Dust Resistant: No
- Image Editor: Yes
- Video Editor: Yes
- Document Viewer: Yes
- Document Editor: No
Battery
- Battery: Li-Ion battery
- Talktime: –
- Standby Time: –
