The Beast -- Is not coming alone. -- UPDATED

Micromax is a company that I have been watching closely.

Micromax is a major innovator, they produce a LOT of new phones and in what I would regard as a relatively forgiving Indian market.

India would be a fantastic first mass-market for PicoP. (Dig through this blog for mentions of India) The demand there for media is huge, and the the country suffers from a shortage of Movie screens. SONY is testing their "tiniest TV tuner" in Mumbai.

So, I have been watching the announcements and teases for this new smart-phone called "Yutopia." It's kind of a prime candidate for PicoP inclusion... but no indications of anything more interesting than it being a super-powerful smart phone until today.

They have teased this device a lot. So, with a launch of this device and something else, it will almost certainly be a companion device -- I see it as though anything completely independent of it would diminish the main event.  ...don't hold your breath, but this is absolutely something to watch this week.

Yu Website with Countdown ( Live announcement?)

IBtimes
The Mobile Indian

Yu Yutopia is set to be launched on December 17.

Micromax's subsidiary Yu will launch another device along with its much hyped Yu Yutopia smartphone.

"The beast just got a company to make things more interesting. Get ready to find out soon," Yu said in its Twitter account and teased a photograph with a message: "Beast is not coming alone."

However, Yu revealed nothing else about the other device that is to be launched alongside Yu Yutopia. Now that could be another smartphone, tablet or just any accessory.

Yu was set to launch the Yutopia last week on December 7 but deferred the launch reportedly due to a patent case between Ericsson and Micromax. Now Yu Yutopia is set to be launched on December 17 (Thursday).

Yu has been teasing various features of Yutopia since months. On the basis of its teasers, the Yu Yutopia is expected to come with 4 GB RAM, 2K resolution based 5.2 inch screen, the powerful Snapdragon 810 octa core CPU, 32 GB of inbuilt storage, metal body, Android Lollipop operating system, 21 megapixel rear camera, an 8 megapixel front camera, dual SIM, and micro SD card support.