**YotaPhone 2 Exclusively Available from Batelco**

Batelco, the Kingdom’s leading communications solutions provider was delighted to welcome Yota Devices Vice President for Middle East & Africa Abdul Karim Sawan to Batelco’s Corporate Lounge at the Bahrain International Circuit Paddock Club for the 2015 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. Live demos for Yota Devices’ much hyped YotaPhone2 were carried out for guests at Batelco’s Lounge, during the weekend.

Batelco proudly announced the arrival of YotaPhone2 in March, the first provider in the Kingdom to deliver the much hyped device, which is available exclusively from Batelco.

Slim, powerful and beautiful, YotaPhone 2 combines Android familiarity with something that has never been accomplished before: two fully touch-enabled displays with two very different personalities.

The front display is a high-definition 1080p AMOLED screen that is perfect for everyday use such as social networking, browsing, watching videos or playing games. Turn the phone around and you’ll see the other front EPD screen, which uses a Yota Always-On Display that is ideal for e-reading, notifications, outdoor visibility and much more. With the EPD screen nothing is impossible to read in bright sunlight and is perfectly readable even in the brightest sunshine.

With YotaPhone you can easily keep up with important information and notifications without unlocking your phone. Customise your dashboards on the always-on screen with state-of-the-art widgets. Check the markets. Tweet and be tweeted. Check the mail. Mail the cheque. And you’ll scarcely lift a finger!

YotaPhone measures battery life not in hours but in days. Expect five days’ reading on a single charge, two days’ basic smartphone functions with the Yota Energy app so if you forget your charger, it doesn’t matter.

YotaPhone 2 is lightweight at only 145 grams. It is also very slim (144 x 69.5 mm x 8.9 mm) and, with durable Gorilla Glass 3 on both sides, it is far from fragile. It is a mobile device that is both useful and elegant.

Batelco A/CEO Muna Al Hashemi said that Batelco was delighted to welcome Yota Devices Vice President for Middle East & Africa Abdul Karim Sawan to Batelco’s Corporate Lounge and to have the support of Yota Devices in demonstrating the YotaPhone 2 for Batelco’s guests

Mr. Sawan said that he was very pleased to join Batelco for the prestigious annual event.

“Bahrain is a key market for YotaPhone’s expansion strategy in the Middle East. We believe that the second generation phone, with its unique features and our partnership with Batelco, will surely be a hit in Bahrain,” added Mr. Sawan.

The YotaPhone 2 was also on sale at Batelco’s Retail Shop at the BIC’s Welcome Centre during the Grand Prix Weekend, with much interested generated from visitors. For more information customers are invited to visit Batelco’s online shop – shop.batelco.com, Batelco’s website www.batelco.comor any of Batelco’s Retail Shops located all over Bahrain.