Dual-OS Geeksphone Revolution pricing and availability confirmed

11 February, 2014

Details on the pricing and the official availability of the recently announced, dual-OS booting Geeksphone Revolution got out. The Intel-based smartphone will be available on February 20 for €289 ($394).

The device’s manufacturer has hinted that there will be an early-bird discount for the most eager. For a limited time, the device will be offered for €269 ($367) online only.

The Geeksphone Revolution boots Android 4.2.2 and Firefox OS 1.3 via Boot2Gecko. The device’s specs include 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 4.7” qHD IPS display, 4GB of built-in storage, microSD card slot, and 8MP camera.

At a quick glance, pricing of the Geeksphone Revolution appears to carry a hefty premium for the dual-OS capability. It is up to the marketplace to decide if the smartphone is worth it.

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Reader comments

Anonymous
12 Feb 2014
xGr

Basically this will help people do different things within the phone or load to the O/S that they want to load to rather than loading to a certain one. If you're skilled enough you could probably replace one of the O/S's and put another in there to m...

deltatux
12 Feb 2014
xJN

There have been Intel phones like the Motorola Razr i.

Cadet7
12 Feb 2014
jst

Whats the purpose of having dual OS on a phone? Th ephone should be made simple and not to rip off people by tagging a high range price.....just stupid. I will never encourage anyone to buy this phone at the prices quote....not even at half the price...