SHIPPING OF TURING PHONE DELAYED TILL NEXT YEAR

The 'unhackable, unbreakable, and waterproof' Turing Phone which announced to start shipping in December this year has delayed the shipping date. Turing Robotic Industries has now announced that it needs some more time and that the shipping date has now been delayed. The device will now start shipping by the end of first quarter of 2016, the smartphone already went up for pre-orders earlier this year.

"TRI needs more time to make sure when the Turing Phone is delivered it'll be one of the best mobile devices ever conceived. To accomplish this, we ask for your patience and continuous support,"  said by Turing Robotic Industries in an email

The company is giving two compensation options for those who have already pre-ordered the smartphone, , reports Android Police. The options are either they can cancel their pre-order and receive the refund, or they will receive a free inbuilt storage upgrade if they stick with their pre-orders. Those who had ordered the 16GB inbuilt storage version will now get the 64GB version, and those that had ordered the 64GB version will get the 128GB version. Those who ordered the 128GB version will get the smartphone's limited edition model.

The Turing phone comes with a 5.5-inch full-HD display with 1080×1920 pixel resolution. It is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 SoC paired with 3GB of RAM. It is equipped with a 13MP rear camera with dual-LED flash, while there is an 8MP front-facing camera also on board.

It includes  4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 LE; NFC; GPS/ Glonass under connectivity options. It is juiced by a non-removable 3000mAh battery. Sensors include fingerprint, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, proximity, ambient light, temperature, and humidity.

Turing Robotic Industries (TRI) was named after Alan Turing, a 20th century mathematician who contributed to the fields of cryptography and artificial intelligence. Turing Robotic Industries is based in San Francisco, California and Shenzhen, China.

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