Remember the YotaPhone, the Russian smartphone with an electronic paper display (EPD) grafted on the back? You might think it was mere vapourware, but that's not the case-- the device is making it to European markets from December 2013.

The device remains fairly unchanged from when we first saw it back at CES 2013. It still features a 4.3-inch 1280x720 LCD display on the front and a same-size 640x360 EPD on the back, providing what Yota calls an "always-on, low-power display."

Users can use the EPD to check a variety of notifications, as well as read eBooks or save anything from the main screen (such as a map) for display in static, zero-power fashion.

Further specs include a dual-core 1.7GHz, 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage and 1800mAh battery. Perhaps predicably the OS of choice is Android.

Customers in Russia, Austria, France, Spain and Germany can get a YotaPhone now, and a total of 20 European and M. Eastern markets will get the device by Q1 2014.

Go YotaPhone