Click to Skip Ad
Closing in...

Mio makes Explora K70 official; look out Garmin

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 6:15PM EST
BGR

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs.

Oooooh Garmin. Your nuviphone should have been released eons ago and now you’re staring down the barrel of what looks to be some pretty steep and exciting competition in the Mio Explora K70. Mio made it known late last year that the company was cooking up a mobile handset and it appears as though the Taiwanese GPS company’s entrance into the mobile game will indeed be a sexy one. Specs, Jeeves:

  • Windows Mobile Professional 6.1
  • Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
  • Tri band HSDPA / HSUPA connectivity (850/1900/2100 MHz)
  • 3.5 inch TFT 240 x 400 touchscreen display
  • Qualcomm MSM7201A 528MHz processor
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0
  • 3 megapixel camera, autofocus, geotagging support
  • 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM
  • MicroSDHC support
  • Accelerometer
  • GPS usage time: up to 4 hours
  • Talk time: up to 4.5 hours
  • Stand-by time: up to 200 hours
  • 115 x 61.5 x 11.9 mm, 115 grams

No release timing or pricing has been announced thus far but don’t expect Mio to sit on this one anywhere near as long as Garmin has with its nuviphone. Hit the jump for another product shot.

Read

Zach Epstein
Zach Epstein Executive Editor

Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 10 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content. Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment.

His work has been quoted by countless top news organizations, and he was recently named one of the world's top 10 “power mobile influencers” by Forbes. Prior to BGR, Zach worked as an executive in marketing and business development with two private telcos.