ViraPhone

ViraPhone is a series of smartphones and mobile devices created and marketed by EKS.

History
EKS announced a new mobile phone called ViraPhone in 1996. It was first on sale on September 23, 1997 in El Kadsre.

Entry-level series

 * VPH-5000e (2005)
 * VPH-6000e (2007)
 * VPH-7000e (2008)
 * VPH-8000e (2009)
 * VPH-9000e (2010)
 * VHP-E120 (2011, ViraPhone E1)
 * VPH-E220 (2012, ViraPhone E2)
 * VPH-E320 (2013, ViraPhone E3)
 * VPH-E420 (2014, ViraPhone E4)
 * VPH-E520 (2015, ViraPhone E5)
 * VPH-E620 (2016, ViraPhone E6)
 * VPH-E720 (2017, ViraPhone E7)

Mid-range series

 * VPH-2000m (1999)
 * VPH-3000m (2001)
 * VPH-4000m (2003)
 * VPH-5000m (2004)
 * VPH-6000m (2006)
 * VPH-7000m (2007)
 * VPH-8000m (2008)
 * VPH-9000m (2009)
 * VPH-10000m (2010)
 * VHP-M140 (2011, ViraPhone M1)
 * VPH-M240 (2012, ViraPhone M2)
 * VPH-M340 (2013, ViraPhone M3)
 * VPH-M440 (2014, ViraPhone M4)
 * VPH-M540 (2015, ViraPhone M5)
 * VPH-M640 (2016, ViraPhone M6)
 * VPH-M740 (2017, ViraPhone M7)

Flagship series

 * VPH-1000 (1997)
 * VPH-2000 (1999) - first ViraPhone model with touchscreen.
 * VPH-3000 (2000)
 * VPH-4000 (2002) - first ViraPhone model with camera.
 * VPH-5000 (2004)
 * VPH-6000 (2005, ViraPhone Advanced)
 * VPH-7000 (2007, ViraPhone i) - first ViraPhone model with capacitive full touchscreen and full color display.
 * VPH-8000 (2008, ViraPhone i2) - first ViraPhone model with HD recording and front facing camera.
 * VPH-9000 (2009, ViraPhone i3)
 * VPH-10000 (2010, ViraPhone i4)
 * VPH-X180 (2011, ViraPhone X1)
 * VPH-X280 (2012, ViraPhone X2)
 * VPH-X380 (2013, ViraPhone X3) - first ViraPhone model with fingerprint-recognition.
 * VPH-X480 (2014, ViraPhone X4)
 * VPH-X580 (2015, ViraPhone X5)
 * VPH-X680 (2016, ViraPhone X6)
 * VPH-X780 (2017, ViraPhone X7) - current model.

Software
ViraPhone mostly runs ViraOS. The phone must be jailbroken or rooted to run Android, Ubuntu Touch, or Windows Phone OS on ViraPhone. PTSUG can be installed via TheoryHack. iOS will not run on ViraPhone due to the differences.