Tech giants Samsung has officially unveiled its latest clamshell smartphone, the W2019 with all top-end specifications, including a couple of Super AMOLED display panels and a Snapdragon 845 SoC. This new smartphone comes as a successor to the W2018 flip phone. It comes in two different variants that include a Gold Extreme Edition and Platinum Golden Collector’s Edition and both have similar specifications but has a colour difference with one in Gold colour option and another has a Silver paint job. The W2019 Android flip phone also includes a Bixby voice assistant integration as well as gives access to the exclusive service that can be accessed with a press-and-hold gesture on the “8” key. However, the price and availability details of this latest smartphone are yet to be announced.
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In terms of built, it is similar to the previous W-series Android flip phones, the Samsung W2019 is designed with premium materials, including anodised, diamond-cut aluminium and glass. The phone also has a brushed finish and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. Additionally, there is a compact physical T9 keypad to enable one-handed control. Customers can also avail screen and battery replacement by using the exclusive service.
Let us take a look at the specifications of this latest smartphone by Samsung:
The Samsung W2019 sports two 4.2-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) Super AMOLED displays. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM. The company packs a 128GB of internal storage, which can be further expandable up to 512GB via microSD card. This dual-SIM (Nano) support device runs Android 8.1 Oreo with a proprietary skin on top.
Coming to the camera department, this phone features a dual rear camera that is identical to the Galaxy S9+. This dual camera setup includes a 12-megapixel primary sensor and a 12-megapixel secondary sensor along with a telephoto lens to enable 2x optical zoom. Up front, it features an 8-megapixel sensor for selfies.
In terms of connectivity options, this new handset includes 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v4.2, ANT+, NFC, and USB Type-C. Onboard sensors include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometric pressure sensor, fingerprint sensor, geomagnetic sensor, gyroscope, hall sensor, iris sensor, and a proximity sensor. The Samsung W2019 is fuelled by a 3,070mAh battery that is claimed to deliver up to 280 hours of standby time on a single charge.
