With all the competition in the smartphone world, Samsung has been introducing some good technologies in the market. This time around Samsung tried to capture the imaginations of its not so old but vintage flip phone lovers.
Vintage might not be the proper term but since the sunset of Motorola razor, we haven’t seen many flip phones in the market. Samsung unveiled a new expensive flip phone, the Samsung W2018, during a launch event in China which was first reported by GizmoChina.
Many of the W2018’s specs are identical to the S8 and Note 8, with one exception of its camera lens and aperture. The W2018 is the latest addition to Samsung’s W line, which gets updated with a new flip phone every year.
W2018 Features
It’s also the 10th anniversary of the W series, which has been entertaining high end customers of samsung luxury. They are priced higher than typical Samsung global flagships, like the S8 and Note 8.
With an aperture of f/1.5, Samsung claims that the W2018’s 12-megapixel rear camera can capture sharp images in less light than the cameras on rival phones can.
It also has a 5-megapixel front camera. Through software, the camera can sense when there’s enough light to switch to f/2.4 and capture more of the background in photos.
The W2018 has a 4.2-inch full HD AMOLED front display, and a 4.2-inch full HD inner display. For typing and input it has a directional pad and a number keypad.
There’s a fingerprint scanner beside the rear camera, like other Samsung models, and a Bixby button for voice assistance. It comes in gold and platinum in a metal-and-glass body protected by Gorilla Glass.
It’s equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor with 6GB of RAM and 64GB or 256GB storage options. A 2,300mAh battery powers it all.
No wonder it is called a Luxury phone with the purchase of this phone samsung offers some additional perks for luxury lovers, Samsung says that W2018 buyers also get perks like concierge help at airports and subways, free software tech support, and a hotline just for VIPs.
The phone will get released in China first and the price is yet to be announced, but we can guess it might be even higher than the W2017’s price tag of $3,000.