Real pics of Samsung's clamshell Android with 16 MP camera emerge, flippin' awesome
posted by Daniel P.
/ Sep 01, 2015, 1:55 AM
Flips are still the rage in Japan and some other Asian countries, and we are certain there are quite a few nostalgically-driven fans who remember the convenience of a flip handset. Well, Samsung decided to cater exactly to that crowd when it unveiled the SM-G9198, but with a modern day Android twist.
Samsung's flip Android comes with two 3.9-inch Super AMOLED panels with 768 by 1280 pixels of resolution, both of them protected by layers of Corning's Gorilla Glass 4, which is the same ultra-resistant glass that you're going to find on high-end Samsung handsets such as the Galaxy Note5 or the Galaxy S6. The handset draws its processing power from the hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 chipset, a SoC that's paired with 2 GB of RAM.
Couple those with a 16 MP rear camera, a 5MP secondary shooter, 16 GB of expandable internal storage, LTE connectivity, and a 2020mAh battery, and this is easily the most powerful flip phone ever done. On the software side, the Samsung SM-G9198 flip phone runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, of course. You'll probably only be able to import that puppy, rather than buy it on a US carrier, but in the meantime you can feast your eyes on real life pictures of the handset that just emerged.
15 Comments
1. kent-gaga
Posts: 609; Member since: Apr 10, 2012
funny how a website called "xiaomitoday" posted pictures of a Samsung device
posted on Sep 01, 2015, 2:00 AM 2
7. mixedfish
Posts: 1542; Member since: Nov 17, 2013
I would import one, but the price is a rip off.
posted on Sep 01, 2015, 4:02 AM 0
12. ibend
Posts: 6747; Member since: Sep 30, 2014
price+import tax+other tax and it become more expensive than S6..
wish they make something similar to this with lower spec and keep screen and the battery, since i dont need that much processing power for secondary phone
posted on Sep 01, 2015, 7:34 AM 0
2. engineer-1701d unregistered
love it but i miss moto/nextel phones nextel was truly the best in the world went with fiance to brazil to see her family and nextel worked in airport of brazil to AMERICA like normal no delay just chirp you there, chirp yeah whats up
posted on Sep 01, 2015, 2:01 AM 0
3. arch_angel
Posts: 1651; Member since: Feb 20, 2015
Very Nice Blast From Past.
posted on Sep 01, 2015, 2:21 AM 0
5. Sidewinder
Posts: 515; Member since: Jan 15, 2015
If it had a swivel display or an outer touchscreen display then this would have added more function.
posted on Sep 01, 2015, 3:16 AM 0
8. barcas
Posts: 58; Member since: Sep 01, 2014
In pic you can see the front screen which according to the article must be the 2nd amoled screen, I dare say it is a usable screen
posted on Sep 01, 2015, 5:28 AM 0
