Samsung's next flagship flip phone leaks in images, gets Bluetooth certified

Final updated: October twelfth, 2018 at 12:37 UTC+01:00

Samsung is making another flip phone this year, because why not? The flip phone gene has all simply gone extinct, but Samsung has been finding enough takers in Prc and Due south Korea in contempo years to be making high-end flip phones every 12 months. In fact, the last such phone from the Korean behemothic was its first to take a dual-aperture camera that later arrived on the Galaxy S9. And the next telephone in the series, the SM-W2019, has just been leaked in the mankind past TENAA, China'southward primary certification bureau. It has likewise received Bluetooth certification under the codename 'Lykan', post-obit a Wi-Fi certification earlier this week.

Samsung SM-W2019 nears an official launch

Samsung SM-W2019

The design of the SM-W2019 shouldn't come equally a surprise. It'south got two displays, a traditional keypad and navigation buttons, and even a defended Bixby key. The SM-W2019 specs are expected to include the Snapdragon 845 and, as the pictures evidence, a dual rear camera. In improver to a dual aperture lens, it should have features such as AR Emoji and the Scene Optimizer and Flaw Detection features that debuted on the Galaxy Note 9. The screens will probably exist AMOLED panels of Full Hd resolution. Equally the Wi-Fi certification had revealed, it volition run Android eight.1 Oreo, and a Android nine.0 Pie update should arrive in a few months.

The Samsung W2018 was launched in December last year, so we tin expect a similar launch time frame for the Samsung SM-W2019. It may arrive earlier also considering information technology has received many of the necessary certifications, but nothing is confirmed for now. Of course, you can residual bodacious it won't be bachelor in nearly markets around the world. That'south just how it is for exotic items such as Samsung's clamshell flagship phones.

Samsung SM-W2019