Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Samsung’s Android running flip phone goes live on its website for China

After several reports about Samsung working on bringing back the clamshell design on its smartphones with a new flip-phone rumored as Galaxy Folder at some place and Hennessy at some, Samsung has finally unveiled the phone on its website for China. The phone, as rumored, features dual-touchscreen interface and a keyboard as well.

In terms of features, the Samsung SCH-W789XDACTC smartphone comes with a 3.3-inch touchscreen with 320 x 480 (HVGA) which can be flipped open to reveal an internal 3.3-inch touchscreen on one side and a keypad on another.

It runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is powered by a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz. It is a dual-SIM phone which comes with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS connectivity options as well. Besides these, it comes with 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage expandable up to 32GB using microSD, and a 5-megapixel camera. Weighing in at 208grams, the phone houses a 1,500mAh battery.

Earlier today, Sammy Hub had got its hands on some press renders of the phone, which later went live on Samsung’s website.