Samsung is one of those brands which is still interested in making flip phones running Android. In China, they launched the Leadership 8 device which comes with physical buttons coupled with 4.2 inch display. Last year, Samsung introduced the W2017 flip phone which had some flagship grade specs and same is the case with Leadership 8.
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| Samsung Leadership 8 flip phone |
Specifications:
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| Interior display with keypad |
- Dual 4.2 inch 1080p super AMOLED display (1080 × 1920)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 SOC with adreno 530 GPU (2 × 2.15gHz + 2× 1.6gHz Kryo 260 based cores)
- 4GB RAM and 64GB expandable storage upto 256GB via sdcard
- 12MP dual pixel camera with f/1.7 aperture lens capable of 4K video recording at 30FPS
- 5MP front camera with f/1.9 aperture lens
- 2300mAh battery with support for wireless charging
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and 2.4 gHz, 5gHz band support
- Bluetooth 4.1, GPS , GLONASS, beidou, Galileo , NFC
- Micro USB 2.0
- Sensors: Accelerometer, barometric pressure sensor, gyroscope, geomagnetic sensor, Hall sensor, heart rate sensor, light sensor, close sensor
- 15.9 mm thick and weighs 235g
- Hybrid SIM slot, Heart rate sensor and rear mounted fingerprint sensor
The flip phone from Samsung dubbed as leadership 8 or flagship 8 (as source is from China hence, actual name is in Chinese) comes with 2 displays i.e one on the exterior and the other interior. The exterior display is the one when the phone is in compact mode and the latter is when in the upright position.
When the device is in compact mode it can be used in the regular manner with its 4.2 inch exterior display.
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| Always ON display to show time, date and other notifications |
The device is made from aluminium alloy and comes with 3D glass. It will be available in Black colour and will retail through China Mobile. The details related to pricing and availability will be available soon.
