Samsung introduced the W2018 flip phone back in
December 2017 with a variable aperture that later made its way to the Galaxy S9
and the Galaxy S9+. This year, the phone, codenamed as Project Lykan, will have
a dual main camera setup and will keep the design with two screens and T9
keyboard.
The new phone, codenamed SM-W2019 looks like it has
a Bixby button on the left side of the upper flip panel, while the volume
rocker and power keys will occupy the right side. Looking at the images, the
dual camera looks similar to the Galaxy Note9 where one of the sensors has the
variable f/1.5-2.4 aperture, while the other is fixed at f/2.4 but comes with a
telephoto lens with 2x zoom.
Specs are yet to be issued by Samsung, but given the
phone will be China-only like all of the W-series smartphones, it will skip the
Exynos 9810 and will come with Qualcomm’s platform Snapdragon 845. It will also
have fancy Rose Gold design and we’re expecting the phone to reach a price tag
of around CNY 17,000 (US$ 2,500) since it is targeted at people who can
afford that amount of money.
