Samsung kills headphone jack in costly new dual-screen flip phone

Samsung is on a roll these days with announcing new products, the latest being a new variant of its flip phone with a dual screen, dual rear cameras and no headphone jack for a hefty price tag.

Days after unveiling its prototype foldable phone, tech giant Samsung has announced the successor of its last year’s W2018 flip phone, the W2019, at a launch event held in China.

According to Sam Mobile, the phone comes in with enhanced features as compared to its predecessor. W2019 comes in with dual 4.2-inch internal and external screens, with both them able to support Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

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The phone comes in improved Snapdragon 845 chipset. The phone features 6GB RAM with expandable storage choices of 128GB or 256GB. W2019 comes in with a huge 3,070mAh battery life and side-mounted fingerprint sensor.

The phone features dual 12MP + 12MP rear cameras with numerous features including 2x optical zoom, 4K video shooting, dual-tone LED flash, and Full HD slow-mo video recording. The front camera is an 8MP sensor. W2019 has pre-installed Android 8.1 Oreo, dual-SIM support, and dedicated button of accessing Bixby AI assistant. However, one thing the phone lacks is the headphone jack.

Though Samsung offers exclusive premium services for its W-series phones, it also sells them for a heavy price. Samsung’s W2019 is priced at whopping $2,732 (18,999 Yuan) for the 6GB/128GB variant and will be available in two colors: Rose Gold and Platinum. The phone, however, won’t come to markets other than China or South Korea, reported Gizmo China.