Samsung W2019 Flip Phone officially announced and it does not have a headphone jack

The Samsung W2019 flip phone has been officially announced in China. The device is the successor to the W2018 flip phone. 

The Samsung W2019 is equipped with 2 screens. You may wonder where the secondary screen is, well, it is under the main display.  

The phone has a hinge mechanism which is placed under the primary screen, and opens like an old-school flip phone. And the Samsung W2019 has a traditional T9 keyboard to go with the 2nd display. Both the screens on the phone are 4.2-inch SAMOLED Full HD displays, and are placed in a back-to-back style. 

Despite its 17.3mm thickness and its weight of 257g, the Samsung W2019 is a flagship phone in the sense that it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor with 6GB of RAM. The device runs on Android 8.1 Oreo, and has Samsung’s Bixby assistant integrated in the OS. 

The phone has 128GB/256GB of storage, and supports up to 512GB of expandable memory via the hybrid dual SIM card tray. 

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The selfie lens on the Samsung W2019 is an 8MP front camera, while the dual main cameras on the back panel consist of a 12MP lens with f/1.5 and f/2.4 variable aperture that supports Optical Image Stabilization, and another 12MP telephoto lens with an f/2.4 aperture which supports 2x optical zoom. 

The Samsung W2019 has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. The device is backed by a 3,070 mAh battery, that charges over a USB Type-C port. 

The Samsung W2019 does not have a headphone jack, and is the first flagship level device from the South Korean electronics giant, to ditch the 3.5mm audio jack. This does raise the unavoidable question: Will the Galaxy S10 have a headphone jack? All we know so far, is that the upcoming flagship will run on Samsung’s new OneUI.

The Samsung W2019 will be available in 2 colours: Rose Gold and Platinum. The pricing of the phone has not been announced yet.