Samsung
is suddenly an innovator, it would seem. Well Samsung has decided to launch yet
a third flip phone smartphone called the SM-W2014 which
is as yet named but features a Quad-Core Snapdragon 800 Processor as stated in
the article “New
Samsung Android flip phone bubbles up with quad-core CPU”, published
October 9, 2013 10:29 AM PDT by Scott Webster, CNET News.
It’s
said to be packing the following specs, based on the Tenaa
listing page that written in Korean, for those who love reading foreign
languages using Google Translate:
1.
Processor: Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon
800
2.
Rear camera: 13-megapixel
3.
Memory: 2GB RAM
4.
Display: 2 3.67-inch 800x48- pixel
displays similar to the Samsung Galaxy golden and the Samsung Galaxy Hennessy
Remember the article I’d done on the Samsung Galaxy Folder in my blog article entitled “Samsung to launch the Samsung Galaxy Folder phone in Q4 of 2013 - Android improvement of the Feature phone is the R.I.P.D. resurrected Feature Smartphone”?
Well
Samsung brought that feature smartphone with the flip phone action to life on
Wednesday August 21st 2013 and it was eventually rebranded the
Samsung Galaxy Golden as stated in the article “Behold,
the Samsung Galaxy Golden Android flip phone”, published August 21, 2013
10:36 AM PDT by Scott Webster, CNET News.
Unfortunately it’s not for Americans or anyone in the West; it’s strictly a South
Korean Affair selling for some 790,000 won ($700 US).
There seems to be a need for a Feature Phone form factor with all the Smartphone Features and stylings and a bit simpler to use – and yes – good ole’ alphanumeric key. The alleged specs of the Samsung Galaxy Folder picked up by GSMArena “Samsung Galaxy Folder leaks, puzzles everyone”, published 16 July, 2013, GSMArena are now confirmed:
1. OS:
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
2. Processor:
Dual-core 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
3. Screen:
2 800 x 480 pixels resolution 3.7-inch Super AMOLED touch screens mounted
back-to-back.
4. Rear
Facing Camera: 8-megapixel Camera
5. Wireless
Internet: 4G LTE
6. Main
Features:
a. Alphanumeric
keyboard
b. Pedometer
c. FM
Radio
d. Samsung's
S Health
The
Samsung Galaxy Golden is the same flip Phone with Dual Screen that runs Google
Android called the Samsung Galaxy Folder as stated in “Samsung
at work on dual-screen 'Galaxy Folder' – report” published August 1, 2013
7:05 AM PDT by Don Reisinger, CNET News and
“Samsung
going old school? Report says it's making a flip Phone”, published July 19,
2013, 1:18 p.m. By Salvador Rodriguez, The Los
Angeles Times. It’s a little late, as it’s come out long after the alledged
launch date of Saturday August 3rd 2013 as stated in “Samsung
Galaxy Folder leaks again, named Galaxy Golden”, published 03 August, 2013,
GSMArena.
On
Wednesday August 14th 2013, Samsung had OFFICIALLY launched the
Dual-SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) 3.3” Dual-Screen Flip phone
called…wait for it….wait for it….the Samsung Hennessy SCH W789 as stated in “Samsung
Hennessy clamshell Android Smartphone now official”, published 14 August,
2013, GSMArena and “Samsung
announces the Hennessy, a dual-screen, quad-core Android flip phone”,
published Wednesday August 14 2013 by Alex Colon, GigaOM.
Then Samsung, apparently drunk from Hennessey and possibly listening too little too much Bounti Killa, launched yet another flip phone smartphone as described in my blog article entitled “Samsung launches the Dual-SIM 3.3” Dual-Screen Samsung Hennessy SCH W789 in China - The Samsung Galaxy Folder’s is Bounti Killa’s It’s a Party who sips on Hennessy”.
The
specs for the Bounti Killa inspired Samsung Hennessy SCH W789 as described in
my Geezam blog article entitled “Samsung
Hennessy is official: a dual-screen flip-phone with a quad-core CPU Mobile”, published Aug 14th, 2013 at 2:20
AM By Alexis Santos, Engadget which
actually exists and is being sold in the Chinese and South Korean market as we
speak are a little closer to home:
1. OS: Google Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean
2. Processor: 1.2GHz quad-core CPU
3. Screen:
3.3”, Capacitive Touch Screen on outside and inside
4. Memory: 1GB
5. External
Storage: MicroSD slot
6. Dimensions: 110.85 x 59.3 x 18.62mm
7. Weight: 208g
8. Camera: 5-megapixel rear camera
9. Battery: 1,500mAh battery
10. Network: CDMA and GSM (World phone)
11. SIM: 2 SIM slots (Full Dual-SIM Support with live
call switching)
Personally
I’m praying for the following to sweeten the deal, as these smartphones are as
large as WiMaX modems:
1. Wi-Fi
Tethering
2. Sapphire
Screen
3. US$99
price with 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) Data Plan
Samsung,
why so mean? Why launching only in China and South Korea? Westerners wanna be
Guinea pigs too!
Samsung going retro
with Flip phones – Bigger and Retro suddenly back in Style
Holy
Smokes Batman [play the 1960’s Batman Theme song in the background!]. Now with
this new smartphone, Samsung has now a total of three (3) Feature phone
smartphones. But why?
But
why is the Samsung Flip Phone, especially as it appears to be a retro rehash
that doesn’t jive with the trend towards large screen Smartphones as opined in “Looking
for a state-of-the-art Android flip Phone? Of course you aren’t!”,
published July 17, 2013 by Andy Boxall, DigitalTrends?
The
answer is simple that there’s a trending towards not only a more retro design simpler
phones ones that have advanced Features in a smartphone form factor. Like
Duh-uh, the best way to capture the Milennial (ages 28-45) who may still find
the smartphones daunting as they don’t look like traditional phones!
So
you can’t “seh me neva did a warn you” as Samsung appear to be bringing sass,
style and yes, sexy back, with the introduction of what appears to be a new
category of feature Smartphone being Guinea Pig tested in the Far East!
7”
Tablets have laid their mark on the upper bounds of Smartphone territory as
noted in my Geezam blog article entitled “The
Two Towers of Tablets, 7” Amazon Kindle Fire and 7.9” Apple iPad are the Global
Tablet size of Choice”. Samsung has already staked claim to the 6”
territory with a new set of devices, the so-called phablets, a very large and
obnoxious cross between a Tablet and a Smartphone.
The
first of which was the 5” Samsung Galaxy Note as stated in “Samsung
Galaxy Note 2 review: The ultimate anti-iPhone”, published April 2013, CNET News which made its debut in 2011. Then
the ginormous 6.3” Samsung Galaxy Mega landing with a might thud in April 2013 as
described in “Samsung
Galaxy Mega 6.3-inch phablet, hands-on”, published April 18, 2013 12:55 GMT
(05:55 PDT) By Ben Woods, ZDNet.
These
Phones satisfy those people with large hands and obviously even larger pockets
of spaces in their bags to carry the device. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 launch
in the Third Quarter of 2013 confirms this trend as explained in my blog article
entitled “Samsung
Galaxy Note III is an excellent alternative to the Apple iPhone - Phablet
competition from the HTC One Max and the Sony Xperia Z Ultra signals long
lasting trend”.
Samsung Galaxy Trifecta
of Flip Phones – Look like a dapper Chinese Drug Kinpin
Based
on its size, dimensions and weight, it’s a little brackish and on the hefty
side…making it a perfect retro clamshell throwback to the glory days of flip
phones but with Smartphones stylings. Many have harsh words to say about
Samsung’s blast from the past, but I for one welcome this chuck-worthy feature Smartphone
mashup!
No
matter, this trifecta of Flip phone smartphones (that’s what I’m calling it!)
dovetails perfectly into Samsung’s multi-Phone strategy of making many
different models to cater to different types of customer. This Phone would be
more for customers wishing to go Android but more comfortable with a traditional
smaller Flip Phone form factor.
This
may mainly appeal to my generation, that being Generation X (Ages 29 to 45) and
Baby Boomers (ages 46 and older) whose number are growing as they’re
increasingly living longer and thus becoming a market that wants to upgrade but
finds Smartphones a challenge to use.
Seriously
too, as albeit I write about tech, using the tech is another matter! Millennials
(ages 18 to 28), who usually have very short memories, may recall the clamshell
form factor Motorola Pebl and thus may also like the Samsung Hennessy SCH W789
flip phone Smartphone feature.
They
may, however, find need to rant about the weight and dimensions of this
clamshell form factor, which are a tad on the scale tipping side! But if you
wanna look like a dapper Don or Colombian Drug lord, then this big phone with
it modern slick trends perched on your hips should help to pull off the look!
It
may also be aimed at the Developing World, where 4G LTE is now beginning to
find root but upgrading to an expensive Smartphone may be out of the question.
For that market, Samsung and Intel have collaborated on Tizen OS, which Samsung
has in the wings as stated in my Geezam blog
article entitled “Samsung’s
Tizen OS launched to partake in Apple and Google’s App Economy”.
Having
a Feature Smartphone that’s Android would make it easier to transition people
from Feature Phones to Budget Tizen OS Smartphone and then eventually more
upmarket Tizen OS Smartphones, as the aim is indeed to replace Google Android
with Tizen OS as concluded by my Geezam blog
article entitled “Samsung
tweets launch date for Samsung Galaxy S4 Event even as they prep Tizen OS to
replace Android”.
Future horizons for
Feature phone smartphones – Wearable Technology Heralds
So
it’s simple then. Samsung Galaxy Golden, the Samsung Hennessy SCH W789 and now the
soon-to-be launched SM-W2014 is going for
the one-two combo punch of an Easy-to-use Feature Smartphone, creating a whole
new category of Phone just to woo Generation X (Ages 29 to 45) and Baby Boomers
(ages 46 and older) and Developing World peeps over to Tizen OS with Google
Android as bait.
But
why pree, says Samsung? The Samsung Hennessy SCH W789 is ALREADY out and about prowling
around in China, price still unknown as I can’t read Chinese Tech Blogs as my
Mandarin is a bit rusty. Thus, it’ll be a few months from now before we know if
it’s a success or not. By then Jamaican will be rocking this retro yet very
technology forward flip smartphone!
Hopefully
people will gravitate toward it in much the same way they mysteriously like the
face-hiding sun-blocking Samsung Galaxy Note, the Samsung Galaxy Mega and now
the Samsung Galaxy Note III as described in my blog article
entitled “Samsung
Galaxy Note III is an excellent alternative to the Apple iPhone - Phablet
competition from the HTC One Max and the Sony Xperia Z Ultra signals long
lasting trend”.
The
privileged few here in Jamaica may soon get to sip some Hennessy, Bounti Killa
“It’s a Party” Style!
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