Samsung ready to unveil W2019 luxury clamshell

Clamshells were quite the fashion statement back in the early 2000s. Nowadays, however, these models are practically extinct, since physical keypads are almost completely gone (except if you are into Blackberry’s QWERTY models). Samsung is one of the few phonemakers that kept the clamshells in their portfolio, but these are limited to the Chinese market, and they actually are more of a luxury device. This year’s model - the W2019 – is almost ready to be unveiled, as it already got a TENAA certification, plus there now are a bunch of leaked closeup pics all over the Weibo forum.

The latest closeups of the Snapdragon-845-powered handset reveal a bronze-like metallic casing and it looks like the overall thickness has increased. Display-wise, the W2019 model will feature two 4.2-inch AMOLED touchscreens (an external + an internal one), with the selfie cam positioned on the upper side of the interior display. There is a dual-cam setup on the back and the leaks also mention a 3,000 mAh battery. As far as connectors are concerned, there is a USB-C port, but the 3.5 mm audio jack is nowhere to be seen. Rumors say that this may be the first model to ditch the audio connector in favor of wireless headphone support.

Samsung is expected to officially announce the W2019 model in a few weeks, and availability will be limited to China, as always. If previous model prices are any indication, the new model should cost north of US$2,500.

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