Samsung W2018 flip phone announced in China with a f/1.5 primary camera at a price of CNY 15,999

Samsung’s **W2018** flip phone which was **recently cleared** by the FCC has now been officially announced by the South Korean electronics company. The W2018 was launched at an event in Xiamen, China, marking the 10th Anniversary of the W Series. [caption id=“attachment_4239451” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Samsung W2018. Image: GSMArena[/caption] The launch of Samsung’s W2018 also marked the 25th anniversary of **Samsung** in the Chinese market. According to a report by GSMArena, the W2018 comes with two 4.2-inch Full-HD AMOLED displays and is expected to be a premium offering by Samsung. The smartphone also comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset along with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. A 256GB storage variant is also available. The W2018 comes with a primary camera which includes a 12MP primary sensor with large 1.4-micron pixels, which the company claims to be the widest aperture on a smartphone camera at f/1.5. The primary camera lens also gets optical image stabilisation and is capable of recording 4K video content at 30fps. The front camera on the W2018 has a resolution of 5 MP, fitted with a f/1.9 lens. [caption id=“attachment_4239449” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The Samsung W2018 comes with two 4.2-inch
Full-HD displays. Image: GSMArena[/caption] The Samsung W2018 receives a 2,300 mAh battery and a USB type-C port for charging and data transfer duties. It also receives a dual-SIM card slot capable of dual-standby. The smartphone which is only available in China runs Android Nougat 7.1.1 and comes without Google services, similar to a number of China-centric smartphones. The flip phone also comes with Samsung’s AI-assistant Bixby with added support for the Chinese language. The W2018 has been priced at a whopping CNY 15,999 (approximately Rs. 1,56,000) for the base variant offered in black. Limited editions of the smartphone are also available in gold and silver.