http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/0...ictures-leaked-looks-like-a-sweet-flip-phone/
I know, it sounds like a product designed 5 years ago, but apparently it's a real phone. The specifications aren't particularly impressive - and the form-factor isn't exactly a fresh innovation - but dual screens on any smartphone is an interesting concept. It's almost like the Microsoft Courier (man, I wish that were actually made) of smartphones in that regard. I would assume that this is priced to compete against other low-end smartphones, where flip phones have been sitting at for a few years now.
Does this interest anyone? I think one advantage it could have over modern conventional smartphone design is durability in folded mode. I remember my old Motorola RAZR - the original one - being practically indestructible.
This has to be a niche product and not for the mainstream Note/Galaxy markets, but it's actually good to see companies still working on alternative, kind of out-there or retro (relatively speaking) designs.
Here's a similar phone, the W2013, made by Samsung last year (yes, that is Jackie Chan sporting it):
I know, it sounds like a product designed 5 years ago, but apparently it's a real phone. The specifications aren't particularly impressive - and the form-factor isn't exactly a fresh innovation - but dual screens on any smartphone is an interesting concept. It's almost like the Microsoft Courier (man, I wish that were actually made) of smartphones in that regard. I would assume that this is priced to compete against other low-end smartphones, where flip phones have been sitting at for a few years now.
Does this interest anyone? I think one advantage it could have over modern conventional smartphone design is durability in folded mode. I remember my old Motorola RAZR - the original one - being practically indestructible.
This has to be a niche product and not for the mainstream Note/Galaxy markets, but it's actually good to see companies still working on alternative, kind of out-there or retro (relatively speaking) designs.
Here's a similar phone, the W2013, made by Samsung last year (yes, that is Jackie Chan sporting it):
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