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Samsung SCH-W2014: ridiculously expensive clamshell

Samsung SCH-W2014
Samsung SCH-W2014 photo: PCpop

It seems that the Chinese love phones in the form of a clamsfell. How else to explain the fact of the introduction by Samsung on the Chinese market next model with this structure? In addition, the model is very similar to some presented a bit earlier...

The novelty is called W2014, which is to suggest that it is a model for the coming year. On the visual side it is almost no different from W2013 or Galaxy Golden. It is quite elegant, and the flap structure allowed to put there two twin AMOLED displays with a diagonal of 3.7 inches and a resolution of 800x480 pixels. The screens aren't great, have a density of 252 ppi, but the rest of the specification indicates that this is a higher-end model. Samsung SCH-W2014 has a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor supported by 2 GB of RAM. This is the first application of this unit in a clamshell phone. The smartphone also has a 13-megapixel camera and a 2-megapixel front webcam, has a 32 GB of built-in memory and the option of microSD card expansion. The smartphone is controlled by Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, and the current draw fromhas the battery with a capacity of 1900 mAh. W2014 supports two SIM cards and can work on GSM 900/1800/1900 and CDMA 800/1900.

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Samsung SCH-W2014
Samsung SCH-W2014
photo: PCpop

All together looks pretty decent, but not enough to justify the high price of the device. It amounts to about 10,000 yuan, after the conversion it is more than $ 1,600. The high price may be considered a token of love from the Chinese to the clamshell smartphones. Nothing else justifies the price…

Source Engadget

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