Samsung’s W2020 folding flip phone with flexible screen has just been WiFi certified

Earlier this week, we reported the sighting of an advertisement for the Galaxy W20 5G at an exhibition in China.  Now, the device has received certification from the WiFi Alliance.

The Samsung W2020 is a continuation of Samsung’s W2016, W2017 and W2018 range of flip smartphones, but with the integration of the Samsung Galaxy Fold’s folding screen.  This makes the device the company’s second foldable; but this particular design’s interesting in that you can fold it both inwards and outwards by varying amounts.  This lets you check notifications or the time quickly.

The WiFi certification reveals that SM-W2020 supports WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual-band.  While there’s no mention of 5G in the certification, a poster at an exhibition in China does indicate that there will at least be a 5G model available.

The SM-W2020 is also confirmed to include a Snapdragon 855 chipset under its hood, and 8GB RAM and a minimum of 512GB of internal storage.  It’s also predicted that the phone will use UFS 3.0 storage.

The phone will Samsung’s One UI on top of Android Pie.  In terms of battery life, you can expect the same 3070mAh battery as the W2018 predecessor.

Other features include a punch-hole selfie camera, a dual-camera setup on the back and Ultra-Thin Glass on the inner display.

The release of the SM-W2020 likely to be at the end of this year; and like the company’s other niche devices, its sale likely to be confined to its home in Korea, as well as China.

Source: mysmartprice