Samsung is making an Android Galaxy phone with a retro clamshell look, the throwback design that breaks so easily but apparently just won't die. July 17, 2013 6:34 AM PDT (Credit: GSMArena) Coming soon: a phone running Google's Android system that resembles the phone you had before Google even existed. Samsung is going really retro with a new phone for the Galaxy family. According to a choppy translation of Korean language publication Digital Daily, Samsung's "Galaxy folder" is set for August release in Korea as a low-end model running Google's Android operating system with LTE support. It's said to have a small touchscreen as well as a physical keypad. Related stories iPhone 6 and Samsung: Not much in common Some Samsung phones could skip to Android 4.3 Samsung snags almost half of Android traffic in U.S., Canada HTC One Max, with 5.9-inch display, to launch in September -- report Apple reportedly signs Samsung for next-gen iPhone chips Leaked photos show the clamshell design everyone remembers fondly for taking four and a half minutes to punch out a text. Why? Nostalgia phone for hipsters, probably not. Perhaps the design, with a smaller screen, is cheaper and could make for a inexpensive entry phone in emerging markets outside Korea too. Perhaps the Jitterbug senior handset is proving to be a secret runaway success that Samsung simply can't ignore. We'll know if we start seeing seeing Samsung Folder ads next to those for Lipitor in Smithsonian Magazine. Samsung, the biggest phone maker in the world, has been taking a different path than top rival Apple with its designs, creating multiple phones for many niches while its Cupertino competition keeps homing in on phones that appeal to the broadest swath possible. Next up? Via GSMArena and Gotta Be Mobile.
Samsung is making an Android Galaxy phone with a retro clamshell look, the throwback design that breaks so easily but apparently just won't die.
Coming soon: a phone running Google's Android system that resembles the phone you had before Google even existed.
Samsung is going really retro with a new phone for the Galaxy family. According to a choppy translation of Korean language publication Digital Daily, Samsung's "Galaxy folder" is set for August release in Korea as a low-end model running Google's Android operating system with LTE support. It's said to have a small touchscreen as well as a physical keypad.
Related stories
- iPhone 6 and Samsung: Not much in common
- Some Samsung phones could skip to Android 4.3
- Samsung snags almost half of Android traffic in U.S., Canada
- HTC One Max, with 5.9-inch display, to launch in September -- report
- Apple reportedly signs Samsung for next-gen iPhone chips
Leaked photos show the clamshell design everyone remembers fondly for taking four and a half minutes to punch out a text.
Why? Nostalgia phone for hipsters, probably not. Perhaps the design, with a smaller screen, is cheaper and could make for a inexpensive entry phone in emerging markets outside Korea too. Perhaps the Jitterbug senior handset is proving to be a secret runaway success that Samsung simply can't ignore.
We'll know if we start seeing seeing Samsung Folder ads next to those for Lipitor in Smithsonian Magazine.
Samsung, the biggest phone maker in the world, has been taking a different path than top rival Apple with its designs, creating multiple phones for many niches while its Cupertino competition keeps homing in on phones that appeal to the broadest swath possible.
Next up?
Via GSMArena and Gotta Be Mobile.
