While tech geeks and smartphone forums are busy these days discussing about newly-launched fancy smartphones (like the Galaxy Note 5), Samsung outed another device that is really worth a look at: a new Samsung flip smartphone that runs Android and Snapdragon 808.

The device was announced a month earlier on TEENA, but made official yesterday, August 14 with the name Samsung G9198.

G9198: new Samsung flip smartphone to set a new trend?

Well, if you have been following Samsung’s movements lately, we bet you will be asking by now: Why Snapdragon. Since the Korean company have always tended to be more attached to their own Exynos chips on recent devices, this Snapdragon-based Samsung flip smartphone may makes many curious.

Let’s dig a bit more into details of the newly released Samsung flip smartphone – G9198 to see what is being introduced this time.

In the past, flip phones used to be very popular. However, they carried only simple specs and targeted to make phone calls and text messages only. The story is definitely different nowadays.

Samsung flip smartphone G9198 specs

Samsung G9198 flip smartphone features a handy 3.9” display with Super AMOLED with a resolution of 1280 x 768. The device is powered by 2GB of RAM (yes, even more than an iPhone) with 16GB storage and microSD card slot.

Samsung G9198 flip smartphone cameras are good too, as if it is the signature Samsung want to keep for their future devices: 16MP rear camera and a decent 5 or 6MP front snapper. There is also a 2020 mAH battery housed in the device, which reportedly can last to 189 hours on standby mode.

Samsung flip smartphone vs LG flip smartphone

Yes, we know that many of our PricePony readers are true tech geeks and Android fans. Are you also thinking of the LG flip phone that came out in late July? Well, just a quick comparison and we can already see how outstanding the Samsung flip smartphone is from the LG’s one.

Samsung flip phone vs LG flip phone:

2GB RAM vs 1GB RAM

2020 mAH vs 1700 mAH

16MP cam vs 3MP cam

Snapdragon 808 vs Snapdragon 210

One more note for you, The G9198 model number was previously rumored as the Galaxy S6 mini. So if you are still searching about Galaxy S6 Mini, here it is in front of you.

Samsung flip smartphone G9198: price, release and availability

Please keep in mind that all the specs we know for now, although reliable, is not finalized yet. Samsung may still have small changes for their flip phone until the official launch date. For now, Samsung flip smartphone G9198 price is not revealed yet. And the device is targeted for the Chinese market only. We will see if this comes to international markets one day. Excited to see Samsung flip smartphone G9198 Philippines soon, anyone?