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Re: [M] Return of the Flip Phone

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On 2015-08-17, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 2015-08-09, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>> LG has launched a new model of flip phone, branded the "LG Gentle"[2].
>> Despite the 90s design, chunky physical buttons and 3MP camera, it
>> comes with numerous modern features and the budget handset can perform
>> many more tricks than flip phones from the 90s. The handset has a
>> 3.2-inch colour touch screen and runs Android Lollipop 5.1, a modern
>> 1.1GHz quad-core Snapdragon 2010 processor and 1GB of RAM, supports 4G
>> LTE, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS... The phone has launched in Korea, but
>> there is no news as to whether it will be rolled out elsewhere.
>>
>> Links: [1]: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2957635/
>> (link) [2]: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3180077/
>
>
> Samsung is going to get in on the action too, including a physical
> keyboard!
>
> Feed: The Next Web
> Title: Samsung goes old-school with its latest dual-screen flip-phone
> Author: Abhimanyu Ghoshal
> Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/xuPqoUSP7M8/
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 07:40:38 -0400
> Podcast Download URL:
> http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/08/Samsung-G9198-hed
> -2-520x245.jpg (type: image/jpeg)
>
> [image 1]
> If you looked at the image above and checked your calendar to see if
> we’ve gone back in time, you’re not alone. Samsung went full retro in
> developing its latest clamshell handset for the Chinese market, packing
> two screens into a compact Android device. The 4G-capable dual-SIM phone
> has a 3.9-inch 720p Super AMOLED screen on the front, and you’ll find an
> identical screen when you flip it open. There’s a full physical keypad
> for old-school users too.  Samsung G9198 features a 16-megapixel rear
> camera as well as a full physical keypad On the rear, you’ll find a
> 16-megapixel camera…
>
> This story continues[2] at The Next Web[image 4][3][image 6][5][image
> 8][7][image 9]

Cut to the chase and straight to the image; the rest is ads and
non-information.
http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/08/Samsung-G9198-2.jpg

I want one of these.

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[M] Return of the Flip Phone RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-08-09 18:23 +0000
  Re: [M] Return of the Flip Phone Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2015-08-09 20:27 +0000
  Re: [M] Return of the Flip Phone Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-10 04:25 +0000
  Re: [M] Return of the Flip Phone RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-08-17 18:19 +0000
    Re: [M] Return of the Flip Phone RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-08-17 18:32 +0000
      Re: [M] Return of the Flip Phone JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2015-08-17 16:00 -0500

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