Put the phones were very popular in the past, before the spread of the current form factor of smartphones. It is not excluded that in 2018 the “clamshell” may become the new trend of the mobile industry in his new capacity devices, combining the capabilities of a smartphone and tablet. Users are waiting for the debut of the Galaxy X from Samsung, but while she presented another, quite an unusual device.
Samsung China announced the Samsung W2018, put the newest smartphone running the Android operating system. Despite many appearing in Network messages and rumors, Samsung has managed to give users a surprise, the novelty did not expect. It concerns the smartphone’s camera, which is the best aperture value in the mobile industry — f/1.5. In more detail the novelty was considered in the note Bosniaca Dominic (Dominik Bosnjak), published resource androidheadlines.com.
As is already known, aperture previously provided in the current year smartphones LG V30 and the Huawei Mate 10 is f/1.6. And Samsung managed to outperform devices from other manufacturers of smartphones, equipping its new located on the rear panel of the camera, based on a 12-megapixel sensor with aperture of f/1.5, as noted above.
Sensor with aperture of f/1.5, which is equipped with camera new W2018, allows additional light to flow into its sensor for a certain period of time, which is an advantage compared to other sensors, which are used in currently available smartphones. Thus, the new smartphone-“clamshell” for its technical characteristics, is likely to provide a high performance shooting in low light. In addition, it can provide a more natural implementation of the bokeh for portraits.
The South Korean tech giant has not yet shown any example photos taken using the new W2018. But, probably, soon such photos can be shown. W2018 pre-installed on the camera software as are reported, inter alia, controlled by “unspecified services artificial intelligence” and can, according to the company, automatically switch the aperture range from f/1.5 to f/2.5.
Bixby is also present in the new device and is compatible with a number of exclusive for China third-party apps and additional features. No definite release date Samsung W2018 the market has not been named. Also not specified and the price at which the device will offer consumers. According to rumors, it can be high — up to $ 2,000, given the high-end features and niche positioning of the device on the market. Because of the form factor “clamshell” it is highly unusual to present in 2017 smartphone.
In addition to the premium camera, the Samsung smartphone also has some other worthy flagship smartphone specifications. Including chipset Snapdragon 835, 6 gigabytes of RAM and 64 GB inbuilt flash drive, port USB Type-C. sensor Resolution additional cameras under consideration of the device is 5 megapixels.
The new smartphone runs under the Android operating system 7.1.1, which is located on top of the user interface of the Samsung Experience, which is characteristic for devices from Samsung. In 2018 the smartphone will be upgraded to Android operating system 8.0 Oreo are reported separately. Previously in China has also been certified by the model with 256 GB built-in storage, but it is the company Samsung, presenting an unusual novelty, not said.
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