Gionee announced a flip phone called the W909. This features two 4.2-inch 720p displays, one inside and the other outside. Both screens are supposed to be identical IPS panels.
While flip phone might not be so popular in western countries but there is a demand in the Asian countries like India and China.
This device has an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 SoC, 64GB internal memory, microSD slot, 16MP camera at the back with PDAF, 5MP front camera, 2530mAh battery, USB Type-C connectivity, and a fingerprint sensor at the back. On the software front, you get the vendor’s Amigo UI atop Android 5.1. We would definitely have preferred a nice QWERTY keyboard instead of T9.
This isn’t the first “premium” flip phone to use dual screens however, the Samsung SM-W2016 before it offered S6 specifications in a dual-screen flip-phone. This Dual SIM phone has a MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB of internal storage and a 128GB micro SD card slot.
The Gionee W909 is expected to go on sale in China at a price 3,999 Yuan (approximately Rs 41,000).