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Flip Clap Clamshell Cellphones

Don't you want a flip phone? Imagine this: getting into an argument with somebody else on the phone, and then saying a glorious, ingenious, conversation-ending one-liner then slamming your phone shut with a loud, tactile, satisfying "CLAP" as you drop the call. How satisfyingly dramatic would that be?

Anyone can buy a cheap, extremely basic and low-end flip phone with minimal features such as calling and texting, with some probably not even supporting MMS. However, the problem with acquiring such archaic devices is that one will not be able to keep up with social media or applications. This may be fine for some people, but for the majority today, these online interactions are necessary. Some recent devices do support cellular data and you'll be able to browse the internet to substitute for some of these functions, albeit, with minimal support due to most of these phones running some ancient, low-power basic operating system that's minimally coded to get you your calls and texts. 

But wait, isn't there a free, open-source mobile operating system out there that could provide one with these needed support for modern applications and social media? Mhmm, it's Android, of course. Sadly, only very recently have manufacturers even considered putting Android into a flip phone form-factor and even fewer models are accessible outside the countries of Japan and Korea; seeing as mostly East-Asian countries have even a favorable market for flip phones. 

Inputting "android flip phone" into google (as of 23 January 2016) yields results of only Samsung and LG in the first page. (who goes past the first page anyways). An article from July 2015 brings news of LG and Samsung introducing new Android flip phones: Gentle and Galaxy Folder, respectively. Digging deeper through the web, you find that the LG Gentle is only named as such in Korea and everywhere else, it's called the LG Wine Smart. 

LG Wine Smart
Now I'm not going to list the full specifications, but looking at their GSMArena pages (LG Wine SmartGalaxy Folder), it's obvious that these are no flagship replacements and are merely low-end devices for those wanting a flip phone experience along with the android app support. 
Samsung Galaxy Folder

A more recent article states that Samsung is coming out with a dual-screen flip phone named W2016 that will have a screen on the cover and a screen inside. It's also packed with similar specs as the current Galaxy S6, so it'd be pretty powerful. Closed, it's a regular (although fat) smartphone with a 768p display, but open it up and you get the same display(yes it's touchscreen) with the T9 keyboard with the flippy floppy clap clamshell click clack goodness! but it's rumored to be CNY 9,999 or USD 1565 so....

Samsung W2016
Samsung also has other models of android flip phones but a good majority of these are only available in China so...

This is all I have energy for researching this right now, I'll come up with a follow up post if I hear or find anything new regarding android flip phones.

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