Although no one can deny that this edition of the Mobile World Congress 2019 is being especially decaffeinated, phones with a flexible screen have finally arrived on the market officially. It has been Samsung with the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei with the Huawei Mate X, the first big brands to present a functional product. And be careful, what Energizer will join the party by launching a foldable phone that stands out for its reasonable price.
Be careful, in this case we are not talking about a non-functional product, like Flexpay that a Chinese company presented at CES 2019 and that passed without pain or glory at the well-known technology fair. In this case we are talking about a real flexible phone, which will hit the market very soon and at a really moderate price: 899 euros for the cheapest model. The reason for its low cost? They have invested very little in marketing to be able to make this flexible display phone less expensively priced.
Yes, the Energizer Power Max P8100S will be a really cheap folding phone
We already knew that the San Luis-based firm was going to present a surprising figure: no more and no less than 26 mobile phones for MWC 2019. And, not only has it kept its word, but it has also surprised us by showing a folding phone with a scandal price. Your name? Energizer PowerMax P8100S. Of course, the manufacturer, better known for its batteries, prepares two different models, a device with more restrained features and available to the general public, as well as a more vitaminized version that will have a much higher price.
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Of course, before continuing with this article, we must make it clear that, if you want buy this cheap folding phoneWe will have to wait until November 2019, which is the date that the brand has proposed to launch its new product on the market. On the other hand, there is an issue that has scaled us a bit: although we know a large part of its specifications, they have not wanted to specify the type of screen that it will use.
What we can confirm is that we have a double screen system with a Full HD + resolution, with a diagonal of 8.1 inches when fully unfolded and 6 inches when folded from the front. To this we must add a MediaTek Helio P70 processor along with 8 GB of RAM and internal storage that reaches 256 GB, expandable by another 256 GB through its microSD card slot.
On the other hand, to say that the Energizer PowerMax P8100S It has a dual camera system made up of a first 48 megapixel lens, most likely signed by Sony, together with a second 12 megapixel sensor that will perform the functions of capturing the depth of the captures that we want to take in order to take effect photographs. bokeh or defocused. Selfie lover? Well, its 24 megapixel front camera will more than meet your expectations.
And we can't forget her 10.000 mAh battery, with a fast charging system, more than enough autonomy to support the full weight of the hardware of this Energizer folding phone. Yes, its battery is noticeably larger than that of its competitors, so we can assume that the weight of this device will be greater than that of the Samsung Galaxy Fold or the Huawei Mate X.
Finally, say that This foldable phone from Energizer will also come with 5G connectivity, so the device does not lack anything to compete face to face with its great rivals in the sector. In addition to this version, the American firm intends to launch a more vitaminized model that would mount the jewel in Qualcomm's crown, the Snapdragon 855 processor. And yes, the price is notably more expensive, going to cost 1.599 euros. Although if we take into account that the solutions of Huawei y Samsung around 2.000 euros, it is still a notable difference.