The Morning After: Samsung Pays Tribute To Its Flip Phone Past With Limitededition Foldable
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Z Flip 5 Retro, a limited-edition foldable device that pays homage to the SGH-E700 (also known as the SGH-E715 in the US), which launched 20 years ago in 2003. It's the same indigo blue and silver combination as the original, plus a few custom widgets, but otherwise it's the same foldable phone as earlier this year. This special edition will be sold in Korea and some European countries, but not in the United States.
The SGH-E700 was Samsung's first mobile phone with a built-in antenna and became a successful product, selling over 10 million units. Surprisingly, this isn't the first time Samsung has been nostalgic about this phone: in 2007, the company relaunched the same phone with a new radio, playing on nostalgia, even though it was only four years old at the time.
-Matthew Smith
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