Quote from: Codrut Nistor on November 05, 2019, 10:25:12
Combining a classic keyboard and a touchscreen would be great especially for the older audience who often would like to have physical keys — fast dial ftw — and not bother with a touchscreen.

That's the way it was with the previous generations of this series, if it's new then it probably doesn't have the numpad, the only exception I could think of is that the numpad is shrunken down to take up only half the bottom portion's area, while the other half is a continuous screen with the top portion......or unless the numpad is exposed at the rear, to be used with a small secondary rear screen, while the inner surface is one narrow screen that could unfold to be completely flat...that would be quite the feat.

Combining a classic keyboard and a touchscreen would be great especially for the older audience who often would like to have physical keys — fast dial ftw — and not bother with a touchscreen.

There's still a strong market for flip-phones in the US. Samsung kinda "dropped the ball" for the Galaxy Folder series. A dual-screen device - having a separate screen on the exterior & one on the inside is the next progression. Did Samsung do that already? I don't know - wasn't much said about the the W2019. A version with a foldable interior screen is definitely a possibility.

The poster notes an "all new form factor", this certainly suggests a curved screen instead of the usual numpad... but seems to go against the habits of the target audience.