Samsung Galaxy Fold
The Galaxy Fold is a foldable smartphone released by Samsung, continuing its tradition of releasing high-tech products only when they are ready for production. Widely considered the first successful, major smartphone of its kind, the Galaxy Fold joins the club of “innovative” products that nobody needs like QR codes and virtual reality.
Announced on February 20 of 2019 and released on September 6 of 2019, the Galaxy Fold was heralded as a “revolutionary new type of smartphone”, and was praised for its:
- Never-seen-before form factor
- Foldable display
- 12 gigabytes of RAM
Superior durability
The Galaxy Fold garnered incredible attention and reviews, especially for its folding display technology. However, it was criticized, due to problems with the display breaking in many ways.
Release[edit | edit source]
The Galaxy Fold was released at the Galaxy Unpacked Event on February 20, 2019, alongside the Galaxy S10 family, adding to its lineup of smartphones sold in 2019, including but not limited to:
- Galaxy Note 10
- Galaxy Note 10+
- Galaxy Note 9
- Galaxy Note 8
- Galaxy S10
- Galaxy S10+
- Galaxy S10e
- Galaxy S9
- Galaxy S9+
- Galaxy S8
- Galaxy S8+
- Galaxy S8 Active
- Galaxy Note 10 5G
- Galaxy S10 5G
- Galaxy Fold
- Galaxy A50
- Galaxy A10e
- Galaxy A20
- Galaxy A6
- Galaxy J7
- Galaxy J7 Prime
- Galaxy J7 Refine
- Galaxy J7 Star
- Galaxy J7 V
- Galaxy J3
- Galaxy J3 Achieve
- Galaxy J3 Aura
- Galaxy J3 Emerge
- Galaxy J3 Star
- Galaxy J3 V
- Galaxy J2
- Galaxy J2 Pure
- Galaxy Amp Prime 3
- Galaxy Express Prime 3
The first review units arrived to the public in April 2019, and were sent back to Samsung due to devastating failures in April 2019. The Galaxy Fold was finally shipped in September 2019, selling for $1980.
Issues[edit | edit source]
The Galaxy Fold was initially is plagued with many problems. Some minor issues include:
- Display “notch” cutout that puts the iPhone X and Google Pixel 3 XL to shame
- ”Jelly scrolling”, where the two halves of the folding display would scroll independently
- Screen-to-body ratio on the cover display that almost made people stop complaining about the iPhone 8's big bezels
- The letters on the SAMSUNG logo falling off
- Dammit, they fell off too! Someone find them and put them back on — dammit, how the hell did that even happen?! — Jetpakturtle (talk) 04:20, 6 September 2019 (GMT)
Points of ingress[edit | edit source]
Points of ingress — or places where dust can get in — were numerous in the first edition of the Galaxy Fold. Some of these included:
- The gap between the hinge and the two halves of the Fold
- A small lip at the bottom edge of the folding display
- The rest of the Galaxy Fold
Unfortunately, in the first edition, many review units broke in some way, most of which had to do with foreign objects getting inside the phone. The second revision improved on this greatly.
Reception[edit | edit source]
Reviewers of the Galaxy Fold generally said they thought the phone was "an interesting concept", but had too many limitations to make it a viable consumer device.
“The Galaxy Fold is about as well-built as a house constructed by a team of mentally challenged lemmin—Message terminated unexpectedly. Error code 69420 (Other user unexpectedly lost connection due to hardware malfunction)”
~ Oscar Wilde
“cat wrte revew Gaax Fd ecase etre rgt sde f Gaax Fd s dead”
(This is presumed to mean "can't write review on Galaxy Fold because entire right side of Galaxy Fold is dead".)
“tHe gALaXY fOLd iS vERy gOOd, BuT it rAndOmly gHosT-tAPs tHe sHiFt KEY SomeTiMes, MakIng tYpIng Text a nigHTmare”
Overall, ratings of the Galaxy Fold from the mass market were virtually nonexistent, and so were sales to the mass market.
See also[edit | edit source]
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There you are, dammit! Finally gonna stick you back on. HEY, ANYONE GOT SOME GLUE OR SOMETHING? — Jetpakturtle (talk) 04:32, 6 September 2019 (GMT)