Category: galaxy fold

Huawei delays the launch of its foldable phone until September

[ad_1] Foldable phones were meant to be the hot new thing this year, but sadly the technology clearly isn’t ready for the real world. Samsung seeded review units of the Galaxy Fold but journalists quickly found that the devices began to break after just days of use. The bending screen has an air gap around […]

AT&T cancels Galaxy Fold pre-orders due to lengthy delay

[ad_1] Samsung was supposed to start shipping the Fold in late April until the early access devices distributed to reviewers showed serious issues. Some of them stemmed from reviewers peeling off a layer that’s supposed to protect the screen, while other were due to dirt lodging into the gaps in its hinge. iFixit also called […]

Samsung still doesn’t know when the Galaxy Fold will launch

[ad_1] Not that Samsung necessarily wants to rush. The original version was inherently fragile, with a screen layer that was all too tempting to peel off and gaps that made it easy for debris to damage the foldable display. If Samsung is going to sell the Fold, it has to reassure buyers that their $1,980 […]

Here’s how Samsung may fix the Galaxy Fold’s design flaws

[ad_1] The firm is supposedly testing the Fold on Korean networks, and the results would affect the timeliness of the release. It’s “expected” to arrive in June, Yonhap said, although that’s not set in stone. If this is accurate, Samsung would do what many expected — directly address the design weaknesses reviewers found ahead of […]

Samsung faces 60 percent drop in profits, still plans foldable phones

[ad_1] A few weeks ago, Samsung warned investors that its Q1 profit would drop about 60 percent from the same period in 2018. Now the detailed report has arrived, confirming that projection with an operating profit of $5.4 billion that reflected a 23 percent drop in revenue from its memory chip business. Samsung also suffered […]

iFixit pulls its Galaxy Fold teardown at Samsung’s request

[ad_1] The Galaxy Fold won’t make its planned launch date as Samsung looks into problems experienced by several reviewers with test units. In the meantime, the folks at iFixit did what they do best and pulled one apart, but on Thursday explained their choice to “withdraw” the teardown. While iFixit usually gets a device specifically […]

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is ‘alarmingly fragile’

[ad_1] The findings might help explain at least one of the review unit failures. The Verge‘s Dieter Bohn noted that his Galaxy Fold developed a bulge that ultimately broke a conspicuous number of pixels. If debris was at fault, that wouldn’t bode well for everyday users whose phones might break relatively easily. This also isn’t […]

Samsung is reportedly delaying the Galaxy Fold due to display issues

[ad_1] We’ve asked Samsung for comment. However, the apparent scoop comes hours after the tech giant postponed launch events in Hong Kong and Shanghai. The display problems have varied. Some were the result of a misunderstanding about the Fold’s main display — reviewers mistakenly assumed a layer on top was a screen protector they could […]

Samsung has postponed Galaxy Fold launch events in China

[ad_1] No reason was provided when a representative informed Engadget Chinese of the Hong Kong delay over the phone earlier today. As for Shanghai, the National Business Daily reported that Samsung China put the blame on the venue. No new dates have been set for either press event. It’s also unclear whether the Taipei event […]