Recent content by alanjc

Best Buy had to cancel pre orders as did Samsung. The difference is that Samsung asked people for consent to extend it.

Definitely not. We already guessed this screen tech is fragile. Having it on the outside seems like a terrible idea. Also it's way more expensive, and doesn't have video calling/selfie cam in the tablet mode. If it was the same price then I'd consider it if they had some clever case design that...

Official statement on Samsung's site now https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-to-postpone-the-launch-of-the-galaxy-fold I'm still excited to get one when they sort out whatever it is they need to do, although I have a feeling it may be more about education that it's a fragile device, and...

Most of this is spot on. But a main point here is Samsung got the Devi's back and other than placing clearer warnings about not peeling the film off, decided there was nothing of merit to warrant delaying the device. Bearing in mind their share prices fell by 3% just from 4 devices getting...

That's great then. Thanks for your valuable insight in to a product you don't want to buy, and haven't read enough about to understand they are doing a lot for the consumer who does choose to buy it. Or that all of the issues so far seem to be user damage.

From what I've seen, you get 1byear Samsung care for accidental damage and water damage plus whatever warranty your country gets you.

Why wouldn't it? We already know it's not a sealed unit

Even they think that's what it may have been burried way down in the article. We're still waiting to see if Samsung will call them out.

re: I think they're sore that they broke their device. I've still only seen 4 confirmed breakages. 2 from peeling the polymer layer off. 1 probably from getting modeling clay inside it. 1 they swear they don't know what happened but it looks pretty mangled in the photos.

I'm sure there's bound to be the odd bad unit, especially on something with moving parts, but seeing how so many of these reviewers are tossing the device around, banging it shut constantly, and way harder than I would, and not really caring about it because it didn't cost them a penny and they...

I wonder if some of them were because they were snapping it closed with a lot of force. I've seen a few of the review units being flipped shut by holding one side with a thumb on the display and flicking it hard to close it. It's an incredibly expensive phone, not a damn fidget toy. I treat...

At a guess, I'd say some leather belt pouches designed to hold sunglasses may fit it. Also most custom leather goods stores are happy to make things like that, it's fairly easy for them to do, just depends how much you're prepared to spend.

The notch doesn't bother me at all, however I just had a thought about one of the reasons they have it at all. Plastic and glass have different refractive indexes, so it may be that thin plastic wasn't good enough for the image quality. And if there are any micro abrasions after months of...

They may well release a smaller form factor, like a regular size handset that folds to a smaller clamshell to test the market. That's bound to be cheapy, but also aimed at a totally different market. I doubt they'd risk another device like the fold until they gauge feedback for quite a while to...

I thought at the moment it was exclusive to Samsung Experience stores and select T-Mobile and AT&T stores? In the UK it will be exclusive to Samsung and some flagship EE stores.