Galaxy Fold woes..

[Bla1ze]

Not exactly what you want to see two days in..

 

[Lobwedgephil]

The Verge review unit broke as well.

 

[Notefan161]

First gen product guess its understandable to be issues

 

[tadpoles]

No way I'm putting money into this. I love tech and all but this product just seems too immature, especially for the price. At that price point I feel like extremely high build quality needs to be able to be taken for granted and I don't think we're gonna a get that in this first generation.

 

[tadpoles]

First gen product guess its understandable to be issues

Okay then. Then the price should reflect that. Do you think the price reflects first-gen issues or if it had less issues (better build quality/engineering) it should cost even more?

 

[Notefan161]

Okay then. Then the price should reflect that. Do you think the price reflects first-gen issues or if it had less issues (better build quality/engineering) it should cost even more?

No price is high and it's why I won't touch it for years but folding phones there's always a chance this could happen

 

[tadpoles]

No price is high and it's why I won't touch it for years but folding phones there's always a chance this could happen

It's hard for me to accept that Samsung doesn't have its finger on the pulse of quality issues but I know there's statistically bound to be flaws in a new product like this. I just think they should have taken that possibility into account when pricing the device. Even if it was $1500 I wouldn't touch it now so maybe it doesn't matter.

 

[clerk]

Ruh roh. Color me concerned. While I can afford the phone, I cannot afford the phone to break. I would be absolutely shocked if Samsung did not test these devices thoroughly before releasing them. I mean the tech has been in the pipeline for what 8 years? I'm gonna hold onto my preorder for now but this definitely has me concerned. Hoping there's a reasonable explanation for this but honestly, I'm not sure there can be one. The PR is bad for sure. Even though 2 reviewers took the plastic off, I mean, that shouldn't destroy the screen either.

I wonder if Samsung will just pull the entire release now?

 

[Xxtoxicskittlexx]

I'm surprised Unbox Therapys unit hasn't broken yet. He keeps cranking out 2 videos a day of his fold. Lol. I'm a little skeptical about these broken units. The verge was messing around with puddy and the other guy removed the protective film that Samsung said not to remove. Let's wait and see I guess.

 

[Nauga]

I wonder if Samsung will just pull the entire release now?

Not before they start blowing up.

 

[dov1978]

Jerryrigeverything will have an easy time with this one me thinks

 

[Bla1ze]

I'm surprised Unbox Therapys unit hasn't broken yet. He keeps cranking out 2 videos a day of his fold. Lol. I'm a little skeptical about these broken units. The verge was messing around with puddy and the other guy removed the protective film that Samsung said not to remove. Let's wait and see I guess.

It's understandable and reasonable to be skeptical, but some folks didn't remove the screen protector. If nothing else, it shows the display is still more fragile than almost any other device out there, and Samsung is going to have to do something by way of user education to ensure the screen layer is not removed. Apparently what they have done so far, is not gonna cut it.

 

[clerk]

I'm not sure why the reviewers took the protector off. I knew that it was supposed to stay on. If you are paying 2k for this, do your research!

 

[Bla1ze]

Here's why Galaxy Fold displays are already failing - https://www.androidcentral.com/heres-why-galaxy-fold-displays-are-already-breaking

 

[Laura Knotek]

That reminds me of the breakage issues with the Palm Pre back in the day.

 

[alanjc]

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 all my gadgets with kid gloves, this one even moreso.

 

[Rafterman00]

Well, if most of the probelms were from removing the plastic (don't do that) and that weird bulge was a piece of the modeling clay they used got stuck in the hinge, maybe the problems aren't as widespread as it sounds.

 

[Mike Dee]

Jerryrigeverything will have an easy time with this one me thinks

There goes the fold....he's going to rip it clean off the hinges.

 

[anon(661246)]

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 all my gadgets with kid gloves, this one even moreso.

Agreed but there should also be some level of durability

 

[strikeIII]

Ummm, yeah glad I waited and didn't jump on the pre-orders. I think I'll wait a little longer.