Samsung Electronics CEO admits he launched the Galaxy Fold too early

[donm527]

I had posted elsewhere I suspected they tried to push out the phone just to beat Huawei to the punch.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/1...o-early?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[AlphaBeepBeep]

I had posted elsewhere I suspected they tried to push out the phone just to beat Huawei to the punch.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/1...o-early?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I don’t think this phone will ever launch. I was really excited about it and had high hopes for it but months later and they still can’t set a launch date.

I just don’t see it launching at this point. Makes me sad. I really wanted a phone I could fold into a tablet.

 

[Mike Dee]

I had posted elsewhere I suspected they tried to push out the phone just to beat Huawei to the punch.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/1...o-early?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I don't understand regardless of time pressure how no one recognized that the gap in the hinge would be a disaster.

 

[Mike Dee]

I don’t think this phone will ever launch. I was really excited about it and had high hopes for it but months later and they still can’t set a launch date.

I just don’t see it launching at this point. Makes me sad. I really wanted a phone I could fold into a tablet.

I wouldn't recommend buying a first gen device of this nature unless the money doesn't matter to you. Even if they fix the problems it just doesn't look like a finished product. Screens just aren't meant to be folded.
Personally, I think the Huawei design is better from a usability standpoint while folded but I don't trust the durability of screen folding externally.

 

[Mike Dee]

I just want to know which Samsung employee(s) did the testing of this fold device.

Come on, own up...

Some people obviously got fired over this

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

I think Samsung missed their window of hype with this device. It will now become a novelty item that You tubers can brag about having.

I'm more looking forward to their clamshell foldable. What's old is new again, with a twist.

 

[Almeuit]

Yawn. They failed. This phone is dead in the water.. design fix or not.

 

[jcthorne#AC]

Yawn. They failed. This phone is dead in the water.. design fix or not.

Completely disagree. It will never have the hype it could have had, nor will the numbers be huge. But, I still feel those that pony up will have something no other phone does. There simply is nothing else out there like it....at least this year. Yes, next gen will be even better but if this is indeed fixed, it will be far superior to the Note 10 being launched.

 

[Almeuit]

Completely disagree. It will never have the hype it could have had, nor will the numbers be huge. But, I still feel those that pony up will have something no other phone does. There simply is nothing else out there like it....at least this year. Yes, next gen will be even better but if this is indeed fixed, it will be far superior to the Note 10 being launched.

I definitely don't agree on it being superior at all. If anything it's a downgrade to me.

 

[jcthorne#AC]

I definitely don't agree on it being superior at all. If anything it's a downgrade to me.

Bigger screen, higher resolution, smaller package. Similar processing and camera specs. How is it a downgrade other than perhaps the pen that no one uses.

 

[Almeuit]

Bigger screen, higher resolution, smaller package. Similar processing and camera specs. How is it a downgrade other than perhaps the pen that no one uses.

I know plenty that use it lol. Smaller package? Eh not if you want to actually use it properly.

 

[jhimmel]

Bigger screen, higher resolution, smaller package. Similar processing and camera specs. How is it a downgrade other than perhaps the pen that no one uses.

Many of us use the pen. It's why I buy a Note.

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

I definitely don't agree on it being superior at all. If anything it's a downgrade to me.

Truth is somewhere in the middle I think. Yes, this iteration failed and failed hard. But just like the aftermath of the Note 7...I'm not sure you can ever really count Samsung out. They'll likely come with something that makes us look back years later and say, oh yeah, remember that first fold? Well look at it now!