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Galaxy Fold: Samsung's folding smartphone pats at US testers

2019-09-27T15:41:19.508Z


This is not going well: Shortly before the launch in the US reported a high-tech magazine, from renewed problems with Samsung's folding smartphone Galaxy Fold.



It is still only an isolated case and Samsung will hope that it stays that way. But the report has the mobile expert Brian Heater of "Techcrunch" published on Thursday, initially does not suggest anything good. Because Heater describes that his test device of the new Galaxy Fold had a display error after just one day.

For Samsung managers, this message should have triggered more than just a moment of shock. As a reminder, the Koreans announced the innovative device earlier this year, and in April we were able to try it under supervision for the first time for a couple of hours and were very impressed.

However, some of the US editors who were later given the Galaxy Fold for testing actually reported that the screens on their devices had broken after a few days. Samsung responded immediately, postponing the launch date indefinitely.

iFixit

The repair company iFixit made the mechanically complicated interior of the Galaxy Fold visible

This time should actually have expired. At the Ifa in Berlin, the company showed a revised version of the folding mobile phone, which should be more robust and less susceptible to dirt. At the same time, the price of already self-conscious 2000 euros has been raised to 2100 euros, because now also a 5G chip is installed. The market launch in Germany was announced for September 18 - and later postponed again without giving reasons.

For the US, the start of sales is meanwhile scheduled for Friday, September 27, in the online shop of the Best Buy chain it is priced at $ 1929.99. Just in time for this appointment Techcrunch wanted to have a review on the site.

A colorful amorphous blob

But then Brian Heater saw something on the folding display that he called a "light-colored amorphous blob". In his photos, the error is difficult to see, looks like a collection of pixel noise. For a device that costs more than 2000 euros, which is brand new and whose construction the manufacturer has just revised, it is an unacceptable faux pas.

For Heater, whose first test device in April made him no problems, this is of course a setback, his test report is now nothing. However, the setback should be even bigger for Samsung. The company immediately collected Heath's test equipment and had it shipped to Korea for investigation.

Handling rules for Falthandy users

The fact that the group is no longer as self-confident about its folding smartphone as it was a few months ago, had hinted earlier. For one, Samsung recently released a video explaining how to deal with a Galaxy Fold. One should touch the polymer screen only gently, keep dust and water away from the hinge, it says among other things.

On the other hand, the group announced that Fold owners could have the screen for any defects once replaced at a special price of $ 149. For such a complicated display that's a bargain price. What would cost another display exchange is unclear. Just as unclear by the way, as the question of when the Galaxy Fold because now also in Germany in the trade.

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Source: spiegel

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