In mid-April, Samsung sent some of the Galaxy Fold devices to journalists, influencers, technology bloggers, etc. - they all failed in different ways.
In February, Samsung unveiled its folding smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Fold – a world first, priced at a whopping $2,000. The device features a 4.6" external display – but when opened, users are treated to a 7.3" OLED screen. Inside lies an eight-core processor, a whopping 12 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage – it would actually be a high-end smartphone, if it weren't for the display issue. A few test devices were sent out even before the market launch – none of them were impressive. A number of Samsung folding smartphones failed due to display issues – resulting in negative press. Just days later, Samsung postponed the market launch of the Samsung Galaxy Fold by a few weeks – but now the company appears to be abandoning the "Fold" project altogether.
Samsung cancels orders
The company has contacted all pre-orderers by email and confirmed the problems again and explained them in more detail - in addition, all orders will be automatically cancelled. Anyone who is still interested in the product must confirm this explicitly. It says: "We're making progress improving the Galaxy Fold to ensure it meets the high standards you expect from us. This means we can't yet confirm the expected delivery date. If we don't hear from you and the device hasn't shipped by May 31, your order will be automatically canceled. If you don't want your order to be automatically canceled on May 31, you can keep your order by confirming." – said Samsung. A link was provided in the email for this purpose: “Yes, I would like to keep my order”.
Since the Samsung Galaxy Fold has a fatal design flaw and the company now wants to automatically cancel orders, the question remains whether the folding smartphone in this form will ever reach market maturity.
