However, things don’t seem to go well with the review unit though as multiple media members have reported that their Galaxy Fold is breaking up barely 2-3 days after using it. It is hard to say whether they are being mishandled or genuinely broken from design or manufacturing perspective but for some, it is because of this protective layer that is not supposed to be removed by users:
I got this far peeling it off before the display spazzed and blacked out. Started over with a replacement. pic.twitter.com/ZhEG2Bqulr — Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) April 17, 2019
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) April 17, 2019 To their defence though, the review units apparently missing a warning label that would appear on retail units:
(This is the wrap over the screen of the Galaxy Fold) pic.twitter.com/LuQPRfDZIE — Des (@askdes) April 17, 2019 For some other media members though, their unit became malfunction without obvious reason: https://twitter.com/backlon/status/1118573836226658304 https://twitter.com/robotodd/status/1118585937712250880 While it is quite possible that the issues above only affect a handful of early units, it is still a worrying sign for something that costs more than RM 8000. At the same time, we are not sure whether these malfunction issues will affect the actual consumer rollout of Galaxy Fold. Samsung previously has a history of putting significant effort to make things right, as per what that took place during the Galaxy Note 7 battery issue. We surely do hope it able to do so for the Galaxy Fold as well, or else things could go awry for its first foldable phone which supposed to be a glorious moment for Samsung. (Main image: Mark Gurman @ Bloomberg.)
