Samsung Galaxy Fold

The Galaxy Fold is a foldable smartphone released by Samsung, continuing its tradition of releasing high-tech products only when they are ready for production. Widely considered the first successful, major smartphone of its kind, the Galaxy Fold joins the club of “innovative” products that nobody needs like QR codes and virtual reality.
Announced on February 20 of 2019 and released on September 6 of 2019, the Galaxy Fold was heralded as a “revolutionary new type of smartphone”, and was praised for its:
* Never-seen-before form factor
* Foldable display
* 12 gigabytes of RAM
* Superior durability
The Galaxy Fold garnered incredible attention and reviews, especially for its folding display technology. However, it was criticized, due to problems with the display breaking in many ways.
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== Release ==
The Galaxy Fold was released at the Galaxy Unpacked Event on February 20, 2019, alongside A the Galaxy S10 family, adding to its lineup of smartphones sold in 2019, including but not limited to:
* Galaxy Note 10
* Galaxy Note 10+
* Galaxy Note 9
* Galaxy Note 8
* Galaxy S10
* Galaxy S10+
* Galaxy S10e
* Galaxy S9
* Galaxy S9+
* Galaxy S8
* Galaxy S8+
* Galaxy S8 Active
* Galaxy Note 10 5G
* Galaxy S10 5G
* Galaxy Fold
* Galaxy A50
* Galaxy A10e
* Galaxy A20
* Galaxy A6
* Galaxy J7
* Galaxy J7 Prime
* Galaxy J7 Refine
* Galaxy J7 Star
* Galaxy J7 V
* Galaxy J3
* Galaxy J3 Achieve
* Galaxy J3 Aura
* Galaxy J3 Emerge
* Galaxy J3 Star
* Galaxy J3 V
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* Galaxy J2 
* Galaxy J2 Pure
* Galaxy Amp Prime 3
* Galaxy Express Prime 3
* Galaxy Neural Beyond 12
* Galaxy Exelsior Future S4 Plus
* Galaxy Mega
* Galaxy Mega Super Ultra S+
* Galaxy Extra
* Galaxy Chocolate
* Galaxy Pebble
* Galaxy X3TBN9000
* Galaxy 90
* Galaxy 3384
* Galaxy 3310
* Galaxy Borf
* Galaxy N29 Limited Edition
* Galaxy Wonder
* Galaxy Apple
* Galaxy Equal
* Galaxy Equal II
* Galaxy Equal III
* Galaxy Friend
* Galaxy Piece X2
* Galaxy Aurora K7T
* Galaxy P2 Indian Edition
* Galaxy Minus
* Galaxy Saturate
* Galaxy Big
* Galaxy D11+
* Galaxy D12+
* Galaxy Europa 49
* Galaxy Falaxy One
* Galaxy Galadixy
* Galaxy Pixie
* Galaxy Wick
* Galaxy F3 Mini Maxi Minus Plus S Revision II
The first review units arrived to the public in April 2019, and were sent back to Samsung due to devastating failures in April 2019. The Galaxy Fold was finally shipped in September 2019, selling for $1980.
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== Issues ==
The Galaxy Fold was initially is plagued with many problems. Some minor issues include:
* Display “notch” cutout that puts the iPhone X and Google Pixel 3 XL to shame
* ”Jelly scrolling”, where the two halves of the folding display would scroll independently
* Screen-to-body ratio on the cover display that almost made people stop complaining about the iPhone 8's big bezels
* The letters on the SAMSUNG logo falling off
** Dammit, they fell off too! Someone find them and put them back on — dammit, how the hell did that even happen?! — Jetpakturtle (talk) 04:20, 6 September 2019 (GMT)
==== Points of ingress ====
Points of ingress — or places where dust can get in — were numerous in the first edition of the Galaxy Fold. Some of these included:
* The gap between the hinge and the two halves of the Fold
* A small lip at the bottom edge of the folding display
* The rest of the Galaxy Fold
Unfortunately, in the first edition, many review units broke in some way, most of which had to do with foreign objects getting inside the phone. The second revision improved on this greatly.
== Reception ==
Reviewers of the Galaxy Fold generally said they thought the phone was "an interesting concept", but had too many limitations to make it a viable consumer device.
(This is presumed to mean "can't write review on Galaxy Fold because entire right side of Galaxy Fold is dead".)
Overall, ratings of the Galaxy Fold from the mass market were virtually nonexistent, and so were sales to the mass market.
== See also ==
* Samsung
* Galaxy Note 7
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