The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
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Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#2I love the idea of a proper foldable screen, but sadly, I’m not surprised.
I remember thinking they’d have issues with material fatigue, what with the screen being on the small side of the bend radius. Then their demo showed a visible line of different brightness along the fold and figured it’d be a low-volume launch.
(Hope they figure it out eventually, though. Far be it from me to chastise someone for taking the stuff of R&D labs and selling it in an actual product.)
Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#3Summary:
- 4 review units have failed (a day or two in)
- 2 failed due to a removal of a "polymer coating" that essentially looks like a screen protector. This is not supposed to be removed, but several reviewers did (or tried)
- 1 failed due to supposed ingress into the hinge mechanism. I'm sure failure analysis is currently going on at Samsung
- 1 screen failed with no apparent causes.
Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#4Even if the Fold has some problems, I commend them for being bold with their design and ambitions. It may be safer to wait for the next generation of that phone, but many recent developments in the hardware space have been lacking in ambition. Kudos to Samsung
Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#5Just wondering about the actual statistics here...
Is this a higher failure rate than average phones? Or is there a extremely large focus on all of these devices because of what they are, and therefor problems are more "visible" (there's probably an English word for the phenomenon)
Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#6Summary: - 4 review units have failed (a day or two in) - 2 failed due to a removal of a "polymer coating" that essentially looks like a screen protector. This is not supposed to be removed, but several reviewers did (or tried) - 1 failed due to supposed ingress into the hinge mechanism. I'm sure failure analysis is currently going on at Samsung - 1 screen failed with no apparent causes.
how many review units were handed out? Seems like every Youtuber and Instagram influencer got one
Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#7Summary: - 4 review units have failed (a day or two in) - 2 failed due to a removal of a "polymer coating" that essentially looks like a screen protector. This is not supposed to be removed, but several reviewers did (or tried) - 1 failed due to supposed ingress into the hinge mechanism. I'm sure failure analysis is currently going on at Samsung - 1 screen failed with no apparent causes.
how many review units were handed out? Seems like every Youtuber and Instagram influencer got one
I would guess a hundred.
Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#8Can't understand the appeal of a foldable screen - it looks like shit (big crease down the middle and thick when folded) and for that I get a marginal improvement on idle surface area consumption.
Would love to be proven wrong but I think it's going to be a monumental flop in regards to sales.
Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#9It's worth noting that Samsung previously announced they would replace for customers any Galaxy Fold with screen issues. Also all Galaxy Folds are covered under Samsung Care+ which includes accidental damage. It's still a risky first gen device but at least you're getting some protection.
Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems
#10Just wondering about the actual statistics here... Is this a higher failure rate than average phones? Or is there a extremely large focus on all of these devices because of what they are, and therefor problems are more "visible" (there's probably an English word for the phenomenon)
> Is this a higher failure rate than average phones?
At this point these are just review models—the phone itself hasn't been release yet.
> Or is there a extremely large focus on all of these devices because of what they are, and therefor problems are more "visible"
There's a large focus on these devices, because the people who got them were given them for that purpose.