Samsung’s Galaxy Fold was announced earlier this year in February at MWC, with the phone meaning to originally launch back in April. Unfortunately during the press sampling of the phone many reviewer encountered major issues with the device, inadvertently breaking their phones either through misunderstanding of the device or through external debris into the hinge mechanism. Samsung was quick to recall the phones and to further investigate the matter, while putting hold on the device’s launch while it was trying to identify the issues. The phone ended up being delayed as Samsung opted to redesign the model in order to fix its problems.

The issues originally likely were tied to the device’s high secrecy, as Samsung had managed to launch the phone with essentially no leaks beforehand. A high level of secrecy could have also resulted in insufficient field testing of the phone, which would make sense given the problems at hand.

Today, Samsung has announced they’ve completed their re-evaluation of the phone, and have taken several steps to improve the construction of the device:

The top protective layer of the Infinity Flex Display has been extended beyond the bezel, making it apparent that it is an integral part of the display structure and not meant to be removed.

Galaxy Fold features additional reinforcements to better protect the device from external particles while maintaining its signature foldable experience:



The top and bottom of the hinge area have been strengthened with newly added protection caps.

Additional metal layers underneath the Infinity Flex Display have been included to reinforce the protection of the display

The space between the hinge and body of Galaxy Fold has been reduced.

(Ed: This likely refers to tighter tolerances of the hinge-body gap)

The refinements should allow better durability of the phone while avoiding misunderstandings such as the peeling off of the top protective plastic layer.

The company has also used the time to continue improving the software experience, and is now planning to finally launch the Galaxy Fold in select markets in September, with further details being shared closer to the launch date.

Samsung Galaxy Fold Galaxy Fold SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

1x Kryo 485 (CA76) @ 2.84GHz

3x Kryo 485 (CA76) @ 2.42GHz

4x Kryo 485 (CA55) @ 1.80GHz



Adreno 640 @ 578MHz Display Main Display:

7.3" 2048 x 1536 Foldable Dynamic AMOLED (4.2:3)



Cover display:

4.6" 1680 x 720 Super AMOLED (21:9) Dimensions Folded:

160.9 x 62.9 x 17.0 to 15.5mm



Unfolded:

160.9 x 117.9 x 6.9mm



263g RAM 12GB LPDDR4X NAND 512GB UFS3.0 Battery 4380mAh (16.86Wh) Front Camera Cover Camera:

10MP f/2.2 "Selfie camera"



Front camera:

10MP f/1.9 4K video recording



Front camera:

8MP, f/2.2

Dual Pixel PDAF

"Live focus" Primary Rear Camera 77° Regular Angle

12MP 1.4µm Dual Pixel PDAF

Tri-stack CMOS Sensor (Embedded DRAM),

4K60, 1080p240, 720p960 high-speed recording



Adjustable aperture f/1.5 or f/2.4,

OIS, auto HDR, LED flash Secondary Rear Camera 123° Wide Angle

16MP 1.0µm f/2.2 Tertiary Rear Camera 45° / Telephoto lens 2x zoom

12MP 1.0µm f/2.4,

OIS SIM Size LTE model: eSIM + nanoSIM



5G model: nanoSIM Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2x2 MU-MIMO, BT 5.0 LE,

NFC, GPS/Glonass/Galileo/BDS Connectivity USB Type-C Features It Folds Launch OS Android 9.0 Launch Price $1980 / £1799 / 2000€

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