Samsung delays Galaxy Fold indefinitely

07 May 2019
New shipping info should be announced "in the coming  weeks". Unless the Fold ships by the end of the month, current pre-orders will be canceled.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 07 May 2019

Samsung, you were the first, it's good and we all got your proof of concept. Now sit back and take your time to make this an actually usable phone.

    [deleted post]So Samsung can brag about
    "The World's first commercially UNavailable foldable smartphone"
    I doubt they are going to make brand ads on that....

    And Royole can brag about
    "The world's first commercially available foldable smartphone"
    and they do, see e.g. https://www.royole.com/en/flexpai

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      • mx2
      • 07 May 2019

      This is why I like Samsung, but saying that...
      They hyped this device so much that now it seems like another failure(anyone remember Note battery fiasco?).
      They did the right thing sending preproduction units to reviewers but they should not be setting any release date until the product is ready.
      I had(and still do) owned their galaxy devices and always appreciated the build quality.
      The fold is an experiment which so far had somehow failed.
      Thumbs up for trying Samsung, but a bit more research is needed.
      This is a new tech and frankly I don't see masses being interested or happy even with a final product.

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        • Swm1
        • gCm
        • 07 May 2019

        Isn't this really misleading article?!.. it's not postponed "indefinitely"?!.. they just don't know a firm release date for another few weeks yet. As far as I'm aware?!

          Better late than sorry.

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            • AnonD-731363
            • SH3
            • 07 May 2019

            Well something like this was expectable.
            When Samsung is trying something completely new it always ends this way.
            Mark my words we will see much more Samsung failures and defect innovations in future.

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              • Anonymous
              • mJs
              • 07 May 2019

              Don't innovate under pressure...and use (beta) testers maybe? Why even send out the fold to vloggers if you obviously not tested it with real cutomers?! Can't be that hard can it? As for me, Im no vlogger or tester, just a regular person crazy about phones, and ye I get a new phone and see every flaw in like seconds...I wonder how those phones even get tested...every phone has obvious flaws...the fold is just unusable it seems. Use testers, not vloggers!

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                • AnonD-731363
                • SH3
                • 07 May 2019

                DJ FROST, 07 May 2019correction, samsung made the the foldable phone first, dont... moreMan Kyocera Echo was first foldable phone dont get me wrong. And thats like 8-9 years ago.
                Samsung just copied sucessfull product and innovate it own way but failed where Kyocerra Echo were sucessfull even if its a completely unknown brand for many people.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 8pc
                  • 07 May 2019

                  Anonymous, 07 May 2019Actually they are both useless, just another gimmick which ... moreI dont care about foldables, i have a tablet and my budget allows for A50 only.

                    DJ FROST, 07 May 2019correction, samsung made the the foldable phone first, dont... moreFlex Royale foldable phone was released in 2018

                      How immature this product must be for them to have to make such a move. If it weren't for the reviewers, they would've released it in this state and caused inconvenience to most of their customers.

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                        • Ribcage
                        • PbY
                        • 07 May 2019

                        It was expected! It should have been named the Samsung Garbagely Flop...

                          Many will disagree with my statement, but kudos for Samsung for doing what's right.

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                            • knh
                            • 07 May 2019

                            AnonD-241270, 07 May 2019of course, Galaxy Fold was not a finished product, so...why... moreJust like a cosmetic plastic surgery culture over there.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • LQu
                              • 07 May 2019

                              Note 7 2.0

                                AnonD-241270, 07 May 2019of course, Galaxy Fold was not a finished product, so...why... moreS10 wasn't a flop

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Ngx
                                  • 07 May 2019

                                  DJ FROST, 07 May 2019correction, samsung made the the foldable phone first, dont... moreWhat?

                                    .alpha, 07 May 2019What a surprise. Note 7 was trying to beat iPhone 7+ to mar... morecorrection, samsung made the the foldable phone first, dont misinterpret things here.

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                                      • AnonD-762416
                                      • m2A
                                      • 07 May 2019

                                      They should have done it the American way. Blame the customer and let the complainants die of old age during decades long class action suits. :)

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • KiP
                                        • 07 May 2019

                                        folding phones would be impractical until they get graphene based screens on one. most of these billion dollar companies are resting on their laurels on breakthrough techs though, so who knows when that will ever come true

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