Best Buy cancels all Galaxy Fold pre-orders, Samsung still doesn't have a release date

25 May 2019
The retailer lost its patience and decided to look after its customers.

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  • 30 May 2019

necru, 29 May 2019You are just absurd, talking about what companies should do... moreMan you are funny as always.
Its not me who is absurd but you.
Companies are here to work for the people.
Like in 19th centaury in Great Britain even basic peasants supports and sends funds to build railroads across the ccountry because it was benefical for them.
Back in 19th centaury great britain had a biggest and longest railroads tracks among all other countries in world.
Just as an example.
No company would force customers to do something they dont want or are not willing to buy.
Price doesnt means quality.
Apple cost too much and is made in china.
I run a phone shop with 38 shops around the country of Czech republic and Slovakia.
I can buy even a fold by caviar thats not a problem.
My problem is i wont spend a penny more on a device which i needs for a basic things like calling, messaging, internet, gaming and basic photography. For that my Moto X4 si great enough.
Also many of my customers arent willing to pay 300 bucks for a device which xiaomi can make for a half price.
Please do understand that average salary here in Slovakia is between 500-700 euros per month. From which half of that goes to bills like rent water gas electricity uinternet cable tv and traveling.

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    • 29 May 2019

    AnonD-731363, 29 May 2019Bro sorry of insulting you by lack of knowledge you know yo... moreYou are just absurd, talking about what companies should do and assuming what people would think based on a simple fact. Man, companies are built for different reasons, usually surrounding money, you have to accept that brands will differ from price, concept, technology, resources, audience, and tons of things... People don't care how much money the company makes from the device, unless you are on a budget and care for that. Some people even buy the phone just because it's the most expensive and advertised. You have to understand how the world works, because this is not just happening on hand held products, open your eyes and stop justifying your nonsense, otherwise you would be slave of that behavior.

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      • 29 May 2019

      Carol, 28 May 2019I also own Microsoft corporation and another 40 apple store... moreWell m,ans thats interesting but i have a passion for this.
      For a paper work i employ 3 other people.
      I am the collector.
      Earning money and spend them vise way to make a company earn even more.

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        • 29 May 2019

        Anonymous, 28 May 2019Dude, your username is being flagged by this website lolMan i just have an interest thats all and passion.
        There are plenty of people which write much more than I.

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          • 29 May 2019

          necru, 27 May 2019How can you determine my lack of knowledge when I have expr... moreBro sorry of insulting you by lack of knowledge you know yours i know mine.
          And i understand your point that ome people would pay even 1600 for device because they think price is relevant. I can guarantee you that if people would knew the manufacturing price of their 1600 eur device is only 300 they wont buy it anymore.
          By the way Xiaomi is number 4 top selling brand on the market. Samsung is number one only because they are available to purchase everywhere instead of xiaomi which many countries dont have this brand for sale.
          Othervise xiaomi would be number 1 or 2 after hauwei.
          My freidn everything make sense if you dig deeper to understand others.

          And ti answer your last funniest of statements: And please, that envy thing... I don't even have an account because I don't care about them, I rarely coment because I could care less, but I was amazed by your consistence. It is like you had a bad technical support experiecne and you are one of those who will bash the company for life... Give me a break.

          I dont bash because i must but for relevant reasons.
          Companies should work forpeople create relevant technologies the ones people would like not force them to buy bcause you have no other choice.
          Juast as a good example removable batteries.

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            • 28 May 2019

            AnonD-731363, 26 May 2019Oh man please. I run a phone shop with 38 shops around my... moreI also own Microsoft corporation and another 40 apple stores.... If you would have owned one shop at least, you would most probably not be here talking or calling people names. You would have a lot of other better things to do..... one of them would be paperwork.

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              • 28 May 2019

              AnonD-731363, 26 May 2019Oh man please. I run a phone shop with 38 shops around my... moreDude, your username is being flagged by this website lol

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                • 28 May 2019

                AnonD-558092, 26 May 2019Dual screen? We're talking about truly foldable screens and... moreThat guy is still going on about Kyocera even after being corrected. Stubborn as a mule.

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                  • 27 May 2019

                  AnonD-731363, 26 May 2019Oh man please. I run a phone shop with 38 shops around my... moreHow can you determine my lack of knowledge when I have expressed nothing that exposes a bit of it. Man, you don't understand the point, it's ok if you don't want to pay a certain amount for a device, that doesn't means that others wont and the brands and model variety are there for everyone's taste. You can't expect top seller brands (Premium brands) to have the same pricing as others whoms purpose is definitely to reach a different market. It's just obnoxious that it can't fit in your mind, which is what you let others think by commenting about the same things over and over. How are you comparing the phone with one that has yet not been released, it makes no sense. And please, that envy thing... I don't even have an account because I don't care about them, I rarely coment because I could care less, but I was amazed by your consistence. It is like you had a bad technical support experiecne and you are one of those who will bash the company for life... Give me a break.

                    Samsung needs to Overhaul its Quality Control Team. Retrench all the heads and shuffle the mid level staff.

                    This is ABSOLUTELY unacceptable, especially after the Note 7 fiasco.

                    If anything, this would have Already cost Samsung in $Billions.

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                      • 26 May 2019

                      necru, 25 May 20196000 posts of pure nonsense comments, if you hate Samsung s... moreAnd to be exact 6559 including this one.
                      Thanks for envy me.

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                        • 26 May 2019

                        necru, 25 May 20196000 posts of pure nonsense comments, if you hate Samsung s... moreOh man please.
                        I run a phone shop with 38 shops around my country i can buy ven you or galaxy fold my from gold by Caviar. But i would never pay more than 400 euros for a device which i will use just for messaging calling viber, messenger, facebook and gaming.
                        For that my Moto X4 is great enough.
                        Your lack of knowledge surprises me.
                        And no i dont hate Samsung.
                        I just dont like their policy of overpricing every device by 500% difference between manuufacturing and final sale price.
                        If xiaomi creates from 25 to 50% revenue on every device why Samsung must have 500%. Month before Xmas same device will cost half the price and the will still earn nice money on that.
                        And i like some of their innovations as well as long as they ar relevant.
                        But making foldable device and then not telling anyone that screen protector is not a screen protector and cause permanent damage is not the way company should work.
                        Making curved screen which looks awesome but then if you have to glue 20 to 50 screen protectors on a curved screen and 25 to 50% will breaks when you push harder on the side of the curves is also not that great inovation.
                        For this reason i loved the project Ara which never been released.
                        And i can continue.
                        I understand not every person can like my style but i dislike for well known reasons.
                        When companies like Apple or Samsung fix their policies (the way they work, create new technologies and inventions) i will like them again.
                        Hope i was very clear to you my friend.

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                          • 26 May 2019

                          AnonD-558092, 26 May 2019Dual screen? We're talking about truly foldable screens and... moreNo he is not.
                          Even GSM Arena once confirmed folding screen was here before Samsung made fold.
                          You can find it on these pages if not i will search for you.

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                            • 26 May 2019

                            This is the onlu android foldable.samrtphone in 2019, huawei mateX will be released with HongMeng OS.

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                              • 26 May 2019

                              rodricav, 26 May 2019Samsung didn't have the Fold 100% ready. So they put a tras... moreGalaxy Fold is not even the first foldable phone.

                              Let me introduce you to the first foldable phone on the market
                              http://www.royole.com/en/flexpai

                                Samsung didn't have the Fold 100% ready. So they put a trashy screen protector to have the FIRST FOLDABLE PHONE released. Reviewers claimed that the screen protector is "accidentaly removable" and now Samsung has at least 6 months to improve it. Bingo?

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                                  • 26 May 2019

                                  AnonD-558092, 26 May 2019Dual screen? We're talking about truly foldable screens and... moreNo he's wrong because other manufacturers already shows flexible OLED long time ago before Samsung for example Sony Flexyble and Roallable OLED.

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                                    • 26 May 2019

                                    Anonymous, 25 May 2019Loooool did you know that samsung is the one who invented t... moreCan you show me any samsung prototype older than this?

                                    Sony flexible OLED from 2007
                                    https://www.oled-info.com/sony/sony_shows_flexible_oled_at_sid_2007

                                    And Sony Rollable OLED From 2010
                                    https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201005/10-070E/

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                                      • 26 May 2019

                                      AnonD-558092, 25 May 2019So... puff piece. It's not THEM but they took reports from ... moreI don't understand what are you trying to say but you need to stop blaming the so called "carelless reviewer" because Samsung is the one who make mistake with their bad design of Galaxy Fold

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                                        • 26 May 2019

                                        AnonD-731363, 25 May 2019Man did you know that Kyocerra echo made first fodable dual... moreDual screen? We're talking about truly foldable screens and not a Nintendo DS- like system. So he's right.