Before I saw this bulge, my impression was that this phone was much more durable than I expected. So it’s natural to say that you need to treat it with more care than usual.
It’s a problem that is unacceptable on a phone that costs this much.Įvery phone with movable parts is going to have more points of failure than a fully sealed, static phone. (Please don’t try it if you get your hands on a Fold.)īut while the crease and the nicks feel like compromises you could live with, a mysterious bulge that breaks the screen is something else entirely - especially one that appears just a day after pretty normal use. Samsung calls it a “polymer layer.” It is not designed to be removed. If you look closely at the edges of the screen, there’s a sort of built-in screen protector on the front of the device. There are already a couple of minor dings on my unit, but they’re minor enough that I didn’t see them until our photographer zoomed way in to show them to me. The next morning, that same bulge finally broke the screen.Īnother thing people are worried about is the plastic screen scratching or picking up nicks easily. I took a photo in my hotel room when the bulge first appeared. It’s easy to talk about it as a small first-generation compromise you have to make for what is otherwise a wonder of engineering: a tablet that folds in half. But when I’m using the phone, I don’t actually notice it much. Like everybody else, I said in my original hands-on with the Galaxy Fold that I absolutely am able to see the crease between the two sides of the screen. (This is the wrap over the screen of the Galaxy Fold) /LuQPRfDZIE- Des April 17, 2019 Dear future #GalaxyFold owners, I know I always say "No one ever read the instructions".