Samsung's folding phone breaks for reviewers

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Samsung's folding phone breaks for reviewers

By Dave Lee
North America technology reporter

18 April 2019



Earlier this week, Samsung sent out its remarkable new folding smartphone to a number of media outlets, including the BBC.

Perhaps now it wishes it hadn’t.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman:

Link to tweet

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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Samsung said it had received "a few reports" of damage to the main display, and would "thoroughly inspect these units in person to determine the cause of the matter". But it’s a significant setback to the company’s hopes of wowing the world with what, at first glance, was a very impressive feat of engineering.

It appears one explanation for the problems is that some reviewers removed a film that went over the screen, thinking it was the typical protective layer you find on all new smartphones to keep the screen in good condition until you buy it.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47970788

[htuttle]

1. I imagine that screen breakage would also be a problem at -25 F

Like it got here in Wisconsin last winter.

[Dave Starsky]

2. Good Lord. Everything is rushed out to market these days.

From software to cell phones to airplanes. Got to be out there first, get those sweet social media hits. Who gives a fuck if it works or not?

[DetlefK]

3. OLED are some highly f**king sensitive technology with NO margins of error during production.

If you're off by just a millimeter, that's already gonna be a problem.

Just because you can handcraft one phone in the lab that works perfectly, that doesn't mean you can mass-produce it.

[samnsara]

4. whoopsie

[melm00se]

5. and all of this can be yours

for the low low low list price of $1980.

[Opel_Justwax]

6. The folding phone works perfectly as long as you don't fold it.

That is a dumb idea.