Samsung Galaxy Fold is Now Ready For Launch, Company Exec Says (theinvestor.co.kr) 49
Samsung Electronics' first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, will launch soon, as "most" issues linked to the screen have been solved, a Samsung Display executive has revealed. From a report: "Most of the display problems have been ironed out, and the Galaxy Fold is ready to hit the market," said Samsung Display Vice President Kim Seong-cheol in his speech at a conference held by industry organization The Korean Information Display Society on June 18 in Seoul. Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, is the main supplier of the folding screen. The Fold was initially scheduled to hit the shelves in April in the US and in May in Korea, but the launch has been delayed after reviewers complained of flickering screens and creases in the middle of the screen made after repeated folds.
Get Al Jaffee t (Score:2)
They must get Al Jaffee to do a special leather cover for it.
Only it'd be backwards - when you open it, the complete message reads "There's a sucker born every minute". A reminder that this tech is still just wishful thinking. The warranty claims will likely be epic.
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Most? (Score:1)
So yet again another company is releasing a half-finished product but expecting you to pay premium top-dollar finished product prices. Thanks but no thanks.
Re: Most? (Score:4, Funny)
Wait for Apple like true fetishists.
Fold me once, Shame on you (Score:5, Funny)
Fold me twice shame on me.
Lol. (Score:2, Funny)
"most" issues linked to the screen have been solved! Well then! Lol.
What a fun surprise the early-adopting morons have in store for themselves!
Launch? (Score:2)
Pull!
"Most" won't cut it (Score:4, Insightful)
"Most" isn't good enough. I don't want a device that only has a few problems left with its new tech; I want one where the problems are solved.
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I would put up with certain minor defects, like the very slight crease down the middle of the unfolded screen that isn't really visible. Also the triangular shape when folded. The notch is unfortunately but I could probably live with it.
Obviously stuff like the screen failing or getting damaged or the phone needing to be kept in a dust free environment is unacceptable. Every phone has some compromises though, there is no perfect one.
So... (Score:5, Funny)
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So, they've ironed the wrinkles out of the Fold, huh?
Seams unlikely.... In creasing pleats they excel...
Fixed (Score:2)
So, they've ironed the wrinkles out of the Fold, huh?
Yes, they have the problem cracked this time!
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and the old broken inventory? (Score:2)
seems unlikely, but what happens to all those units already in the warehouses? were brand new units manufactured over the last couple of months?
how were they able to figure out a fix in such a short time (implying it was easy) but somehow knew nothing about it before that?
legit quest
The fix (Score:2)
did they go re-open all those ready-to-sell boxes and apply some fix, then re-package?
Maybe they went into all the old packages and applied a screen protector that would actually peel off on top of the screen-protector like screen that does not... :-)
Discounts? (Score:4, Funny)
Re: Come eat it up fanbois! (Score:1)
Samsung doesn't have fanboys. In that regard they are like 'IBM' who made all the other computers when they were the boogeyman to Mac fanbois in the 80's and early 90's.
Sumsung Was Willing to Screw You Once Already (Score:2)
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Willing to screw you? A company voluntarily withdrew it's product after a limited public test identified faults. I wish most companies would "screw" people in this way.
Re: Sumsung Was Willing to Screw You Once Already (Score:2)
They should have field tested several units instead of dropping a beta version of hardware on the market.
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They dropped precisely nothing on the market. At no point was this phone *ever* available for purchase.
Re: Sumsung Was Willing to Screw You Once Already (Score:2)
They began mass production and were taking orders. They dropped it on the market.
Well then... (Score:2)
:::grabs a bowl of popcorn and settles into an easy chair to enjoy the show:::