Galaxy Fold Launch Delayed as Samsung Commits to 'Strengthen the Display Protection' [Updated]

[mikayla82ca]

And this is why Apple always waits to put out new tech. They wait until they can perfect it.

Oh really...? Apple Lisa, Apple Pippin, Newton, Quick Take 1,000, ANY Computer from the 80's and 90's where they licensed the OS to OEMs, the horrendous hockey puck mouse, Bendgate, the "You're just holding it wrong" iPhone, all recent versions of iTunes... Apple doesn't always knock it out of the park. Doesn't mean I don't like their things... just means they have had their share of failure too. That's how you learn and make a better product.

 

[Wowereit]

Better than the Apple approach like with bent iPad Pros claiming it's within tolerance.

That‘s pretty ignorant of reality.

Apple specified the tolerance that they find acceptable and it‘s barely visible to the human eye if at all.

Those bend iPad Pros on social media were clear defects. Shouldn‘t happen, but it‘s how it is. Has nothing to do with their tolerance.

 

[Apache1]

I have thought this for a long time about Samsung and have seen this several times. It's the idea of making it up in volume on the next release but not really acknowledging you are robing Peter to pay Paul. Eventually, it is going to catch up with you and I think when flagship sales are down and saturated it is really bad timing to fall on your face. I expect buy one get three free shortly from Samsung.

 

[iReality85]

Got to give props when it’s due: it’s good that Samsung is taking extra measures here to ensure that the Fold screens aren’t defective.

That said, the amount of quarterbacking I’ve heard from some popular YT reviewers regarding the center crease has bordered on ridiculous. For a $2000 device, the screen should not have obvious unevenness. I don’t want to hear “it’s fine” because it’s new and bold.

New and bold, sure. Fine? No.

 

[JJayguy23]

This isn’t a software issue and all the Galaxy Folds they’re going to sell are already built and waiting in warehouses. Fixing a design issue would have had to be done in...uh... the design phase. A month delay will only allow them to devise a response for the thousands of phones that are going to fail, hoping that ultimately all of them don’t fail. You’d have to be very dumb to spend $2K on a device that is demonstrably faulty.

Nice response, and ur not too bad on the eyes either. LoL

 

[realtuner]

Have you noticed how quiet that hysteria became? There was never a widespread issue to begin with.

But....I want the hysteria to continue. So I will continue to bring it up every chance I get. Anything to distract from another Samsung disaster.

 

[iSayuSay]

And this is why Apple always waits to put out new tech. They wait until they can perfect it.

Well Apple surely didn't wait long enough to put the butterfly keyboard on recent Macbooks. Shoot happens whether it's Apple or Samsung or anyone.

 

[Kaibelf]

A non-snarky comment. It's better they delay this than release it as-is. If Apple were in the same situation they'd likely respond the same way.
It does cast doubt on the tech for foldable displays being ready for the mass market though.

Yeah but if Apple does it you'll have riots in these forums. Look at the Mac Mini and Mac Pro posts as a perfect citation.

 

[ilikewhey]

I’ve grown to hate Apples QA as of late but come on. If this was an Apple product there would be mass hysteria. Equality please. Let’s all trash Samsung in unison on this glorious earth day my friends.

hardly the comparison, samsung and huawei are pushing boundaries here, the concept of a foldable display at such angle is very experimental while apple been playing it safe with its updates,

if it weren't for androids making the display bigger and less bezel apple would still be on the iphone 4 design.

 

[Awesom-0]

And this is why Apple always waits to put out new tech. They wait until they can perfect it.

Like siri, homepod, apple TV hobby, Mac pro, touch bar, cooling the cpu?

Or things that were just fine like xserve, Mac pro, and airport

 

[PickUrPoison]

This isn’t a software issue and all the Galaxy Folds they’re going to sell are already built and waiting in warehouses. Fixing a design issue would have had to be done in...uh... the design phase. A month delay will only allow them to devise a response for the thousands of phones that are going to fail, hoping that ultimately all of them don’t fail. You’d have to be very dumb to spend $2K on a device that is demonstrably faulty.

Yup. It took them eight years to come up with a crappy prototype that they were all set to pawn off on customers at top dollar. So I really can’t imagine they’ll be able to fix the problem in a few weeks or months. It wouldn’t surprise me if this model never ships and they launch a Fold 2 next year or the year after.

Eight years is a long tease, and the shipping date was set for Friday. I guess this is worse than the AirPower fiasco; depends on whether Samsung ever ships a decent Fold (and whether Apple ever cracks AirPower).

 

[lunarworks]

Can't innovate anymore, my ass!

 

[Kabeyun]

LMAO! It’ll take more than a month to fix that $2K kludge! Nothing like releasing units to the public to beta test a design flaw.

 

[CausticSoda]

Always, huh? Like the butterfly keyboard which is still failing frequently, even in its third generation design?

That is a damned good point.

 

[rafark]

And this is why Apple always waits to put out new tech. They wait until they can perfect it.

It's funny how both samsumg's and apple's recent failures have something to do with butterflies...

 

[ThatiPhoneKid]

At least Samsung admit there is a problem with their devices unlike Apple with the bent iPad pros and #bendgate with iPhone 6

 

[alexandr]

maybe they hoped no one would notice?..

 

[Crowbot]

A non-snarky comment. It's better they delay this than release it as-is. If Apple were in the same situation they'd likely respond the same way.
It does cast doubt on the tech for foldable displays being ready for the mass market though.

I agree. It makes me wonder what degree of stress testing Samsung did on this design. What would a new screen cost? Probably 80% of that $1900 tag is screen cost.

 

[Ubuntu]

Foldgate. Or is Apple the only company that gets the honor of a -gate?

Nah, Samsung get the honour, too. https://twitter.com/hashtag/FoldGate?src=hash

 

[BvizioN]

I’ve grown to hate Apples QA as of late but come on. If this was an Apple product there would be mass hysteria. Equality please. Let’s all trash Samsung in unison on this glorious earth day my friends.

People either tend to be more forgiving when it comes to Samsung, or Samsung failures can never get as much attraction as the Apple ones do. I mean just look at all the clickbait video titles on YouTube where they make sure the title is as bad as possible towards Apple to get their clicks.

 

[Dustin Lenzz]

...Fold it right there!!
...For at least a month, maybe more...

 

[centauratlas]

The second worst product launch in the history of tech. Only beaten by the disaster that was the Note 7.

I guess you can leave AirPower out of the list since it never did launch.

 

[FFR]

Wonder why Samsung delayed the launch in the US.

Judging by the amount of posters defending the fold as though they were going to buy it, pre sales shouldn’t have peen affected in the us, China is a different story.

If there was a defect, Samsung would have cancelled European, Mid East, an Asian launches as well, but they haven’t. Samsung did also use European models for the reviews, so it can’t be a defect with that’s just limited to European models, if so they wouldn’t still be launching in Europe.

Let’s see what happens.

Some posters are comparing this to AirPower, I have to say I was scepticisme for the comparison at first, now I see the correlation between the two.

 

[Victor Mortimer]

Samsung can't build a folding screen.

But Apple can't even build a charging pad.

 

[Morgenland]

Better than the Apple approach like with bent iPad Pros claiming it's within tolerance.

Babe, this is the only thing that crosses your mind?
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Samsung can't build a folding screen.

But Apple can't even build a charging pad.

My. dear. Victor. I. understand. your. concerns. somehow.