Shulou(Shulou.com)05/31 Report--

After a redesign to solve the problem of screen reliability, the Galaxy Fold will be purchased in September, bringing the price of Samsung's first foldable smartphone to $980, competing directly with Apple's new iPhone, which usually goes on sale in September.

The company's press release said: "Samsung took the time to fully evaluate the product design, made the necessary improvements, and conducted rigorous tests to verify our changes. One of the changes included extending the top protective layer beyond the boundary. Early versions prompted some commentators to think that this layer was a screen protection film and peeled it off, thus immediately destroying the sensitive plastic OLED panel.

The improvements in design and construction are as follows:

The top protective layer of the Infinity Flex display extends beyond the frame, which is obviously an integral part of the display structure and cannot be removed.

Galaxy Fold also has other enhancements to better protect the device from external particles while maintaining its unique collapsible experience:

The top and bottom of the hinge area are reinforced by a new protective cover.

Other metal layers under the Infinity Flex display are also included to enhance the protection of the display.

The space between the hinge and the fuselage of the Galaxy has been reduced.

The company has also improved software support from smartphone to tablet models (and vice versa), including optimizing more applications and services to achieve a collapsible user experience. The company added: "Samsung is conducting final product testing to make Galaxy Fold available to consumers in specific markets from September."

We will see if Samsung has learned its lesson this time.

If I were Samsung, I wouldn't announce the availability of a bad device in advance without solving all the design problems and testing the final product, especially after such a catastrophic failure. Because Samsung did not give an exact delivery date, it left an uncertain impression that it would be ready for prime time by September.

Another sentence in the press release reads: "as the release date approaches, usability details will be shared."

"everyone in Samsung thanks Galaxy fans around the world for their support and patience," the company's press release said. "the Galaxy Fold is a device with a long history, and we are honored to share it with the world and look forward to bringing it to consumers."

DJ Koh, chief executive of Samsung Electronics, recently admitted that the device had been introduced to the market. "it's embarrassing. I pushed it forward before I finished it." The chief executive said in a statement. "I do admit that I missed something on the foldable phone, but we are recovering."

In fact, Galaxy Fold has been in production for many years because the company is waiting for its flexible OLED panel technology to catch up. I firmly believe that these early foldable smartphones launched by Samsung, Huawei and other companies are conceptual devices and may be favored by wealthy early adopters. However, the current collapsible screen has many disadvantages, so it will take some time for us to carry our own collapsible device.

In terms of value, rival Huawei delayed the launch of its first foldable smartphone, the MateX, after seeing Samsung cancel its Galaxy Fold reservation. Since then, the Chinese supplier has not provided any information about the availability of the equipment.

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