Another Galaxy Fold screen bites dust – literally

Samsung's woes with the Galaxy Fold more and more are announcing that one of its besieged collapsible phones is being shot down by a speck of dust.

Michael Fisher, a videographer of mobile technology, tweeted his disappointment that a tiny foreign object ended up in his replay unit, disrupting the operation of the screen. A growing list of problems has prompted the world's largest phone maker to delay the release of the phone on April 26.

"Sigh: A little grain of something has found its way under my Galaxy Fold screen," Fisher tweeted Tuesday afternoon. "We send it to Samsung in the hope that they find a way to seal this hinge."

Mr. Fisher announced that he would publish a video showing the issues affecting his unit on Wednesday.

Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Samsung's woes began last week when first four production control units experienced broken screens, flicker and, in one case, bulge. These screen issues overshadowed the concerns of other customers about the long-term wear of the seam or folds where the phone, with its 7.3-inch screen, bends in half.

Incidents with the Fold's plastic screen – which includes a bulging screen and a flashing display – have caused crowd among the spectators, questioning the durability of Samsung's $ 2,000 collapsible phone and the concept of flexible devices in general.