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Sometimes I really do not like being right. A perfect example is where I repeatedly warned readers for about a year before the Galaxy Fold was even announced that Samsung's first smartphone with a foldable display would end up being a horribly designed one. Then the phone was officially unveiled and the whole world immediately realized that the design of Galaxy Fold was horrible. As we approached the release date of the phone in late April, it became undeniably obvious that the Galaxy Fold was a junk.

How was I so sure, a year before the phone was unveiled, that it would be so awful? The answer is quite simple: I have been doing it for a long time. I saw Samsung repeat the same pattern again and again with all of its mobile products. When Samsung publishes a first-generation product, it's nonsense. Clear and simple. The first Samsung Galaxy S phone was unusable, his first Galaxy Note phone was unusable, his first tablet was unusable, his first smartphone with a curved screen was unusable, and his first smart device was unusable. Today, Galaxy S and Galaxy Note phones are among the most beautiful and powerful smartphones on the planet. Samsung tablets are spectacular and its smartwatches are great. Samsung's curved screens are the best in the industry. Samsung is not an innovator, but a renovator. The story is repeated once again with the Galaxy Fold.

One day, Samsung will sell foldable smartphones that are wonderfully stylish and that people will love. Unfortunately for people waiting impatiently for the Galaxy Fold, this day will not come soon. Even if we put aside the fact that the Galaxy Fold was such a junk that its release had to be delayed indefinitely, the phone itself is awful. It is far too thick to be held comfortably when it is folded. The indoor and outdoor screens are surrounded by huge glasses, as in 2012, missing a gigantic piece of the corner where are the front cameras and other sensors, etc.. It's hideous.

Even if the Galaxy Fold had not been designed and manufactured as badly, it was already an aesthetic failure. But then you add to the facts that the technical design was horrible and that Samsung's quality control was excruciating, and you end up with a total fire. It's a $ 2,000 smart phone with huge gaps in the hinges, allowing dirt and dust to enter the device in a matter of days and destroy the screen. It's a $ 2,000 smart phone with a screen whose edges are exposed on the top layer. So it looked like a cheap preinstalled screen protector that people inevitably want to take off. It was only when the plastic film was removed that the screen was instantly destroyed.

Ugh.

Look, I love Samsung products. They are awesome. The only Android phone I would personally like to consider using on a Galaxy S10 + at the moment is the OnePus 7 Pro. It is actually a Galaxy S10 + simulator with a contextual selfie camera. And Samsung TVs? They are the best on the planet, hands down. I would probably like to strangle a distant relative (no, not really) to get my hands on Samsung's huge new 8K TV. But all of Samsung's best products have one thing in common: they are mature.

Samsung has been making televisions since 1970 and has been manufacturing Galaxy S phones for almost a decade. When the foldable smartphone of the tenth generation of the company comes out, it will be absolutely breathtaking. But when his first generation collapsible smartphone is finally available – and no one knows when, not even Samsung – it will remain horrible. Even if Samsung corrects the inexcusable defects discovered in April by the first reviewers, it will still be a $ 2,000 hogwash. Skip it and save your money. Believe me, you'll be glad to have done it.

I hate to say it, Samsung fans, but I told you so.

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