Launch of the Samsung Galaxy Fold in the United States

Samsung's Galaxy Fold will be launched in the United States on Friday. It's available unlocked in some Samsung and Best Buy stores, as well as at AT & T. The phone was due to be launched in April, but was delayed, while Samsung corrected the first version, which broke easily.

It is difficult to recommend the purchase of the Galaxy Fold, even after Samsung has made improvements to prevent it from breaking. The Fold now contains many warnings inviting you to treat the device gently. But whether it's a luxury product or not, you should be able to use a phone like a phone, and many of Samsung's warnings include things that many people end up doing on their phones every day. In fact, the device of one of the first reviewers has already been damaged.

TechCrunch discovered this week that its new Galaxy Fold review unit broke after just one day, with damaged pixels under the main display screen after a use that seemed normal. The site says that he thinks he may have pushed the screen too hard, which damaged him. Samsung has a reminder when you turn on the Galaxy Fold for the first time and warns you not to do it, which seems ridiculous. You should be able to use normal force on any screen.

CNBC also offers the updated version of the Galaxy Fold, which contains numerous documents and warnings on the screen that Samsung hopes will prevent consumers from accidentally damaging the phone. And you should be careful because it always seems like it can be broken a bit too easily.

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He says, "Avoid pressing too hard on the screen, tap lightly to keep it safe." This suggests keeping the phone away from the magnets and to prevent any penetration of water or dust, which means that even particles such as dust in your pocket could get into the hinge and cause damage, despite new protections to prevent this from happening as easily as before. You can not even use a screen protector.

There is also a new piece of plastic on the screen with warnings. You can peel this one:

"Do not press the screen with a hard or soft object, such as a pen or fingernail, and do not apply excessive pressure," the text says.

I like the new warnings that tell people to be gentle, but I also think that you should be comfortable with a phone at $ 1,980 without fear that its normal use will not broken. If you are having trouble, Samsung has a new concierge service that can help you replace the screen once for $ 149. After that, the rest is yours. And you may have to wait a few days for the phone to be repaired if Samsung or one of its partners can do it the same day.

In press briefings, Samsung made it clear that you needed to be super careful with the Galaxy Fold and treat it gently. But I have a new iPhone 11 Pro Max that costs almost $ 1,500 fully charged and I do not have to worry about pressing too hard on the screen, to let it fall into the Water or use it normally. That does not close, so maybe that's not the future of phones, but it's a compromise that I'm ready to make for the moment.

The Galaxy Fold is a good phone. I understand that you may want to be the first to have a folding screen. It's fun to have a device that works like a regular device and then opens on a 7-inch tablet. I'd like there to be a way to support it, though. I had to keep it in the air, for example, instead of using a carrier like I do with an iPhone or an iPad. I also like the fact that Samsung is moving forward with folding screens, which could someday be the future.

But until they are stronger, I do not recommend buying it.