When it comes to smartphones, Samsung has a tenacity like no other brand can even attempt. Back in 2012, the South Korean tech giant introduced the Galaxy Note which was a first of its kind. This handset was ginormous for its time even though it packed a mere 5.3-inch display.

It'll be weird because, as I'm sure you've heard, several reviewers have experienced their Galaxy Fold review unit screens breaking a day or two after receiving them. Some of those breaks happened because Samsung didn't warn reviewers that a "protective layer" that looks exactly like a removable...

A tablet-sized screen that folds in half; Excellent performance; Great battery life

Screen durability is bad at best; Display quality; Awkward as a phone

Samsung Galaxy Fold Review: This is a phone to flaunt because this is not a phone that is solving a problem that users have been bother...

Samsung's long-gestating high-end foldable smartphone is finally here . And while the best thing about using it is the spark of imagination it inspires about a near future with much more streamlined, confident and affordable flexing devices, it's still an impressive device in the here and now that...

Update, Aug. 10, 2020: The Galaxy Z Fold 2 is here. Read our ongoing coverage. Our Galaxy Fold review, originally published Oct. 3, 2019, follows.

The Galaxy Fold makes a convincing case for foldable phones, but wait for Samsung and others to fix inherent problems that keep it costly and plague the screen.

The Galaxy Fold's extra-large display is excellent for watching videos, photos and reading, and it makes for an excellent second screen; It proves that a foldable phone can be truly useful and not just a gimmick.

Design problems abound; Its 7.3-inch screen is too fragile and the 4.6-inch display is too small to be effective; Battery life is short; Multitasking could become more intuitive; At $1,980, the Fold is overpriced; It lacks water- and dust-resistance; The huge screen notch and thick bezel make it feel cheap, despite the cost.

As much as the Galaxy Fold is a look at what the next wave of smartphones might be, at this stage it’s hard to recommend that anyone, aside from those who simply must have the first-gen of everything, actually spend nearly £2000 on it. It’s impressive in a number of areas: great battery life, nice and productive software that actually makes some use of the bigger display and there are certain situations where having a tablet in smaller form-factor work.

Genuinely innovative form-factor; Great battery life; Galaxy Buds in the box; Loads of cameras;

It’s too delicate; Outer display feels too limited; It’s better as a tablet than a phone; Cameras aren’t class-leading;

The future arrived too early for the Galaxy Fold – astonishing, but also too expensive and too fragile to recommend

It folds in half!, Great performance, Top battery life

It’s £1,900, Internal display easily permanently marked, Both screens are awkward sizes

Even though the fact it folds is incredible, the Galaxy Fold is too bulky, breakable and expensive to recommend. The fact both screens are awkward sizes for most smartphone tasks means you have a delicate prototype of the possible future of phones.

Had this phone since it first came out and love it. Does everything plus more. Phone camera is great and battery life is good as well.

Though closely guarded by eagled-eyed, glove-wearing staffers, Samsung let us fondle its supposedly new and improved Galaxy Fold at IFA on Thursday The device, Samsung tells us, is much tougher than the version before it, which was quick to suffer screen borkage that lead to its release being...