Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Fold is a pricey, but promising device that kicks off a new phase of the smartphone industry.

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...

After months of delays, the Samsung Galaxy Fold is finally ready to be released . After initial models broke, Samsung has tweaked the design slightly and it looks like the issues might have been sorted.

It's unusual for a phone as new as the Galaxy Fold to be so battle-worn. In the course of its short life, the foldable phone went from the pinnacle of hype for our collective mobile future to cautionary tale about companies that rush to sell radical, under-tested technology.

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.

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

The Samsung Galaxy Fold comes with too many compromises to justify its sky-high price. It's too expensive, too fragile, and too niche for us to recommend. U nless you're an exceptionally gentle early adopter and willing to drop $2,000 on what is very clearly first-generation hardware, you'll get...

Solid performance; Excellent battery life; Nano SIM and eSIM support; Comes with Galaxy Buds

Expensive; Questionable durability; Unfolded display is hard to see in direct sunlight; Front display has huge bezels; Lots of bloatware on AT&T version

The Galaxy Fold delivers a ‘wow' factor that no other phone offers today, and yet we'd only recommend it to early adopters with a penchant for impressing their peers, and who have money to burn.

Supremely cool form factor; Gaming taken to the next level; Samsung's biggest battery

Outrageously expensive; Vulnerable plastic screen

innovative design with a foldable display, Wi-Fi 6, 5G, plenty of storage and RAM, fast SoC, good cameras, long battery life

vulnerable display, small exterior panel, only single SIM, no expandable memory

After the Samsung Galaxy Fold disaster in April, I wrote off the device as a possible purchase, with the intent to wait until the next generation of foldable phones. Who was I kidding?

Extremely high quality product, Substantial stainless steel spine with innovative hinge mechanism, Massive 7.3 inch gorgeous OLED folding display, Functional one-hand optimized outer display, Powerful 3-in-1 mobile computing device, Battery capacity lasts more than a day, Multi-tasking powerhouse

Center fold area on display is clearly visible, No dust or water resistant rating, Careful use required on the plastic display, Expensive

Let's be clear, no other smartphone in years has inspired me as much as the Samsung Galaxy Fold in a review. Yes, the smartphone is very expensive, yes once folded it is thick enough and yes we do not yet know the durability of this type of device.

Concept and realization; A tablet in smartphone format; Battery life; Performances

Small second screen; Extreme fragility; No waterproofing; Very high price