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.
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.
In this conclusion to our Samsung Galaxy Fold review we answer the most burning question: Is this phone worth $1,980?...
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.
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