{"id":119469,"date":"2019-04-24T10:40:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T10:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/galaxy-fold-loss-could-help-other-foldable-phones-cnet\/"},"modified":"2019-04-24T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T10:40:15","slug":"galaxy-fold-loss-could-help-other-foldable-phones-cnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/galaxy-fold-loss-could-help-other-foldable-phones-cnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Fold loss could help other foldable phones \u2013 CNET"},"content":{"rendered":"

A colleague asked me what I thought the delay of Samsung's $2,000 Galaxy Fold<\/a> meant for the brand. To bring you up to speed, the phone-maker announced on Monday that it will postpone sales of its first foldable phone following last week's reports of "broken" screens<\/a>. This is a meaty question, because it gets to the heart of what it means for Samsung, for interested buyers and for other brands that have their eye on making foldable phones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In other words, the world is watching Samsung's every move, either to cut and run if buyers grow cold, or to extend their own brand as a "true" foldable success.<\/p>\n

Samsung's decision to push back the Fold after moving so quickly to be the first to sell a high-profile foldable phone is already making an enormous impact on the brand's reputation, overshadowing the Fold's other achievements on unaffected devices. CNET's Galaxy Fold review unit has a small screen nick, but no major problems.<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong>: Another Galaxy Fold screen literally bites the dust<\/a><\/p>\n

Although the blowback could have been far worse<\/a> for Samsung \u2014 the Folds with broken screens aren't dangerous, unlike 2016's overheating Galaxy Note 7<\/a> \u2014 the early issues are calling into question Samsung's ability to innovate.<\/p>\n

For example, the Galaxy S10 phones<\/a> have been hailed by reviewers like me (I especially like the S10 Plus<\/a> and value S10E<\/a>), but it's Huawei's P30 Pro<\/a> and P30 that are grabbing headlines for their fantastic low-light photography and zoom performance. Despite serious political road blocks<\/a>, Huawei's determination to overtake Samsung as the world's largest phone-maker by 2020<\/a> has real energy behind it.<\/p>\n

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Similarly, Huawei's foldable Mate X<\/a> is in hot pursuit of the Fold, promising 5G<\/a> speeds and a dramatically different design that puts the foldable screen on the outside of the device rather than the inside, as it is with the Fold. And Motorola is rumored to launch a foldable re-envisioning of its Razr flip phone<\/a>. Both could gain from Samsung's setbacks.<\/p>\n
Samsung and Huawei declined to comment and Motorola did not respond to a request for comment. Samsung said in a statement on Monday, "We value the trust our customers place in us and they are always our top priority \u2026 We want to thank them for their patience and understanding."<\/p>\n
Three screen problems to fix, not one<\/h2>\n
Remember that there are three main screen problems that affected a handful of Fold reviewers.<\/p>\n