Samsung plans to release its much-anticipated $2,000 folding phone this week, after reports that the reviewer's phone was broken.
The company originally planned to release Galaxy Fold on Friday, but will now do more testing and announce a new release date in the "coming weeks.
"This delay is a setback for Samsung and the smartphone market as a whole, and the smartphone market has been pinning some hopes on folding phones to promote industry innovation.
Galaxy fold for $1,980 (
Cdn about $2,653)
The price tag is not intended to become a popular product in the mass market, but many hope it will suggest a new round of Smartphone Development --
An area that has been lagging behind in recent years.
Samsung has introduced a new folding smartphone, which has turned into a mini tablet, but device critics have quickly discovered the problem with Galaxy Fold, which is the size equivalent to the size of an ordinary smartphone, when the two sides of the tablet are pulled apart, its size.
Several journalists reported that in the first few days, the screen in their test unit flashed, froze, and finally died.
Two reviewers mistakenly removed an external plastic layer that should have been left on the screen and reported scratches on the subsequent screen.
Samsung confirmed last week that the layer will continue to exist.
But that doesn't explain why many reviewers see the screen of the phone broken.
The Canadian price tag for Galaxy Fold has not yet been announced by SamsungCanada, although it is in
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