---
title: "Samsung Admits Its Folding Smartphone “Needs Further Improvements”"
description: "It's finally official: Samsung is delaying the sale of its folding smartphone, the $2,000 Galaxy Fold, until measures are taken to improve the screens."
date: "2019-04-22"
modified: "2019-04-22"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-galaxy-fold-admit-improvements"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "consumer electronics"
  - "Samsung"
  - "smartphone"
  - "the digest"
---

# Samsung Admits Its Folding Smartphone “Needs Further Improvements”

![It's finally official: Samsung is delaying the sale of its folding smartphone, the $2,000 Galaxy Fold.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/samsung-galaxy-fold-admit-improvements.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Samsung\</em\>*

## Folding Business

After reports that Samsung is [delaying the launch](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-galaxy-fold-delay>) of its would-be revolutionary Galaxy Fold, a $2,000 folding smartphone, it's finally official: Samsung is going back to the drawing board — for now at least.

"We plan to announce the \[upcoming\] release date in the coming weeks," Samsung said in a statement, as [quoted by *The Verge*](<https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/22/18511170/samsung-galaxy-fold-delay-indefinitely-statement-screen-display-broken-issues>). "Initial findings from the inspection of reported issues on the display showed that they could be associated with impact on the top and bottom exposed areas of the hinge."

## Peeling Back the Layers

Samsung also referenced issues caused by tech reviewers [peeling back a protective layer](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-response-breaking-galaxy-fold>). As it turned out, without the layer, the display of the device didn't work at all. Samsung said it will "take measures to strengthen the display protection" and "enhance the guidance on care and use of the display."

But the world could still see a folding phone sooner rather than later. Samsung is still planning on announcing a release date — but when the device will go on sale is still unknown.

**READ MORE:** [Samsung delays Galaxy Fold indefinitely: ‘We will take measures to strengthen the display’](<https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/22/18511170/samsung-galaxy-fold-delay-indefinitely-statement-screen-display-broken-issues>) \[*The Verge*\]

**More on the Fold:** *[Samsung is Delaying the Galaxy Fold’s Launch After Broken Screens](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-galaxy-fold-delay>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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