Samsung Galaxy Fold launch
Product · 2019
Screen failures in review units postponed the $1,980 Galaxy Fold’s retail launch.
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Trace the originReviewers posted Galaxy Fold screen failures before retail sales began. Newswire coverage and a YouTube explainer spread the reports. Samsung postponed the April launch, redesigned the phone and began selling it in South Korea in September.
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February 2019
Samsung precursor · Feb 20 ’19
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Fold and announced an April retail release starting at $1,980.[1]
April 2019
RABicle / Nintendo World Report forums precursor · Apr 17 ’19
A Nintendo World Report forum user linked coverage of the screen failures in an Android discussion.[4]
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- Feb 20, 2019198 days before
The Verge · Samsung’s foldable phone is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold | The Verge
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