Wowwww... How Samsung fixed the Galaxy Fold ???

Wowwww...  How Samsung fixed the Galaxy Fold  ???

In April, we reviewed the Galaxy Fold and things did not go as planned. We experienced problems with the screen of the review unit that appeared to be debris that crossed the hinge and damaged the screen. Other reviewers took off a protective film that should be permanent, and resulted in some major problems for Samsung. After a delay in the launch of the $ 1,980 device, Samsung is back at IFA in Berlin this week with a fixed version that is tougher and has made improvements to the hinge mechanism. I was able to see exactly what Samsung has changed in recent months.

You should carefully look at the updated Galaxy Fold to detect the news, but there are some key changes in a variety of areas. The biggest update is that Samsung has now extended the protective film under the bezels of the device so that it can no longer take it off. I tried to take it off several times and failed, since it is beyond the bezel and it is impossible to bring the nails closer. We will have to prove this completely, but I am sure that Samsung has addressed this particular problem.

Most of the other changes are related to the hinge. It feels a little stronger than before, and the spaces where the hinge meets the screen have been reduced. Even the space when the device is closed has been reduced slightly, which should add less debris when approaching the hinge or screens.

Visually, the other big change is that the screen now has plastic protective caps on the bottom and top that further block the dirt under it. These are notable when deploying the device, but hopefully they should help prevent dirt from entering the hinge and causing problems. I didn't have enough time to throw a lot of dirt and dust on the device, so it's hard to say if Samsung has solved this particular problem, but it is clear that a lot of work has been done here.

Samsung has also added layers of metal under the screen to make it feel stronger, especially when it touches and interacts with the screen. This is less noticeable in itself, but when you combine it with hinge changes, it certainly looks like a more polished device overall. In addition to these hinge and screen changes, the device is the same inside as in April: it has a Snapdragon 855 processor, 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage.

However, I was surprised that Samsung has done very little on the software side. You can now change the Android navigation bar to align it to the left, right or center of the screen, but other than that, little else is new. I was hoping to see smarter ways to make use of the 7.3-inch screen or even the smallest screen of the 4.6-inch cover. There are a lot of multi-screen options from Samsung's own Android software, but Google, Samsung and developers will still have to find the best way to adapt Android to work better on these pop-up and foldable dual-screen devices.

We will soon review this updated Galaxy Fold, but I am still excited about folding and dual-screen devices. Samsung showed in April that this hardware is very early, but it is exciting that the company is still pushing this device and trying to make folding phones a reality. You can laugh at the giant bezels on the screen in the front, the main plastic screen or the thickness of this device, but it represents progress. It's early and probably not worth almost $ 2,000. But if Samsung and others keep doing it, then maybe in a few years, we will all be folding our phones in our pockets and remembering the old days when a phone used to look like a normal phone.