Samsung Galaxy Fold: the first impressions of an insider
Samsung Galaxy Fold is almost ready for the official debut on the market. In the meantime, some users are already using it and have shared their first impressions on the Web, both positive and negative.
Samsung Galaxy Fold is getting closer to the debut with the pre-orders that will be opened on April 26th and will be available in stores from May 3rd 2019. Also confirmed in the launch, that it will be among the few nations to which the units will be destined.
While we wait to get our hands on it, Samsung Galaxy Fold has already been used by at least one user who wanted to share his first impressions reported on Twitter by the editor in chief of XDA.
Speaking of design, when Galaxy Fold is closed, the two panels will remain separated by a few tenths of a millimeter. Moreover, it currently appears that the transition between the external screen, and the internal screen (as regards the interface) is not really fluid.
In fact, the user interface takes some time to adapt to the ” tablet ” format as well as the contents shown. This problem could be solved with some future software update, but it is definitely worth considering.
One of the most discussed points is the fold in the center of the screen. According to the ” mysterious ” user, Samsung Galaxy Fold has a noticeable crease under the fingertips while it is not visible ” by eye ” when the brightness is high.
Unlike 2in1 notebooks that can be used in tablet, notebook and ” tent ” mode, Galaxy Fold either stays open or closed. We cannot have an ” intermediate ” use.
The construction should be fairly solid, including the hinge that joins the two halves of the Galaxy Fold, blocking it within 180° (it will be unlikely to break the internal screen). Samsung has also officially confirmed that it has tested the model to withstand 200,000 openings.
The performances are all in all comparable to Galaxy S10, considering that the only version available will be the one with Snapdragon 855, also here in Europe while the storage will be UFS 3.0 (definitely performing).
The 4,380 mAh battery seemed to be large enough to satisfy the user of the flexible smartphone. Clearly a lot will vary from the time of use of the internal display to the external one. All that remains is to wait until April to better understand how Samsung Galaxy Fold will behave.
