Samsung Galaxy Fold: This is what happens if you open it and close more than 120,000 times (Video)

The new Samsung Galaxy Fold is undoubtedly one of the most talked about smartphones of the moment. Not only because it was one of the first folding smartphones that actually came on the market, but not in all markets, but also because its first version was practically withdrawn before it arrived to users due to display problems.

Now the second version, modified in its opening and closing mechanism but also in some components as in part the display, has finally arrived on the shelves of some markets, and it was immediately clear how much this is actually resistant and usable compared to before.

The question was answered by the SquareTrade insurance company, which devised a machine capable of opening and closing the smartphone by deliberately trying out that much talked-about mechanism.

Samsung said it had tested and somehow certified the new Galaxy Fold for a life of at least 3 years with approximately 120,000 openings and closings of the two structures. The SquareTrade answer video seems to talk about different numbers.

Samsung Galaxy Fold: does it open 120,000 times without breaking?

In the SquareTrade video, the reality seems to be different from the data declared by Samsung. In this case, after about 20,000 folds, of opening and closing, it seems that the folding panel of the smartphone starts to have some problems with some pixels. A serious problem seems to arrive instead after the 40,000 openings and closings, since the touchscreen stops working partially even if recharging the device everything seems to start up again regularly.

Folded over 120,000 times, the Galaxy Fold, seriously begins to have operational problems with a deterioration of the hinge.

If it were not for some pixel problem, the new Samsung Galaxy Fold, it would seem to be able to work just as stated by Samsung for at least about 120,000 folds beyond which the panel begins to struggle and above all fails to have the same initial quality.

A small note also concerns a drop test that is the resistance to falls carried out by the insurance company that showed how the Fold, fallen from less than 2 meters high, is severely destroyed even with the cover inserted. A fragile smartphone in this case but a bit like all the devices of the moment that look a lot at design and premium materials rather than real resistance.