so the Galaxy fold is back they went
back into the into the development
process they aimed to fix some things
that people had problems with on the
previous version they attacked the issue
with the hinge with the little gap that
was in there and then most importantly
with that element on top of the screen
some people tried to peel it off the
argument was that there was a little gap
that encouraged people to attempt to
peel it off while Samsung they took that
same screen element it was never just a
screen protector it was obviously far
more important and tucked it underneath
the bezel this model in front of me is
not local the product did not launch in
Canada and will not launch in Canada so
this one actually came from Korea it is
of Korean origin it's also a 512
gigabyte version of the device so
relatively high-end version of the
device it is a high-end device as well
the retail price as you know originally
slated for 1980 USD so around $2,000
it's no surprise it's a very ambitious
device for Samsung as well can see
dynamic AMOLED of course this is the
first big play from a major manufacturer
12 megapixel oh is camera plus ultra
wide 16 megapixel plus 12 megapixel
telephoto lens installed similar camera
setup camera array to the other s
devices from Samsung a lot of people
were waiting on this device impatiently
I received comments personally when is
the galaxy fold gonna come out I made a
couple of update videos it still wasn't
there now it's back but it's important
to know the ambition of this device is
significant you're talking about eight
years in development for the initial
version which they then went back to the
drawing board to try to enhance for this
new new version but eight years in
development is a long time for any
product for a tech product or otherwise
okay
unboxing experience I am familiar with
obviously I had the initial version of
this there is the fold and as you can
tell this one is the
black color shiny glossy black they had
more colors planned for the original
launch but decided to scale it back for
this new launch it's now available in
black and silver as that comes in cosmos
black space silver cosmos black is the
official name of this color and there's
also space silver available but there
were other colors originally I think
we're adding them in our video and Astro
blue Astro blue and Martian green II
wonder what this translates to possibly
an audience member can go ahead and
translate that for us galaxy fold 5g
advantage oh that's also worth noting
this is the 5g version of the device
this will not launch in all markets in
the US I don't believe the 5g version is
coming is that correct well can you
verify that yeah it's not coming not
coming
so no 5g for the US market but it is
available in other markets including
Korea so galaxy buds obviously wireless
charging capable and with this device
capable of charging from the device
directly through reverse wireless
charging fast charger in the box USB C
adapter the type-c cable and some
interchangeable ear tips by the looks of
it for those Galaxy buds so it's
obviously been a while at this point
since I've interacted with the Galaxy
fold I did carry one for and there's
probably over a week maybe two and then
Samsung demanded that device back
because those problems started to emerge
for other people I didn't personally
have any problems with the device that
was in my possession but it didn't
matter they all had to go back because
of course Samsung wanted to change the
device in a substantial way or at least
as what they claimed so these are the
changes worth noting so in this section
here you have this t-shaped piece right
in the center there which aims to cover
up the gap that existed on the previous
version so the aim of this t-shaped
component is to sort of pin down and
I'll show you here lessen the overall
gap available for those particle the
other issue that plagued the original
device was in
relationship to this screen material the
user facing surface of the screen now
the way these ole LEDs operate in order
to be flexible is that they're a little
bit softer than what you'd get out of
glass display Gorilla Glass or something
like that but the original version of
this external piece on the display did
not extend beyond this frame right here
this bezel and Samsung and others
believe that that was the reason that
people saw a need or were inclined to
attempt to peel it off it actually wraps
around the larger screen component so
that there's no temptation to attempt to
pick at this but it is important to note
just in general with this technology
this surface is going to be softer than
what you might be used to on your
current smartphone now some other
changes apparently this display is going
to be a bit harder than the old one
Samsung didn't really share exact
details on why that's the case but
presumably there's some other components
in here that are going to enhance the
sturdiness that's the message coming
from them apparently they also work on
the hinge a little bit to make it more
solid they claim it's more durable from
a hinge perspective in conjunction with
these other more obvious changes so
there you have it the Samsung Galaxy
fold its back it's available it's pretty
much the only folding phone you can buy
in 2019 you can actually buy it like
right now in certain