There was a report earlier about Samsung postponing the Galaxy fold launch event in Asia and now the company has just officially announced that the Galaxy fold launch has been put on hold globally and the new date will be communicated later on.
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The reason for the change of date is not far fetched as there have been multiple cases of the review units given to influencers developing screen issues within 48 hours of use. The screen issue was mostly due to users inadvertently removing the protective film on the display, which they thought was just a disposable screen protector similar to the ones pre-installed on many smartphones nowadays.

Samsung initially release a statement last week acknowledging the problem and also promising to investigate and fix it before the April 26 launch date, but it seems the problem is way more critical than they initially thought as Samsung has now been forced to delay the launch event.

There is no new date yet for the Galaxy fold launch but it's expected to be within a month's time. Huawei is also expected to launch its own foldable smartphone the "Mate X" by June of this year but there have been a couple of conflicting reports that the launch might be pushed back to September. Huawei has however dismissed this rumour.

AleAirHub:
After saving to get one

AleAirHub:
After saving to get one

oduademon:
Nigeria wasnt a target market anyway, why put it on NL?

AntiWailer:
Since Note 7 crap, I dnt buy Samsung products until after 6 months or 1 year.

Got the Note 9 this year after watching several reviews of people who used for 6 months already.

I cnt shout.

Kreamie:
Rubbish company.

nonxo007:

Haba, you have to give it to Samsung my brother for their innovations. Samsung is really trying compared to IPhone. Iphones sense of creativity died the day Steve jobs died, ever since all they do is copy other companies innovation and then improve on it. For the fact Samsung was able to come up with this type of tech says alot about the company. Though they should have done a better work on the phone before releasing it but you should also know that this is the first of its kind, a first gen device. Hopefully with subsequent releases they'll defiantly improve. What iPhone would do now is watch and copy and probably improve on Samsung's tech.

Neoteny:
That phone is the most bone-headed idea ever from Samsung.

Like they said in Jurassic Park, "just because you could doesn't always mean you should"

I mean, a two thousand dollar phone that.....folds.

So?

The screen is plastic with a proclivity to scratch and stretch, the phone looks ungainly when closed, it doesn't do any one thing well between being a phone and a tablet...

This is an experiment passed as a consumer product on its way to infamy similar to the explosive Note 7.

Good riddance.

PhenomenalMorgan:

Asin ehenn, watch how Apple fans have been critcizing Samsung, with all these "it will explode" talk, while their dearly beloved Apple has not come up with anything new recently!! Only copy what others have implemented years back, to even make wireless charger self, them no fit!!

nonxo007:

Haba, you have to give it to Samsung my brother for their innovations. Samsung is really trying compared to IPhone. Iphones sense of creativity died the day Steve jobs died, ever since all they do is copy other companies innovation and then improve on it. For the fact Samsung was able to come up with this type of tech says alot about the company. Though they should have done a better work on the phone before releasing it but you should also know that this is the first of its kind, a first gen device. Hopefully with subsequent releases they'll defiantly improve. What iPhone would do now is watch and copy and probably improve on Samsung's tech.

PhenomenalMorgan:

Asin ehenn, watch how Apple fans have been critcizing Samsung, with all these "it will explode" talk, while their dearly beloved Apple has not come up with anything new recently!! Only copy what others have implemented years back, to even make wireless charger self, them no fit!!

4601CE:

Hey fandroid .
Nobody mentioned iPhone or Apple here . Buy your low self esteem self had to drag iPhone into it because that’s the only way you would cum , and feel good .
You feel good now, don’t you?
Attention seeking mofo !
Samsung ,my foot!
Comparing Samsung phones to IPhones . Be like comparing Saraki to the Almighty Jagaban .
Don’t kill yourself . iPhones are the best anytime any day .
My last response to you .

Neoteny:
That phone is the most bone-headed idea ever from Samsung.

Like they said in Jurassic Park, "just because you could doesn't always mean you should"

I mean, a two thousand dollar phone that.....folds.

So?

The screen is plastic with a proclivity to scratch and stretch, the phone looks ungainly when closed, it doesn't do any one thing well between being a phone and a tablet...

This is an experiment passed as a consumer product on its way to infamy similar to the explosive Note 7.

Good riddance.

PhenomenalMorgan:

Asin ehenn, watch how Apple fans have been critcizing Samsung, with all these "it will explode" talk, while their dearly beloved Apple has not come up with anything new recently!! Only copy what others have implemented years back, to even make wireless charger self, them no fit!!