Samsung Galaxy Fold: The issues and the 'fix' ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes sits down with TechRepublic's Karen Roby to talk about all of the issues with the latest Galaxy foldable phone and what the company is doing to solve these problems.

Not so long ago, Samsung crowed.

Apple[1] had just come out with the iPhone X[2], so its biggest rival had to snort.

It released an ad [3]that boasted how Samsung had, allegedly, been first in just about every phone development over the previous 10 years.

Apple was, apparently a sad, retrograde mimic. Its customers were pathetic, mindless creatures who would never get the girl.

Yet here we are with Samsung facing a potential debacle.

Screens on the Galaxy Fold phones sent to reviewers appear to be more brittle than many NBA players' egos[4]. There's even a thin layer of protective film that can be peeled off -- and has been[5].

For reasons that aren't entirely clear, the Korean handset maker says it's going ahead with the launch of the Fold on April 26.

A Samsung spokesperson made it all seem like a minor snafu, rather than an unfolding disaster: "A limited number of early Galaxy Fold samples were provided to media for review. We have received a few reports regarding the main display on the samples provided. We will thoroughly inspect these units in person to determine the cause of the matter."

One might understand if it was just one phone. But when several reviewers experience different issues, isn't this a reason to pause?

Isn't it

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