Samsung Galaxy Fold recall (2019)
Samsung shipped review units of the first mainstream foldable, the $1,980 Galaxy Fold. Screens broke within days as reviewers peeled off a layer they mistook for a screen protector. Samsung pulled the phone and delayed its release.
Samsung redesigned the hinge and display, relaunching the Fold in September 2019, about five months late.
Foldables gained a reputation as fragile, pricey, and unfinished, a stigma the category spent years shaking off.
Google shipping a foldable on day one shows how far the format has come from a product too fragile to ship on time.
