The first early impressions of the Samsung Galaxy Fold have landed, and while most people are wowed by it, overall opinions are somewhat less than glowing.
In less than two weeks time, you’ll be able to walk into an AT&T store and buy a Galaxy Fold for the eye-popping price of $1,980, or $66 a month for the next 30 months. And now we know a little more about what you’re going to get for your money—and it might be hard for some people to look past that crease.
Samsung has allowed a cadre of journalists exclusive access to the Galaxy Fold, and the impressions were fairly unanimous: The Galaxy Fold is certainly cool but not without its flaws. Journalists walked away impressed with the device as a first-generation product, with TechCrunch’s Brian Heater calling it “a pretty solid first take at a new smartphone paradigm” and Jessica Dolcourt of CNET saying the Fold “feels solid and surprisingly premium.”
However, it’s far from perfect, and the vertical crease down the middle garnered most of the criticism. For instance, Geoffrey A. Fowler of The Washington Post said that while he was able to eventually “made peace with the crease” he compared it to the very visible pleat on a pair of polyester pants. Writing for The Verge, Dieter Bohn had a similar experience, saying “you can see the crease from an angle, but it mostly disappears when you are looking at it head-on.
