Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is an early adopter’s dream gadget
Yesterday, responsible tech journalists across the web did an important job: they warned readers that it might be a little bit premature to spend $1,980 on a completely unproven, entirely new category of phone-computer.
That’s justified. Nobody gets it right on the first try. And there are already keen hints, if you know where to look, that Samsung’s Galaxy Fold may not have gotten it right.
But can we step back for a moment and appreciate that next month, you’ll be able to buy the kind of phone that could only have previously existed in a science fiction film?
Are we all just taking it for granted that an actual folding phone exists and will ship next month? It might be a medium-good product, but holy shit this was absolutely the...