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iFixit has some educated guesses as to why the Galaxy Fold is so fragile
August 08, 2025
After news broke that early review units of theSamsung Galaxy Foldwere easily breaking — and Samsung’s subsequentdelay of the device’s worldwide release— many of us were left to wonder why the foldable phone wasn’t holding up.
Even taking into account the problem of reviewers accidentally tearing off a protective layer of plastic covering the interior display, it seems the Fold is very fragile. Although venerable teardown site iFixit never got a Galaxy Fold to take apart, the teamhas some theoriesas to why the foldable smartphone is so delicate.
Ina new blog post, Kevin Purdy and other members of the iFixit team examine the known issues that plagued reviewers who did get a chance to use the Samsung Galaxy Fold. The team makes some educated guesses as to what could have caused these problems.
The whole post isdefinitely worth a read, but here is a quick summary of iFixit’s thoughts:
Since even the early review unitshave been returned to Samsungafter the announcement of the delayed release for the Galaxy Fold, it might be a while before iFixit can get hands-on with the device and figure out what really went wrong. These hypotheses are as good as we’re going to get for now.
What do you think? Let us know your theories in the comments!
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