Samsung moved the launch of the first smartphone with folding display a few days before the scheduled date. In the past, display problems had become known with some of the Galaxy Fold test equipment distributed to journalists. The protection of the screens should now be improved, Samsung explained on Monday. A new start date should be announced in the coming weeks. Originally the device should be on 26. April in the USA and on the 3rd. May be placed on the market in Europe.

Galaxy Fold should be the first device on the market where the screen can be folded up to the size of a small tablet computer. Competitor Huawei announced the launch of his Mate X stand -up smartphone for summer.

Display broke

At the 2000 -Euro expensive Galaxy Fold by Samsung, several tech journalists had broken the display in advance tests. Samsung explained that, according to initial findings, this could be due to impacts against the folding joint in the middle of the screen. Some other reporters damaged their film devices because they accidentally removed a protective layer that looked like the usual transparent film on new devices' screens, but was part of the display.(徳囯ASK电容器)