Samsung's Galaxy Fold, a new foldable smartphone releasing next week, is already running into some trouble. Samsung sent the new phones to reviewers from around the web, and now some of them are reporting that their phones are broken after just two days of use.
Aside from a visible crease in the screen where it folds, users are encountering a few other problems that render the Galaxy Fold unusable. A couple of them have accidentally peeled off part of the screen, mistaking it for a protective cover:
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