Samsung launched in April of this year a> The first folding screen mobile phone Galaxy Fold, however, unfavorable, this should be the coolest mobile phone in the first half of 2019 encountered a hinge, screen quality control accident.

After half a year, the Galaxy Fold re-emerged in front of me again, it’s like I haven’t seen it for half a year. Friends, both familiar with the design and feel, but have a better experience than seen in early April.

Integrated feedback on the experience of Galaxy Fold There are two main problems with the product:

  • The hinges are partially loose and easy to get into the grey
  • Tear the film on the surface of the film to damage the OLED screen

So, in this update, Samsung redesigned the Galaxy Fold’s body seal and screen, and also Adjusted the details of the phone case to minimize the shackles of the new machine.

Find out what’s new in the Galaxy Fold:

Enhance the sealing of the body, the protective film can not be torn

I said “a more sealed body” rather than a “tighter hinge” because of Samsung’s The seal of the entire phone has been redesigned, and the improved area is not limited to the middle hinge part, but also the edge details of the screen.

According to Samsung’s official press release in July this year, the improved GalaxyFold upgrades in terms of hermeticity:

  • Add a dust cap to the top and bottom of the hinge
  • Improve the body’s dust resistance
  • Adding a thick metal layer to the back of the screen
  • The surface layer of the screen extends inside the border

In the picture below, we can see that the “T” shaped dust cap will put the screen when the screen is folded The gap between the hinge and the hinge is blocked, and even at the minimum bending angle, the top does not have an opening that can enter the dust.

Don’t look at the two dust plugs that are not as big as nails, they have a decisive effect on the Galaxy Fold’s screen.

Before, the external media The Verge’s evaluation machine caused damage to the screen due to foreign matter entering the hinge. As we all know, the interior of the mobile phone hinge is tightly composed of mechanical parts. Even if only one sand is entered, the parts can be displaced due to foreign matter, resulting in direct destruction of the OLED screen.

▲ Image from: The Verge

So Samsung has strengthened the sealing of the hinges at both ends, mainly to prevent the similar situation of The Verge’s evaluation machine. .

▲ Compared to earlier versions, the hinges have also become flat.

However, although there are dust plugs on both ends of the hinge, there are still obvious gaps between the hinge and the two sides. Dust or liquid still can still enter the phone through here. But disassemble from iFixit, Samsung A sealing tape is added inside the hinge so that foreign matter does not directly affect the hinge work.

▲The dustproof sticker has been added to the hinge part. The picture comes from: iFixit

In addition to enhancing the dust-proof performance of the hinge part, iFixit found a new metal plate at the bottom of the screen when disassembling the new Galaxy Fold. This metal plate is used to enhance the service life of the OLED folding screen.

iFixit in the disassembly report, claiming that the screen still has “amazing strength” under the support of the metal backplane, and this piece The backplane “is sandwiched between the backplane and the screen like a lock”, and the entire screen section forms a set of assemblies instead of a thin, thin OLED screen.

▲ Image from: iFixit

For the hinged durability of the new Galaxy Fold, we did not test it during the two-day experience, if it was in accordance with Samsung’s official According to laboratory data, the service life of the hinge is about 200,000 times. However, this data is not an absolute value. After all, the force and strength of each person using the mobile phone are different.

For example, the Dock column of an e-commerce software, the icon here will be enlarged with the screen size, reaching a dollar coin so wide, but I In fact, there is no need for such a large icon to operate, which inevitably wastes the screen space that can display more content.

In addition, similar content such as Weibo and third-party applet will appear similarly. After the screen is expanded, there will be a chance that the software will not appear. Full screen issue.