Samsung tries to show its foldable telephones are powerful in a brand new take a look at video

Samsung is sharing new particulars about the way it checks the sturdiness of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3. However, it’s unclear precisely why Samsung is releasing this data now, particularly provided that each telephones launched in August; that makes us assume it might be an try to assuage fears sparked by latest reviews of cracks on Galaxy Z Flip 3 screens.

In a video posted on its website, Samsung exhibits 4 separate checks. One has the telephones in an environmental chamber, the place Samsung checks the telephones underneath completely different climates to verify they nonetheless work. Another take a look at engulfs the telephones in water. One makes use of a robotic arm to check the efficiency of the S Pen on the Z Fold 3. A fourth take a look at folds each telephones time and again.

Samsung has proven off its stress checks up to now — one video from 2012 confirmed a robotic butt sitting on telephones, for instance. And it’s not simply Samsung; Apple described its telephone antenna testing intimately in response to the iPhone 4’s “Antennagate” scandal and confirmed off its iPhone testing lab after the iPhone 6 was discovered to be vulnerable to bending.

Samsung’s checks proven on Monday don’t particularly deal with the problem of why Z Flip 3 screens appear to be cracking, although. There are rising numbers of reviews of cracks showing in the course of the display proper about the place the telephone’s hinge is. 9to5Google had a particularly worrying story on October seventh:

Recently, I picked up my Galaxy Z Flip 3 evaluation unit after a number of days of no use, and I used to be shocked to see that the ultra-thin glass had damaged. I hadn’t dropped the telephone in latest days (solely as soon as in my utilization, weeks beforehand), I hadn’t uncovered it to excessive warmth or chilly, I hadn’t even actually touched it over the course of a minimum of a number of days, so the shattered glass got here as a real shock to me.

A person on Reddit posted a few comparable challenge after less than three days of owning the phone. Another stated their telephone’s display cracked within 24 hours. And the issue doesn’t appear to be unique to the Z Flip 3; as identified by 9to5Google, Michael Fisher (aka MrMobile) stated he noticed tiny cracks on the hinge on his Z Fold 2.

One of the largest questions on Samsung’s foldables has at all times been their sturdiness, particularly after the primary Fold was delayed as a result of screens had been breaking on evaluation items. The reported points with cracks present that there may nonetheless be some issues for Samsung to resolve to make sure that their foldable telephones don’t break over the lengthy haul.