It was only a matter of time before we get a test like this, and it’s finally here. Someone actually decided to test Samsung ’s folding claim for the company’s first tri-fold smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold.
The Galaxy Z TriFold is going through a brutal fold test as we speak
A Korea-based YouTube channel, OMG_electronics, has decided to fold the Galaxy Z TriFold, live, until it breaks . Samsung said, when it launched the phone, that the device has gone through a 200,000 fold test. In other words, it has been folded and unfolded 200,000 times to ensure its durability.
The company said that such a test simulates 100 folds per day for 5 years. That is plenty, but it’s also way below the claim for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 , which has gone through 500,000 folds. The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is a first-gen product, kind of, so we can’t expect the same durability.
In any case, the aforementioned YouTube channel has been folding the device live for quite some time, and it started having issues before reaching 150,000 folds. It did not fully break at that point, though.
Needless to say, it took several days for the YouTuber to reach that number. Folding and unfolding a phone 150,000 times is not an easy feat, especially a tri-fold. So, let’s see what happened exactly.
Slight issues started showing at around 61,000 folds
At around 61,000 folds, the first hinge started making slight creaking noises. That started to happen with the second hinge as well, at around 121,000 folds. At around 144,000 folds, the “hinge elasticity” started to fail.
What does that mean? Well, the phone wouldn’t stay fully opened without being forced into place, and it was also a bit harder to open and close. So, it did not exactly break, per say, but at that point it stopped functioning as intended.
Just to be clear, the test is still ongoing on the channel, and you can tune in below. They’re at around 150,000 Galaxy Z TriFold folds at the moment.
