If you want a taste of the foldable future, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold 4 is available on Amazon at one of the lowest prices we’ve seen. Oddly enough, you can get both the 256GB version for $1,799.99 or the 512GB model for $1,919.99 for $1,499.99. That works out to $300 off the base model and $420 off the 512GB version, which is obviously the one you want.
The Galaxy Fold 4 is Samsung’s flagship mobile device, and it launched just two months ago (are sales doing well?). The Fold 4 folds into a smartphone-like device with a front-facing 6.2-inch, 120Hz, 2316×904 OLED display and opens into a full-size tablet with a 7.6-inch, 2176 OLED display × 1812, 120Hz. Inside is flagship-class hardware: a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and a 4400mAh battery with 25W charging. is somewhat water resistant and it sports an interesting under-display camera inside.
The phone comes with Android 12L, which has some nice additions for tablet-like devices like the Fold 4. The biggest addition is the taskbar at the bottom, which lets you easily switch between apps . Samsung has the longest update plan in the Android industry; you get four years of major OS updates and an additional year of security updates, but don’t be surprised if they come slowly.
It’s hard to recommend foldables too enthusiastically, as you’ll still regularly find reports of screens crashing instantly for no reason. Users report that Samsung may or may not cover broken screens under warranty because it’s so easy to deny a claim citing “abuse.” Samsung charges $500 for a screen replacement if it denies your warranty. If you pay for Samsung Care+ Extended Warranty ($3 per month for 36 mandatory months, or $108), you can get a screen replacement for a $29 deductible. Buying a Fold still feels like a gamble, but the discount will at least cover many of those extra costs.
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